A Coffee Can for You (9 of 63): Yuban Colombian Coffee.

This is one of the most uninteresting cans in my collection:



The color scheme does nothing for me, and neither does the little Juan Valdez logo.

Plus, the shiny plastic wrapper just looks cheap.

A Coffee Can for You (8 of 63): Kurukahveci Mehmet Efendi Turk Kahvesi.

This is one of my Turkish coffee cans:



For some reason, Turkish coffee more often than not comes in a can that diverges from the standard coffee can-size.

Again, I know it's Turkish coffee, but if it's coffee and it's canned, it's going in my collection. Plus, I have an attractive white-with-black spots Turkish coffee pot that's just the right size for one, and in it I make all my Turkish coffee, which I drink if I'm at home in the late afternoon and need a little pick-me-up. Although a couple of my friends who I've gotten Turkish coffee pots for don't like theirs with sugar (one because I think she scrimps on calories), I like mine on the sweet side, though I never put sugar in my regular coffee. I think that's because the earthy richness of Turkish coffee goes well with quite a bit of sugar, at least according to my palette.

A Coffee Can for You (7 of 63): Pilon Gourmet Espresso Coffee.

This is one of my black coffee cans:



For some reason I keep thinking "pilon" should mean 'hairy' in a Romance language, but I don't know why.

A Coffee Can for You (6 of 63): Market Basket Ground Coffee.

This is one of my low-end cans that are like the store brand cans from different stores:



If it's coffee and it's canned, it's going in my collection.

A Coffee Can for You (5 of 63): Medaglia d'Oro Cafe Espresso.

I don't know what to think of this can:



As far as an Italian coffee can goes, it seems to be going for more the Old World-Italy feel, rather than the 1960s Modern Design Italian thing that I like so well.

Now that I look at it again, it bears a crest-looking thing on it like Alto Grande coffee can, the high-end brand from Puerto Rico -- perhaps Alto Grande has a colonial elite complex, much like high-end society in Puerto Rico?

A Coffee Can for You (4 of 63): Cafe Bustelo.

This is my can of Cafe Bustelo, which you can find practically everywhere and has the hallmark colors of a Latino coffee can:



If I had to drink any one coffee all the time, I think it would be Cafe Bustelo, since I like the dark Latin flavor.

Also, it comes sold in bricks, too, so I wouldn't always have to buy a can, and I could save on money that way. If I didn't buy coffee cans as art objects, I would always buy the vacuum-packed bricks of coffee, since it's more environmentally friendly.

A Coffee Can for You (3 of 63): French Market Coffee and Chicory.

This is one of the New Orleans-themed coffee cans:



I don't quite get what relation it has to the coffee at Cafe du Monde; I think it's just made in New Orleans and is trying to rip off the reputation of the famous cafe without infringing on their copyright or whatever the fuck you call it, though the picture of the building on the front can't be anything other than the Cafe du Monde.

Oddly, this coffee is sold in more places that the actual Cafe du Monde coffee, I think.

Also, the one time I was in New Orleans, it was like Sunday 3pm and from where I was in line with all the tourists at the Cafe du Monde, I could see three hookers without even trying, which makes you wonder how many were out there.