What coffee are you drinking just now?

[slightlytouched]

grande caffe crema - from a pod - although I have it as a half cup so it's nice and strong
Next coffee machine won't be a pod one - I miss the freedom to pick and choose my coffee.

 

[Virtual Blue]

Espresso.
Has Bean's El Salvador Finca Santa Petrona Washed Red Bourbon.
Very whole and flavoursome with a sweet punch.
Think I will go for something a tad acidic next time.

 

[pogofish]

Hawaiian Ka'u "Fancy", medium roast from a local roaster.

If you are going to be spending silly money on a coffee (£10 per 125g), this is one to go for over most others - A really rich, fruity, complex and well balanced coffee.

 

[killer b]

hm, i'm almost out. finishing off some 'thalia' in the morning, will have to source some more tomorrow - maybe a trip to booths?

 

[Hassan I Sabha]

How much do people tend to pay for their coffee. Site I get mine from it is much cheaper to get it by the Kilo, I pay around 11.50 + postage for a fresh roast kilo of any coffee on the site and it is consistently good. As 250g is about £4 I just by Kilos.

 

[pogofish]

£4 per 250g is the price for most coffees from my roaster, with only a few in the silly money category.

 

[gentlegreen]

My most recent order was £5.50 per 250g for single estate Guatemalan.

x2 = £11

Postage and packaging £3.50

Total £14.50

- so £7.25 per 250g.

I use 50g per weekend - so 500g last me 10 weeks.

So £1.45 per week.

72p on Saturday, 72p on Sunday for a mug of coffee that is just the way I like it.

 

[DotCommunist]

'Qualita Rosso'

it proclaims itself as 'Italy's favourite coffee'

Its OK I suppose. certainly perks me up of a morning. Dunno though, it seems to be lacking the depth of flavour I like from a coffee. Will not buy again.

 

[gentlegreen]

Apparently the French "adore le Piat D'or" ....

Pre-ground doesn't help either ...

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

How much work is required to develop a palate that's refined enough to tell the difference between Finca Estancia Nubes, and Guatemala Peroso Chingada?

My palate is able to discern 'pretty good' 'good', and 'dishwater'; but that's about as far as I've come.

 

[gentlegreen]

I can detect basic nuttiness, acidity, bitterness ... some coffees are too chocolatey for me ... different fruits though ...

Odd really because I love really bland food - peanut butter, raw tofu ...

Same with wine - which is probably a good thing - I can appreciate the character of a reasonable French wine, but I suspect vintage claret would be wasted on me.

When it comes to white wine though ...

My palate was forever ruined by being given really good champagne in France in 1975 ...
I basically never buy white wine because I know I will be disappointed with anything I can reasonably afford - it'll be something to look forward to when I retire there.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

I'm cynical and old. Which means that to me, all this coffee varietal thing, treating coffee like wine, is just a marketing thing.

But what do I know?

 

[killer b]

i'm no expert, atm i'm just asking the coffee shop to recommend stuff - but there is often a significant difference in the flavours. as with anything, i suspect once you disappear down that rabbit hole, differences which are imperceptible to most people (and indeed to all intents & purposes imaginary) may come to the fore. but i think it's more to do with our silly brains than marketing necessarily (although marketing makes full use of our silly brains).

 

[gentlegreen]

I'm cynical and old. Which means that to me, all this coffee varietal thing, treating coffee like wine, is just a marketing thing.

But what do I know?

Nope. There's a distinct difference.

The odd thing is, decades ago when I was much more careless about coffee and drank a lot more of it, I used to buy not-especially good coffee in town (sometimes even ready-ground or otherwise just bashed to bits in a Moulinex), and usually over-brewed in a cafetiere, and I can to this day "taste" the difference between the nutty Costa Rica, the fruity Columbian and the positively Bovril-like qualities of the Nicaraguan - but I've failed to re-experience that.

All I know is that I always come back to Guatemalan single estate El Bosque.

As soon as they start over-blending coffees, I find the character is often lost - a bit like the supermarket French "Grenache-Syrah" blends I tried recently that just didn't "work" for me.

 

[friendofdorothy]

Lidl did an offer on coffee beans lately £8.50 per kilo bag, bought one bag to see if it was drinkable, and it was lovely. When I went back to stock up on more, there was none left, of course. Still it been an treat each mornig - very enjoyable.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

I had one of these today.

I wanted further information on the genesis of the cup of Tim Horton's coffee, so I went to the FAQs.

Tim Hortons uses a premium blend of 100% Arabica beans from several of the world's renowned coffee-producing regions. Tim Hortons coffee is served within 20 minutes of brewing or it's not served at all. It's that quality and focus on "Always Fresh" that we think makes Tim Hortons coffee our guests' favorite.

Arabica beans are pretty good.

 

[pogo 10]

Fair trade gold blend from the co op which my flatmate got. Its ok, need to buy more nescafe as im too used to the taste.

 

[gentlegreen]

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

I go to this coffe shop called Elysian. It's pretty good. It's got Fair Trade, I think. It has big pictures on the wall of women somewhere in South America picking through coffee beans. It has people with scarves on staring at Macbooks. It has actual sugar dispensers, the glass ones with metal tops, instead of those packages of sugar.

The thing is, the coffee can be really good, or watery. Lately, it's been watery. Americanos shouldn't be that watery. I don't want to pay $3.50 for a watery Americano.

They also have a daily 'fresh sheet' with all the names: the Fanculos, the Chingadas, the Peligrosos del Mar.

 

[gentlegreen]

The only place in my city I would confidently go for a coffee would be one of the places that grinds my beans, but I have to cycle several miles and up several hundred feet to get to it.
At work we have several different coffee facilities and the one time I tried one of them it tasted like under-brewed, over-roasted acorns.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

The only place in my city I would confidently go for a coffee would be one of the places that grinds my beans, but I have to cycle several miles and up several hundred feet to get to it.
At work we have several different coffee facilities and the one time I tried one of them it tasted like under-brewed, over-roasted acorns.

I say if you find a good, consistent place, guard it jealously.

 

[gentlegreen]

I'm brewing my Aeropress coffee for longer now - 45 seconds of constant stirring.
Oodles of flavour, but no detectable bitterness.
I wonder if I should make friends with a microscopist at work and calibrate my grinder.
(or an earth scientist )

 

[killer b]

Crap. I forgot to buy any yesterday, so I'm drinking the emergency stuff. it's a bit grim.

 

[DotCommunist]

I've fixed the problem with 'qualitia' rosso. It is only quality if you put two heaped spoons worth in.

still not buying it again though

 

[gentlegreen]

There's clearly a need for someone to do proper research into how to make drinkable coffee from lack-lustre beans.
The ones my local deli sell are shockingly bad.

 

[pogofish]

I had one of these today.

I wanted further information on the genesis of the cup of Tim Horton's coffee, so I went to the FAQs.




Arabica beans are pretty good.

Its only been on a few occasions certainly but all the cups of Tim Horton coffee I've had have actually been rather good. Its emminently drinkable stuff IME.

 

[pogofish]

I've fixed the problem with 'qualitia' rosso. It is only quality if you put two heaped spoons worth in.

still not buying it again though

If you can get the "Qualitia del O'ro", you will see what you are missing - its a much nicer coffee by far. Mainly Columbian beans IIRC.

 

[DotCommunist]

If you can get the "Qualitia del O'ro", you will see what you are missing - its a much nicer coffee by far. Mainly Columbian beans IIRC.

has it the depth I have been missing though? I mean that roasty fuck-you flavour. Cos this lot has not got that

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Its only been on a few occasions certainly but all the cups of Tim Horton coffee I've had have actually been rather good. Its emminently drinkable stuff IME.

I think it's the best of the chain outlet basic coffees.

They tried expanding into the US market, with limited success. Go figure.

 

[pogofish]

Sipping the last of my Ethiopian Yirgacheffe coffee - a fine nutty, slightly spicy drink.