Did Yuban Original Medium Roast Formulation Change Its Flavor?

Yuban Company confirmed to me that it changed the formulation to Yuban Original.

The product label says 100% Arabica Premium Beans are still used.

It no longer says Columbian only, and for the old timers, I remember Juan Valdez with his mule hauling Yuban beans to roasting.

So, I ask you bloggers, does Yuban taste better or worse now? Should Yuban have left the formula along?

I am getting a refund on the last 2 44 ounce cans I bought.

I miss the edge on the coffee that I loved about Yuban, and so there is no reason to patronize Yuban anymore. MAYBE the changed taste is by using lesser grade arabica beans.

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Did Yuban Original Medium Roast Formulation Change Its Flavor?

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May 18, 2013

knew something was different
by: Anonymous

i knew something was different.It used to fill up my house with it's beautiful aroma and the taste was captivATING.i NOTICED A CHANGE A WHILE BACK IN THE TASTE!SHAME ON YOU YUban!

May 08, 2013

tree of woe !
by: pistachio

wow!..... all this lamenting about Yuban,,,

ok,,,,,, it's Over...... no more Yuban,,,,, Pan Am is out of business and we near the apocalypse......

has anyone found a good switch to coffee now that YUBAN IS HISTORY and Juan Valdez is passed on????

come on people....

for instance / Eight O'clock Columbian is really very good and worth a try..... I do not think you will be disappointed.......

pistachio

May 08, 2013

Yuban Coffee bean swap sucks!
by: Anonymous

Yuban coffee is no longer the smooth non bitter coffee it once was. I'd like to know when the change occurred. This new version is horrible! I just sent an email to Kraft Foods asking for a refund. I want Juan Valdez back!

Apr 28, 2013

still lousy after another year!
by: former yuban fan

I posted over a year ago....but...thought I would give the "new packaging" plastic canister a try....Guess what...Yuban is still LOUSY....LOUSY...The only coffee I found, though still not like Yuban once was...is Folgers Dark Roast...I am thinking of giving up coffee for good....I had a Boss once, who did not drink coffeee....and used to call it "black water"....well I finally agree with him....Yuban tastes like black water that sat incardboard too long......I am going to try the interesting teas....and I have never been a tea drinker.....you can still get a very good cup of coffeee at McDonalds....but that does not help me when I am at home in the morning...until I start seeing many good revues, I am through (again!) with Yuban...money down the drain!!

Apr 28, 2013

barbara.........?? scoops ??
by: Anonymous

what size scoops are you talking about.......

pistachio

Apr 25, 2013

coffee beans
by: Anonymous

I understand that currently the leading producers of coffee are Brazil and Vietnam. They are grown in massive commercial plantations and ground coffee may include filler additives, particularly the coffee from Vietnam. The best coffee is currently produced in Guatamala and some of the other central american countries. Does anyone have any additional information on the processing of the more inexpensive coffees?

Apr 23, 2013

YES it tastes like FOLGERS
by: barbara Leighton

Yes! Yes Yes! I've used Dark Roast Yuban,for the last 20 yrs. The dark roast was so full of FILLERS now, in the last 6 months; that it taste like Folgers. I love a dark roast coffee. I would put in 1 1/2 scoops for 6 1/2 cups...It was strong, but I always had my first pot this way.

When I make a pot of coffee recently last 2 months, since Fred Meyers SOLD out their Stock of Yuban, it is WEAK...and this new PURCHASE is FULL of FILLERS!...Now I have to use 1/2 scoops for 4 1/2 cups, and even at that it is not Yuban!

I am now looking for a NEW Coffee that is what it is!

Apr 14, 2013

What happened??
by: why?

I wondered what the difference in Original and Traditional Yuban was. Several years ago there was a demonstration at the local mall put on by Yuban. I think it was when they brought out whole beans for purchase. The demonstration coffee was the very best cup of coffee I have ever had. Seriously the best!I can still remember how it tasted. Yuban has not even come close to that flavor since they obviously changed the whole bean thing and the taste went away. Just bought a can of Traditional. I'll try it .

Apr 14, 2013

missing my coffee!
by: Traci

I am on the hunt for a new coffee!Someone said they were pleasantly surprised with Folgers Black Silk...any more suggestions?

Apr 09, 2013

what the?
by: Anonymous

So glad to have found this site. I thought I was going curazy!
They did change the formula. After all these years I thought I had something that would stick around but get in line YuGone. My marriage is over by job caput and now you. Farewell!

Apr 07, 2013

missing my coffee!
by: Traci

Please bring back Original!!!Nothing compares!

Apr 06, 2013

Why ...
by: Anonymous

... did yuban change a great tasting coffee? Do the founders of Yuban plan on a come back?

Anyone know where the Orignal can be found and still be bought?

Mar 26, 2013

Ditto
by: Nicki

I am glad to read these comments because I thought maybe my taste buds were going. I have enjoyed Yuban Instant for years. The new container I bought last week, with the brown lid incidentally, is not what I've been enjoying from Yuban all this time. It is truly lousy coffee, like something from one of those old vending machines at a bus station. Kraft, I would happily pay more for the old product.
Meanwhile I don't have time to brew during the week; Maybe coffee it's time to make coffee a weekend thing.

Mar 23, 2013

ok,, enough already.........
by: pistachio

come onnnnnnn,,,,, I think we have Exhausted this Yuban gone with the wind issue....

how about some of you talking about some other coffee on the market that you have searched to replace Yuban.......

I have found that a point in time a few years back many of my regular Supermarket brands started to have a cardboard taste [ really!.. the coffee smelled and tasted the way wet card board smells]

Let's find something else good / maybe we can all help each other.....

pistachio

Mar 22, 2013

BF Complained
by: Ruthie

I only bought Yuban because it must have been on sale and my boyfriend is a coffee drinker - I am not. This morning he complained that it was terrible and he had mentioned it earlier this week as well. I never buy generic coffee and thought that Yuban was a trusted brand that's been around for decades. I'm so glad I found this site because I will never buy it again. Any suggestions to make it taste better? I think I'm going to buy a can of trusted Folgers and try 3 to 1 ratio.

Mar 18, 2013

cheap cheap cheap
by: dale

yuban original coffee drinker for the last 18 years,bought the traditional,could no longer locate the original,they have changed there bean,the coffee is weak,cheap tasting water down coffee i have ever had.gas station coffee taste better than this,someone should be fired over this,they have lost anotehr loyal customer

Mar 10, 2013

Please Bring The Original Yuban Back
by: Leslie

The new blend is horrible and whoever made the decision to adopt it should be fired. Yuban is losing thousands of loyal customers!

Mar 07, 2013

Not our coffee anymore
by: Hector and Florencia

We have been enjoying Yuban Instant coffee for 25 years and always enjoyed it's good taste over any other brands of coffee. Lately, coincidnetly with the lid change from yellow to brown, we noticed the coffee was not the same, in fact it was tasteless and had no aroma, even when we first opened the jar it smelled like wet cardboard not fresh coffee. We are very dissapponted with this change and we are now looking for a different brand and even if we don't find something better we will NOT buy Yuban since this coffee is disgusting, it tastes even worse than the other brands we did not buy in the past because Yuban was better. We even took the coffee with us when we traveled to Argentina, Europe and even the East Coast since they don't sell Yuban Instant in Virginia. Can we get Yuban back??? Thank you!

Mar 01, 2013

Yuban can't trick old timers
by: Michael

I've been drinking Yuban Columbian for 20+ years and now it's. . . . just like some other cheap coffee.
I'm on the search for a new coffee for the next 20 years. Shame on you Kraft!

Mar 01, 2013

I might as well buy Folgers (yuk)
by: Emily

Yuban now smells and tastes like the lowest grade coffee.Its unique smell and taste are gone.I won't be buying it anymore.

Feb 24, 2013

Just as bad as the other commercial brands now
by: David Dawson

I was accusing my wife of buying some cheap coffee. She said, "No, it's Yuban!" It not only tastes bad now, it doesn't even smell good in the can. Why they would jack up the best coffee is beyond me. Guess I'll be finding something else to brew.

Feb 12, 2013

Different and most undesirable taste.
by: Anonymous

I was asking my wife if she was changing the mix of Yuban she was putting in the coffee maker. I just did not taste like the old Columbia coffee I remember. Well I guess we need to find a new Columbia coffee. My search is on.

Feb 02, 2013

Yuban instant just as bad
by: Anonymous

I've drank Yuban's instant Coffee for as long as I can remember, with my Grandmother as a child .... recently I noticed a bitter taste to it. I use flavored creamer and it can not
cover the bitterness.
I intend to complain to Kraft, what good it will do, I don't know,
but it's worth the therapy at least.

Jan 17, 2013

Yuban's changed beans
by: Shame on Kraft

What a disappointment! Yuban has been my inexpensive coffee choice for years (I buy it from Sam's Club). I have been very happy with the taste for the price ratio when it was 100% Arabica. Now the container says 100% pure coffee and tastes terrible! I will no longer purchase this coffee, and upon reading reviews, many others will stop purchasing also.
An excellent (yet costlier) alternative is Magnum's Jamaican Blue Mountain Blend, (must be ordered on Costco.com) 4 lbs. for $34.99 shipped
*** This can be found at TJ Maxx type stores in the 1 lb. package, but it is ground and not nearly as good

Jan 14, 2013

Bad coffee
by: Anonymous

Been drinking Yuban for 40 years or so. Just recently when they dropped the ingredients to "pure coffee" marked the end of that.

Jan 11, 2013

Yuban instant
by: Anonymous

I've been making Ice coffee with yuban instant for many years and returned the last three jars! They have changed something and it's yukban now
!

Dec 17, 2012

Same old taste
by: Rich

Used to drink Yuban when I lived in L.A. 36 years ago. Suddenly it shows up on the shelf in Big Lots store here in OH. Bought a can and tried it. Found it to be better than Folger's arosta bean coffee I had been buying. But someone taped over the 100% arabica on the Yuban label with a 100% pure coffee mini tape label. I guess that was because the original label read colombian as the country of origin.

Dec 12, 2012

Terrible Coffee
by: Bob

I have been drinking Yuban for over 20 years. I instantly knew when they changed their coffee and I will not purchase it any longer - horrible tasting with no columbian kick to it at all.

Dec 07, 2012

Yuban
by: Janet

Yuban WAS the best. It now is inferior in all aspects!!! I buy organic fabulous coffee. Worth the cost.

Oct 05, 2012

Yuban it's not any good anymore
by: coffee connaisseur

I drank Yuban for years and years. Then about 5-6 years ago I bought a can and got me a cup. First sip I knew something was different. I checked the can. It didn't say Colombian, but Arabaican.

I called customer service, got a nice lady. She said they changed their beans and had not gotten bad reviews or complaints from their faithful customers.

I told her that they absolutely lost me.

I tried again recently, and it tasted like a cross between old timey chicory from down south, and some bad, over seeped, bitter tea, mixed in with bad coffee.

Didn't even taste like coffee.

I think many of the coffee companies are cutting their grinds with cheap, low quality coffee beans and other things.

And it's not just Yuban. Even Folgers and Maxwell House, and Hills Brother's tastes different.

It's getting hard to find good, premium quality coffee anymore.

Sad.

Mar 17, 2012

YUCK!!
by: Anonymous

It is awful now!!!! We used this forever and loved it and visitors always raved about our coffee. I am so disappointed, and I too bought 4 cans on sale, and I'm stuck because I kept opening them to be sure it wasn't a fluke. I truly miss the old Yuban. (:

Mar 02, 2012

I agree!!
by: Anonymous

Yuban used to be my favorite store bought coffee but now it tastes like old, nasty church coffee!! It's the worst and I am really disappointed!

Feb 09, 2012

Yuban Doesn't Tast Like Yuban Anymore
by: Anonymous

I brewed a pot of Yuban and for the first time, it tasted bitter. I compared the two cans I had purchased and one said it was roasted in California. You have ruined the distinct taste of Yuban Coffee. I think you made a very big mistake and you should go back to the original recipe.

Jan 24, 2012

Yuban went from Best to Worst Coffee!
by: former...Yuban Fan

Yuban went up in price end of 2011 and the Quality and former good taste is GONE!!...
I accidentally purchase yuban original and it was horrible...did not use the can...purchased the "Dark Roast" I have used forever and it is as bad...I now have 4 of the large Yuban coffee cans open and barely used with about $40.00 to $50.00 invested and cannot get even anything that taste like coffee! I switched back to old coffeemaker...nothing works....my love affair with Yuban is OVER after over 25 years of loyalty...

Oct 20, 2011

You are correct
by: Anonymous

Yes indeed Yuban no longer tastes good. I used it for years and can really tell the difference. The only older name brands that are any good now are Folgers and Maxwell House. If you want a good cup of strong coffee that's not bitter, try Folgers Black Silk - I was pleasantly surprised.

Oct 02, 2011

Yuban.......
by: Anonymous

I agree ! Although not a fan of the original, I picked up some Yuban on sale and gave it a run.....

I thought that it had an taste that was very uncomfortable,,,,, in fact,, terrible...

I really didn't like the original but the new one is a horror.....

I think what you might be looking for by your description of the taste that you enjoy would be BOKAR and old A&P blend and I think can still be found........

pistachio

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