Sure enough, I'm sick to my stomach and have diarrhea again. we are now reluctant members of the 'what the hell happened to MH coffee' group, ha! The coffee there was delicious. As of 10/21, all coffee in a can is garbage. It lasts several minutes, but for several hours after I have a headache and feel flu-like symptoms. After 4 days of not getting better, we started to think it is the coffee. I had originallythought there was something wrong with the water filtration, so the next day I tried using bottled water, but same result. I am new to coffee drinking, and used to drink Maxwell houses instant coffee with no issues. Teenagers should limit their caffeine intake. This makes a smooth cup of coffee and has a deliciously sweet aroma. I get very nausiated and have bowel problems last few days thought had the flu.I drink both brands I switched from Folgers to Maxwell and still same sytoms. What do they think? Yikes. It was disgusting. AROMA over TASTE? Been drinking Maxwell coffee for about40 years, all of a sudden it start tasting bad, and the next thing you know they come out with a new line master blend light & medium, and they did a way with the old master blend, far as I'm concerned, the new stuff taste like water down coffee,horrible. I have been using Maxwell house recently for over a week and every morning about an hour after I drink it I feel sick. I bought it in July because it was on sale. I suspected it was related to the coffee and stopped drinking it and switches brands. Folgers instant never did that to me. I'd say the lack of taste indicates fillers. I made a big mistake buying MH coffee in the first place. I didnt drink coffee for days, bought some yesterday and vomited within a couple minutes. I don't patronize them hardly ever, but my sister wanted something from there, so I had coffee. Parent companies for MH (Kraft) & Folgers (Smuckers) know, & have known, what's in those cans of so called 'coffee'--AND they don't care. I gagged last few times I tried to drink it previously. Smart business! 2 days in and I'm stuck in the bathroom. oz. That was until October 2015. Since 2008, Folgers has joined The J.M Smuckers Company. Seriously it tasted like it had plastic bottles melted in it. I am returning mine, Lately maxwell house coffee does not smell like Coffee . I'm not loyal to any brand or type of coffee blend or roast. First cup was around 8 am. This one seems good and tastes Similar to Choc Full o Nuts- (made by Maxwell House as well)? In review of my log on this evening is when I discovered that I became ill after drinking coffee. Most seem to go to the vented bagged coffees since they're better. Immediately i felt dizzy and nauseated. What could cause this? Tastes (and smells) like the old time Maxwell house USED to. Sounds a lot like the new coke fiasco, and from the comments here, isn't much more successful. Nothing has changed except the taste of the coffee. Then I finally found this: I have been drinking Maxwell House for years and was told by the doctor that I have IBS because I had severe diarrhea for at least 3 years. So I bought a french press, and wanted to try it out. However M/H brought back the nausea and tummy problems and the burning. It's gross and I don't like being ripped off. My wife and I rarely buy coffee such as M.H but we were out of coffee and desprate so we bought some. Sales for Maxwell House have been so grim that Kraft Heinz, its owner, had a hard time finding a buyer for the company when it was placed on the chopping block in 2019 (via New York Post). I found multiple small (~0.5 inch, toothpick-like in diameter/width) pieces of wood in our Maxwell House container. A couple weeks ago I bought it again thinking maybe I was imagining things. Maxwell House Wake Up Roast is a mild roasted coffee, delivering a consistently satisfying taste day after day, cup after cup. MAXWELL HOUSE Maxwell House Wake Up Roast 1.915lbs, PK6. I thought it was from tomatoes or something so I took Pepcid AC. Unfortunately, the similarities between the two brands seem to amount to more than the differences. I have heard that even Starbucks has started using cheaper coffee beans. It's the coffe you brew yourself. By the way, I have encountered both plastic and aluminum cans, and have had the same puzzling experience: Your comments here have confirmed what I thought. It was good coffee back then, so used it a good while till prices came back down within reason. We noticed a bad taste and smell. Even people who hate coffee will jam their noses into the pot for a good whiff. It does not say chickory on the label, but if it has this, it would explain it. I would rather base my comments on facts and not theory like everything else in the world most media filled minds are corrupted by false rumors and imagery. Maxwell house coffee makes me vomit every time i drink it. Wow - no more Maxwell House for me Been drinking maxwell house light every night this week and shortly after I always feel nauseous, stomach pain, slight headaches and feelings lf anxiety. im sure its at other places its g r e a t take from a old fat truck driver. MAYBE IT IS THE ADDITIVE ROBUSTA BEANS. Not ridiculously long or tar-like, just long enough to negatively impact the taste. I like mx house.i ll drink it. When it comes down to putting these two coffees head to head, theres really not very much of a difference between the two. Tried different half and half brands, didn't work. I too, share the same thought I was thinking something was going wrong with my taste bud. I thought I was developing an ulcer or something! No other symptoms. 10 years plus Maxwell house ground coffee. This is the worst coffee i've ever made! At first I thought it was the coffee maker doing it, I would buy new coffee makers about every 2 to 3 months"Finally" we knew it had to be the coffee. MH used to be a quality brand. $6.99. The Original blend of MH ( back in the day!) Have ben drinking Bustelo for months. The coffee is horrible now,, obviously changed the. I just finished up a 240 oz can of Maxwell House intence bold and have been nauseous every day, even the smell makes me sick. According to Maxwell House, a 6-ounce serving of ground Arabica coffee has an average 63mg of caffeine. I literally felt poisoned!my husband and I rationalized for days that my symptoms must be the result of a possible new menopause episode I was transitioning into. Never really liked Folgers, but might try it again and see if any better than what I have now! I then had diarrhea all day and felt nauseous I didn't know what was going on. This morning I drank that, and NO lightheaded/dizzy feeling! it sounds ridiculous that someone would go to great lengths as we have trying to adjust the amounts, add more grounds, reduce grounds, filter water, we even purchased a new coffee maker. I started having these headaches a couple of weeks ago, and I'm a person who seldom has headaches. I'm really concerned with reading everyone else's experiences, wonder what the heck in going on. Unless the package says 100% Arabica the content is likely mostly Robusta now; that's why it smells and taste like dirt. . I have always preferred whole bean small batch coffees and I drink folgers or the costco/kirkland brand when my budget doesn't allow for fancy beans. Decaffeinated products are not completely caffeine-free, but do contain far less, at about 5.Maxwell House Lite Ground Coffee: 2 Tbs., makes 12 fl. I went back to just a small serving today and the same thing happened again today. The can I just opened is definitely not 100% of any type of coffee beans. Ever since maxwell house makes the kcuos pods recyclable and store in a simili plastic bag, the pods take on a plastic flavor, disgusting. Have the health freaks taken the kick out of coffee? Smooth, mild, old-fashioned taste! My husband even said that it made him feel like he wanted to kill himself. They label the can "NEW LOOK" and sneak in a reduction in size of 11%. They have officially lost a customer and many others As I will share this with my friends and family. I don't know what they are doing but I will never buy it again. There was no coffee smell at all it just smelled Bland and weird. I am returning it back to the supermarket. Thank you. I bought 2 dozen bottles of instant MH a while back. Same experience here. Maybe there are fillers and quicker methods to meet demands that are cost effective. I woke up at 4:30 this morning feeling the best I have felt in a while. Not sure what they have it in that I'm sensitive to, but I see others have the same problem. It had the same horrible taste. It's good to the last drop again these days! We recently opened a can of MH Original Roast while on vacation and am so disappointed in the flavour of this coffee. I recently bought a can of ground, medium roast, MH coffee. Someone has to warn people with celiac because Maxwell house labeling is incorrect. Not a single drop of coffee bean smell. We have tried every brand available in the grocery stores. Had no problems with coffee from that old jar. Maxwell house will no doubt reject any comments directed towards the change of coffee bean in their brew, I am here to tell you that is BS! containers. I hope this will quit now that I am drinking another brand. We discontinued MH & got a big box of keurig coffee from Ollie's that we now drink. We will never buy it again. Like the 5 lb bag of sugar gone forever reduced to 4 lbs at the same price of 5 lbs. Definitely changing brands. Maxwell House Coffee has been around since the 1800s. I thought I had the flu . Pesticides, mix ins, ???? I personally like to switch things up a bit; change brands, blends, beans, ground, etc. I have been all over my city and cannot find any Maxwell house instant coffee and am curious as to why?? This product offers a full, smoky flavor without a great deal of coffeeacidity. Instead of a good coffee smell in the house, it filled my house with the unclean smell of vomit. i would have to lay in bed for quite awhile before i would be even a little bit alright. I bought a can of original roast from Walmart. He lost 20 pounds in a month. I use an electric,drip coffee maker. Over a year ago I "lost" my good old, constantly dependable morning coffee---been drinking pre-ground all my life, Maxwell House or Folgers. What could cause this in coffee? Whatever chemically used techniques Kraft is using to produce Maxwell House these days is surely be presented with past commenters of this site and its side effects. Now, as of 10/2014, now it is 3 big tsps just to get a taste. I started recently drinking coffee every day, but not Folgers, and have not had any episodes until today when I drank Folgers again. Maxwell House does not provide the exact amount of caffeine in their decaf blends. It was nothing like the bad MH, Folgers, etc BUT was just too weak/bland, etc BUT it DID NOT have that awful 'chemical wet cardboard' smell/taste. I am going to return these and try to find some older cans of Cafe' Vienna at stores who may not sell product as quickly. Maxwell House Original Medium Roast Ground Coffee (30.6 oz Canister) 9.3. No more Folgers for me. These coffees have been horrible for years now. I didn't give the Folgers a 2nd thought. Folgers coffee did not rise to fame immediately. Don't know what other brand to buy though. I have never stopped drinking coffee since I started as a child, I am now 51. I have been a Maxwell House drinker for many years and will continue to do so. I have been using Maxwell House Gourmet for several years and have not had any problems. I have to agree with many of these comments about the coffee problems I only saw one post about the gmo's with Monsanto. I first found this site in late 2010 after having many of the same issues of not feeling well and feeling quite bad at times after drinking Maxwell House. Whats going on. I bought it and found it to be very bitter. The companies simply have too much money invested to let a couple hundred sick people ruin it for them. It makes me irate that so many people are reporting these symptoms to the company and they are not addressing this or doing anything to stop it. my parents always used Maxwell house. Properly made fresh coffee, in most cases, will be medium roast or dark roast which gives it a nice . Tried 8 o'clock coffee and so far no bad after taste or ill effects. Has anyone else found bugs in theirs? No more pain & flu like feeling. How greedy of the company! I think there is really something very wrong with the coffee, has any one noticed this? I switch up my coffee brands depending on budget and availability. Whether its espresso beans vs coffee beans, the goal of Folgers is to have the best blend. 0 calories. I am going to have to change to another brand of coffee next time I go to the store. So they have changed something. I can't even enjoy that stuff anymore. I thought the different smell was just my senses, and getting older. There is definitely something wrong with this coffee, there are to many people experiencing awful feelings from it and even more so this is all recent. No more problems. Still I kept buying Columbian. What's with the chemical overtures anyway? It has NO aroma when you open the canand the taste! I sent Maxwell House an email to report this but did not get an answer. Maxwell House Original Roast Ground Instant Coffee has a consistent, signature taste that's good to the last drop. I will definitely be switching to a different a brand of coffee TODAY! That said, I do drink this brand quite regularly and also get feedback from others I know who drink it too. I bet their sales will start dropping really fast if they have'nt already. It was cheaper. Within a week I was at the doctors and put on steroids to reduce the facial swelling and rash. Then bodyaches. My word, was I glad to find this thread where others have been expressing their disdain for Maxwell House. It's the closest to old time MH I have found. I am so glad to see that I'm not the only one that can't stand Maxwell House coffee anymore. I NEVER associated it with the coffee as I drank it for years! Folgers catchy jingle, The best part of waking up, is Folgers in your cup, is a tune that most people know well, and was an excellent marketing campaign for the coffee giant. What gets me is when MH and Folgers was good (for what it was then) I only bought coffee On Sale---$5.00/39oz THEN they reduced it to 34.5oz. Before, I could not have typed this message. Otherwise, most comments and reviews are pretty positive or just talk about taste and not sicknesses. Hydrated with cola, no problem. Turns out a TON of people are getting sick from this!!! Lately something different is happening. John Kerry married John Heinz widow..so there Is a political left wing connection. I suspected coffee in general, but found higher quality brands did not have this affect. the real reason is that folgers and maxwell house are useing 40 percent of beans grown in vietnam in areas that were cleared out with agent orange for military encampments during the war there. Stay away from MH, Folgers, etc. Maybe it was overheating my coffee making it taste bad. Thank you!! My husband suffered from nausea, stomach pain and cramps, loss of appetite, headaches, and felt sluggish. Can't get through a cup. I switched from Folgers to maxwell house 5 days ago and I have been having bad headaches every since. The bottom line is that both Maxwell and Folgers coffee has gained a lot of popularity over the years. So I will NO LONGER purchase ANY brand of instant as I suspect whatever is being INSERTED into the crystals is probably and accepted industry wide practice. I retested this again eliminating Maxwell House and staring it up again. Many other people in Toronto say the same thing. Not only was this blend positively received by the guests but word quickly spread about an amazing coffee at Maxwell. The last few cans I have purchased have a very different taste. I've even asked some people if MH or Folgers tastes or smells like coffee to them & they all have said the same, "No, not anymore." This is the coffee brand I would always buy and enjoy. I no longer buy Maxwell House brands, so come on folks, give us back the 100% Arabica bean coffee or go away altogether!!!!!!!!! I carried my cell phone with me everywhere that day thinking I would have to call 911 from collapsing.What is in this coffee?? I've been storing them in the same pantry for over ten years and this is the first batch that sucks. With a bit of creamer or just a touch of sweetener, it will bloom. Maxwell house was exactly the same. But this morning was the worst! Good luck!! Lego 70815 - Der TOP-Favorit unserer Produkttester. The following products can be found and purchased at Maxwell House to enjoy a good cup of coffee: Maxwell House is famous for not just offering exotic coffee flavors but also its affordability. Is it a bad batch or what? A March 2019 study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition states that too much coffee may modestly increase a person's risk of developing cardiovascular disease. At first I thought I was coming down with something but after my husband and my daughter drank it they ended up feeling very close to the same. Tried Maxwell House Wake Up Roast medium Roast Ground Coffee many times and this is one of the brands I usually purchase. Have any of you shined a light in the canister of coffee? The first day of this hell vomiting as well I have ruled out every other single thing in my diet to the coffee. I am shocked there hasn't been a major recall/investigation/ or testing of contents by the FDA with results posted. I had only that particular jug on hand so, I ran it through the coffee maker. We also work with other brands offering affiliation programs. I thought it was the coffee maker making me sick now I believe it's the coffee. 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