[bcrdukes]

Oily is a result of the roast level itself, and particular to espresso blends. This is more of a traditional coffee or espresso roast where the bean goes through various roasting stages, or cracks. I won't go into the science behind it, but because Kirkland contracts out their coffee roasting to Starbucks, the roast level is normal, and is expected. There is nothing particularly "bad" with oily beans.

More medium or house/breakfast roasts are not as dark. They tend to be on the more neutral side of flavour and favourable by the general population, in particular, North Americans.

The complaints in the thread are generally of not figuring out their water to coffee brewing ratios etc. It's easy to throw the product under the bus for those who won't even try. I'm not advocating that Costco coffee is the bees knees, but it's also not fair that a group of keyboard warriors are spreading misinformation because they simply are uninformed. I agree that Kirkland or Starbucks coffee isn't for everyone. There are always alternatives available to ones liking.

Re: Kirkland t-shirt - I see why Badhobz wife decided to get landscaping services instead of him mowing the lawn.