Coffee bags?

Uther · 30 Sep 2021 at 14:38

Anyone tried them? I'm not particularly a coffee connoisseur but wonder if they might be useful when camping.
I'm hoping they would be a step up from instant.

MikeTheNative · 30 Sep 2021 at 14:42

I use them, I got the Taylor's one and do find them a step up from instant. Whether they are worth the premium is probably harder to say.
One thing is you have to brew then a lot longer than tea, I do them for a couple of minutes while stirring and squeezing the bag.

Uther · 30 Sep 2021 at 14:48

MikeTheNative said:
I use them, I got the Taylor's one and do find them a step up from instant. Whether they are worth the premium is probably harder to say.
One thing is you have to brew then a lot longer than tea, I do them for a couple of minutes while stirring and squeezing the bag.

Ah I was hoping someone would say that, I'd just ordered some Taylors from amazon. 30 bags for £6 seems ok.

IceBear · 30 Sep 2021 at 14:50

Not something I've given much thought of before.
I might have to give them a try as a change from instant.

Uther · 30 Sep 2021 at 14:52

IceBear said:
Not something I've given much thought of before.
I might have to give them a try as a change from instant.

I hadn't either tbh, but saw a couple of friends using them last weekend on a camping trip. Instant is a bit 'meh' so if they taste better then it's worth a shot.

IceBear · 30 Sep 2021 at 14:58

Just been looking and of course there's a bewildering choice

Raymond Lin · 1 Oct 2021 at 09:06

In Japan these are popular in hotels. Rather getting an instant packet of coffee, they have these in the room. It's a all in filter coffee, just careful and pour water in slowly but it works.

https://www.thecoffeepod.co.uk/cont...cQvzD6cXYsRWkh4NueZmmYmyrnnFI2qxoCvE0QAvD_BwE

bimbleuk · 1 Oct 2021 at 09:18

I tried one recently and it won't change me from using a single cafetiere at work but yeah may be useful on the move. Would have to be for convenience though at twice the price compared to a bag of ground coffee.

Zefan · 1 Oct 2021 at 09:28

They're really good in my experience, as above have had them in hotels and it seemed just the same as cafetiere to me but I've never bothered getting them for home as instant is too convenient/cheap. I echo the above, you definitely do have to let them sit for a while just like you would with a cafetiere. I suppose I'm a bit of a coffee philistine and just use instant pretty much all the time, so my opinion on this might be irrelevant

Terminal_Boy · 1 Oct 2021 at 09:50

Definitely a step up from instant. As posted earlier, let them steep for a minute or two to get the best out of them.

Lidl do a range of them and they all taste better than instant to me.

Uther · 1 Oct 2021 at 20:51

OK, tried a couple of the Taylor's coffee bags today, much nicer than instant.

nine_tails · 1 Oct 2021 at 22:59

An abomination ; i must try out.

MagicBoy · 1 Oct 2021 at 23:02

Tried them at work. They're meh. Rather use a cafetiere

brendy · 1 Oct 2021 at 23:35

I'd sooner take an aeropress and ground coffee with me.

Nursie · 2 Oct 2021 at 15:29

I've tried one once, had complementary bags in a Scottish hotel room. Quite a bit of coffee came out of the bag somehow, made for a fairly unpleasant experience.

silvagti · 2 Oct 2021 at 15:56

I liked them better than instant but pour-over ground filter coffee tastes even better and just as easy to make IMO if you use a coffee dripper with filter paper.
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B@Th*nG · 5 Oct 2021 at 09:51

MikeTheNative said:
I use them, I got the Taylor's one and do find them a step up from instant. Whether they are worth the premium is probably harder to say.
One thing is you have to brew then a lot longer than tea, I do them for a couple of minutes while stirring and squeezing the bag.

a cafetiere takes about 4-5 minutes so I would expect similar from a coffee bag too

Flibster · 5 Oct 2021 at 11:32

Have you considered speciality instant?

This is from a couple of years ago, but it's interesting.

MikeTheNative · 5 Oct 2021 at 11:45

B@Th*nG said:
a cafetiere takes about 4-5 minutes so I would expect similar from a coffee bag too

Yeah I would too, it also says it on the package to brew for a few minutes. Didn't stop my GF from leaving the bag in for nano seconds and wondering why I had to pour it away though lol

DXP55 · 7 Oct 2021 at 16:12

Haven't drunk coffee for years then wife bought some Taylors No4 coffee bags - To me they did smell nice so tried one -Now have one cup in the evening with ginger biscuit and one square of Lindt mint chocolate.