Online coffee beans retailer
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Did you try last month's monthly special from China? They're absolutely amazing. I'll be very sad when these 2 bags are finished.
Soldato
Anyone who lives in the vicinity of Brent Cross shopping Centre, I'll give a shoutout to this roaster.
cricklewoodcoffee.co
I bought 3 from them last month, 2 Brazilian and a Burundi. Very reasonable price for London. Prices are a bit cheaper if you go there in person. Drinks are cheap for London too.
Speciality Roasted Coffee, London, UK - Cricklewood Coffee Roasters
Buy our award winning freshly roasted speciality coffee . You can choose from our list of coffee roasted or unroasted green beans, with super quick delivery.
cricklewoodcoffee.co
I bought 3 from them last month, 2 Brazilian and a Burundi. Very reasonable price for London. Prices are a bit cheaper if you go there in person. Drinks are cheap for London too.
Caporegime
I must have hit my head last month because out of curiosity I bought some "halloween edition" beans from Starbucks. The bag says medium roast but it is so dark and oily it looked like it was 2 stages past Dark Roast. And of course it taste burnt, even making a filter with a Hario Switch.
Luckily there is a store locally sell coffee from a local roaster (Method), got some of these today for £7.70. https://methodroastery.com/products/brazil-mantiqueira Not too bad, no postage needed and I can get 1 bag at a time when I need it. Roast date was last week.
Luckily there is a store locally sell coffee from a local roaster (Method), got some of these today for £7.70. https://methodroastery.com/products/brazil-mantiqueira Not too bad, no postage needed and I can get 1 bag at a time when I need it. Roast date was last week.
Yea I've been back to using Hormozi for a while now, they are the best I can find.
I'm paying about £13 a kg ordering 4kg at a time and they keep sending me free stuff, including a couple of coffee storage containers that will hold 1kg coffee beans with this like air release seal thing.
Have you tried many of their beans or do you tend to just stick with the same one each time? I ordered their Spanish House blend but just seen they do a Smooth 100% Arabica one which I maybe should have got instead as this one is 4 in strength. Went for the 1kg having no tried it before which is risky so I hope I like it!
Looks like I can still cancel order at the time of posting this if I change my mind and just get the samples instead.
It's up to you.
I'd probably just leave it and see what the Spanish one is like, might be good, I've not tried that one myself.
I tend to hover between the Smooth blend, Excellence blend and Royal blend, I've had Smooth blend the most though, they are all fine, and good price point.
I see people use other coffee retailers, and I'm not saying the coffee isn't better, but Hormozi coffee is decent and significantly cheaper than most other places.
Their Jamaica Blue Mountain Mix Blend is my favourite so far of the blends.
I've tried loads of there stuff.
This is the thing that they sent me, it's got like air airtight seal top, you have to press the button to open/close it which lets the air in/out, holds 1kg of coffee beans.
Not bad for free, they've sent me 2 of them now.
Soldato
That's not a bad price. I paid £29.40 for 1KG of a Brazil Natural Coffee from a Suffolk Roaster last month. I'm getting to the end of it now so I've bought 3 bags of what was left from Dog & Hat's Subscription last month to tide me over until Xmas. I may buy from whoever sends me the best offer this BF.
Caporegime
Yeah, it's not the cheapest, certainly more than getting 1kg bags but also since I only really drink coffee at home on the weekend mostly. It takes me a few weeks to go through a bag. Having 1kg would takes a few months. So getting 1 bag at a time when I need it is best way to get fresh coffee. The store also sell beans quite fresh from roast date so no problem in that regards.
Plus I get to try different regions and flavours beans from bag to bag.
Soldato
I use about 1KG a month as I drink on average 2 coffees a day, One 1st thing in the morning and the other when I get home from work early afternoon or mid morning weekends. Once a week I take in a flask to work as well. I keep a record of what I buy, where from, the price I paid and whether I like it or one to avoid in future for reference.
The Hormozi prices are good, although difficult to get through all the flavoured coffees and things on their site that you wouldn’t want to touch at all if you’re grinding at home. Is there a way to see just the ‘normal’ coffee? Also makes me wonder why they sell that stuff, I’ve never seen anyone serious about coffee recommend flavoured varieties and all the ones I’ve tried were bad. Maybe I’m missing something.
I worked out the other day I'd got through 2kg in 4.5 weeks ooops
Found a Colombian coffee bean I like - Rave Colombian Organic Blend - very smooth and chocolately
My other fav at the moment is the Kenya AA from Wogan - complex and a slight twang but not too much
Only had two cups of the Hormozi house blend so far as had some other coffee to get through first. Really smooth to drink but I do like to have my coffee milky so not tried it black. Freshly roasted beans make all the difference.
My coffee machine only has 8 grind settings so sometimes struggle to find the right grind as the the right grind can sometimes be between two sizes but found a grind size that seems to suit these beans pretty well as needle stayed in the optional zone throughout the brew process.
Don't have a digital scale to check I'm getting the perfect cup of coffee but it tastes nice enough for me.
My coffee machine only has 8 grind settings so sometimes struggle to find the right grind as the the right grind can sometimes be between two sizes but found a grind size that seems to suit these beans pretty well as needle stayed in the optional zone throughout the brew process.
Don't have a digital scale to check I'm getting the perfect cup of coffee but it tastes nice enough for me.
Soldato
I bought that at the start of this year & I liked it. I may buy it again if there are any discount codes doing the rounds. I've still not finished a 1Kg bag of Kenyan AA that I bought from Butterworths in the middle of August that I use for Pourover only. 1000/15 = 66. I started drinking it in early September, I'm surprised its lasted this long.
Picked up a bag of Lofbergs Brazil Single Origin and very impressed for the price. Anyone else tried it, how do you find it compares?
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