COFFEE

dtokez · 29 Mar 2009 at 05:34

hi all, ive just brought a perculator i think they are called from ikea. im new to making coffee in this way and im not sure what filter coffee to buy as there are so many!

anyone mind recommending me one or 2?

mk17 · 29 Mar 2009 at 05:55

Lavazza Espresso (the black packet) is the one for me, but if you prefer it milder go for something colombian.

Best to avoid the urge to drink the entire pot by yourself !

iamdjdz · 29 Mar 2009 at 05:57

Just drink normal coffee packets, don't try the 'cognac' infused packets etc,

Von Smallhausen · 29 Mar 2009 at 07:22

I am now at work and have forgotten to bring some coffee in. Arses.

As for a good filter, Tesco do a coffee whose name I forget but it is in a vacuum packed gold block and is an Italian producer. It is an excellent coffee.

Alternatively, you can get a kilo bag of beans from Costco, San Francisco Bay, which is a very good coffee if ground coursely.

titchard · 29 Mar 2009 at 07:35

Von Smallhausen said:
I am now at work and have forgotten to bring some coffee in. Arses.

As for a good filter, Tesco do a coffee whose name I forget but it is in a vacuum packed gold block and is an Italian producer. It is an excellent coffee.

Alternatively, you can get a kilo bag of beans from Costco, San Francisco Bay, which is a very good coffee if ground coursely.

Just had my morning coffee here and realised that I have no fresh ground for the french press. Double arses, instant for me.

Kenya Peaberry is lovely from Whittards, OP.

Rich

Von Smallhausen · 29 Mar 2009 at 08:09

A colleague has just tried to poison me with freeze dried coffee.

It is bloody awful and went straight down the sink.

NickK · 29 Mar 2009 at 09:46

Hmm - feel a Hasbeen order coming up..

malef!c · 29 Mar 2009 at 10:01

I grabbed a pack of Colombian mild (green pack) from Tescos on the way to work a week or so ago (thats all the change I had on me when I remembered I had no coffee!) and have to say its one of the better coffees I have had for a good while.

Might have a look at some of their other types as well now.

trojan698 · 29 Mar 2009 at 10:25

Percol Columbian

deadite66 · 29 Mar 2009 at 11:05

NickK said:
Hmm - feel a Hasbeen order coming up..

+1 hasbeen is my favourite coffee shop.
just had a nice freshly burr ground cup of indian monsoon malabar mmm.

dtokez · 29 Mar 2009 at 23:49

haha cheers guys, i will look for those in the shops!

also i now know what the solid block packets are thanks to Von

and mk17 i know what u mean mate, very hard not to drink the whole lot once its there

dtokez · 2 Apr 2009 at 10:21

got a packet of tescos columbian so i will benchmark it later and report my findings

Von Smallhausen · 2 Apr 2009 at 10:22

danrogers said:
haha cheers guys, i will look for those in the shops!

also i now know what the solid block packets are thanks to Von

and mk17 i know what u mean mate, very hard not to drink the whole lot once its there

I still can't remember what it's called.

YorkshirePadd26 · 2 Apr 2009 at 10:25

Any type of Java coffee will do, some of these fair trade ones are really good.

Von Smallhausen · 2 Apr 2009 at 10:30

I remember having a cup of coffee at Durham Cathedral cafe some time back and I have never had a better cup. I wish I could remember what it was called.

Mark M · 2 Apr 2009 at 10:44

*pencils in a 15 minute drive to Durham Cathedral on Sat*

Bennie-Mac · 2 Apr 2009 at 10:46

trojan698 said:
Percol Columbian

This is the nicest supermarket filter coffee ive tried

Fubsy · 2 Apr 2009 at 11:15

Bring me some coffee as well.

Admiral Huddy · 2 Apr 2009 at 11:17

Von Smallhausen said:
I remember having a cup of coffee at Durham Cathedral cafe some time back and I have never had a better cup. I wish I could remember what it was called.

Sure this wasn't the W.I. Von? Custard cream with that?

TheCenturion · 2 Apr 2009 at 11:20

slighlty off topic, and sorry for hijacking the thread, but I love my coffee no milk, no sugar.