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Rwandan coffee - Bazaza IIRC, I could barely read the writing on the bag.

A very nice, all-round drinkable coffee in the manner of Java or Columbian but a but more nutty/earthy in taste. :)
 
Ran out of my lovely Papaua NG - hopefully to be remedied today, so all I had today was one scoop each of my recent "dud" purchases -

El Salvador "El Bourbollon" and El Salvador San Louis COE.

Makes a decent blend but still more acidity than I like.

I'm sooo conservative in my tastes.

If they don't have any PNG today I see Hasbean have my beloved Guatemala El Bosque back in stock.

http://www.hasbean.co.uk/collection...temala-el-bosque-amatitlan-washed-red-bourbon

There's even a video ... gawd this man clearly drinks a lot of coffee ...

http://www.inmymug.com/episodes/epi...temala-el-bosque-amatitlan-washed-red-bourbon
 
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Got to my coffee shop just in time - I had the very last of this year's Papua New Guinea ...

So it will be Hasbean for the next few orders - such a shame as I like to support my local supplier - but Hasbean have once again nabbed the entire harvest from El Bosque :mad:
 
Very occasionally I buy a nice blend from a coffee shop but I usually buy a supermarket blend and as such I have to load it up with sugar to enjoy it. Meh. Could do better, I know, but I don't drink all that much coffee at home when by myself...
Anyway. In order to cut down on sugar I decided to use a bit of hot chocolate in my coffe this morning. Green and Blacks stuff, doesn't have as much sugar as most hot chocolates but gave a nice smooth and chocolatey finish to the coffee (which was a waitrose Mocha blend iirc).
 
Nescafé gold blend

and you know what? it tastes just as nice as the Peruvian monkey shit artisan bollocks I had yesterday in London
 
Pingu said:
Nescafé gold blend

and you know what? it tastes just as nice as the Peruvian monkey shit artisan bollocks I had yesterday in London
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And I thought my palate was defective ...

Mind you I only drink my own coffee so I don't know what's out there - certainly had a disgusting cup at work once - perhaps you just found a duff coffee shop.
 
tbh it was a particularly wanky place we went to - at the insistence of some American guy who was with us and had found this "super great place" the ood was of the "looks nice but can I have the rest of my meal" variety served on a rough cut wooden board by a twat with a beard
 
Guatemala is definitely my favourite country for coffee - apart from the excellent PNG I've had recently.

I thoroughly recommend El Bosque if you want a very forgiving coffee that's got good body and low acidity - I always thought of it as "sweet and nutty" ...
 
Pingu said:
tbh it was a particularly wanky place we went to - at the insistence of some American guy who was with us and had found this "super great place" the ood was of the "looks nice but can I have the rest of my meal" variety served on a rough cut wooden board by a twat with a beard
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A trendy deli has opened up near me in naffsville and I only once bought beans from them - totally stale - so probably wouldn't buy a made cup of coffee from them.
Only one borderline hipster working there though ...
 
Hi, sorry not read whole thread.

Where are people getting their V60 filters? Last lot I got off amazon inadvertently came from Japan :facepalm:
 
Hassan I Sabha said:
I buy mine from my coffee supplier (www.redber.com) however you can get from Amazon and they come from the UK just check the supplier.

Nice to find another pour over fan :)
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www.redber.com seems to have expired :( I will look more closely at amazon suppliers next time :thumbs:

This is my mocha set-up :D Creamy, delicious homemade mocha for only ~45kcals!

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I tried to hipsterise the pic but it just looks grubby :(
 
I'm having the last of the wonderful Papua New Guinea this weekend, so I've just sent off for 250g of the hopefully equally wonderful Guatemala El Bosque from Hasbean - my long-term favourite.

I came across this rather over the top TED talk last week about home roasting ... perhaps I'll feel inclined when I'm retired and living in the sticks and looking for a way to impress my French neighbours in the culinary stakes ... wholefood near-veganism may still be regarded as being deliberately perverse - even in the health-conscious over-60s ...

 
greggs cappucino.

I was surprised to note they sell the greggs 'house blend' coffee in bags for you to take away. who would do such a thing??
 
killer b said:
greggs cappucino.

I was surprised to note they sell the greggs 'house blend' coffee in bags for you to take away. who would do such a thing??
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ha no way? I do enjoy a greggs coffee but would never take a bag home... probably for the same people who buy their pastries in frozen form then cook them at home (i am told this happens)
 
i was getting coffee delivered from Pact for a few months... £1 a bag is alright, but when it goes up to £7 a 250g bag they are playing around. I decided i enjoy the £3 supermarket beans just as much so can't justify the price. they're very reliable etc tho.
 
rutabowa said:
but when it goes up to £7 a 250g bag they are playing around. I decided i enjoy the £3 supermarket beans just as much so can't justify the price. they're very reliable etc tho.
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That's what good coffee costs - especially Fairtrade.
I just paid £6 plus postage at Hasbean for a coffee which is my absolute favourite. - 250g - about 8 brews - 4 weekends.
 
I think i still get fairtrade at the supermarket? Usually.

The supermarkets get the best beans too, they're all big and unbroken, the beans from little places are puny and broken.... the coffee sellers are not going to start giving tescos puny beans, they'll palm them off on the little buyers.

I'm partially joking.
 
I've been enjoying Lavazza lately. On offer at Tescos and I can't afford a Hasbean delivery so thought I'd give it a whirl. Very full-flavoured, quite strong. Nice. I'll be buying in bulk while it's cheap I think.
 
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It's down to taste in the end, and the coffee I enjoy twice a week costs me 7.50 delivered for 250g or 94p for a generous mug-full.
Hasbean buy the entire crop.

I really shouldn't advertise the variety too widely because I want the supply to last as long as possible.

I have two sorts of beans I bought recently as an experiment that I'll only use if I'm desperate and I'm looking to give them to someone before they get stale. Not bad, just not to my taste.
One is all chocolate, the other too acidic and unfortunately blending doesn't make them the way I like it.
 
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On to my last bag of Eastern Ghats Organic - Delicious as ever! :)

And more worryingly, my last 500g of Monsooned Malabar - Apparently a corporate client has greatly increased their order quantity for it, to the point where the roaster can't sell any more to the public and he won't be getting more till December! :(
 
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Hassan I Sabha said:
I buy mine from my coffee supplier (www.redber.com) however you can get from Amazon and they come from the UK just check the supplier.

Nice to find another pour over fan :)
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What's the difference between V60 filters and the filters I buy in Asda? (apart from the £4)

and yea, I'm all for pour over. It's the easiest, decent taste and no bits.

Lidl's Columbian ATM. £1.70ish. I was into Taylors after dark at 2 for a fiver in Asda, but the stuff they're started knocking out in Lidl is pretty good and I've not found anything comparable at that price.
 
There's a nesspresso machine were I working at the moment and it makes annoyingly good coffee. Faff free quick and easy.

Except for that one time I messed up and made the worlds first homeopathic coffee with it.
 
nogojones said:
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What's the difference between V60 filters and the filters I buy in Asda? (apart from the £4)

and yea, I'm all for pour over. It's the easiest, decent taste and no bits.

Lidl's Columbian ATM. £1.70ish. I was into Taylors after dark at 2 for a fiver in Asda, but the stuff they're started knocking out in Lidl is pretty good and I've not found anything comparable at that price.
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V60 filters fit a V60 coffee dripper

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Not sure what the Asda filters are and how you are executing your pour over
 
Having given up on filters a long time ago (switched to cafétière initially and now Aeropress) I wonder if you really get all the flavour out with a filter ?
 
My very wonderful Guatemalan beans have arrived and I also bought a fresh jar of peanut butter to go with the bread - which will have hempseeds in as well as flaxseed powder.
Hot bread and coffee are an inseparable package for me.
 
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