Online coffee beans retailer

[TonyLewis]

Coffee Compass – Coffee Compass

Have been using these guys for years, great price and quality.

If you like your coffee strong they have some great ebony roasts!

 

[Cadder]

Yea I believe so.

I have just ordered through the Hormozi website using GPay. Was going to purchase through the eBay shop but 1kg of Jamaica Blue Mountain is £150 on their eBay shop in comparison to £15.99 on the website!

Bought some of their Swiss Water Decaf too.

 

[Raymond Lin]

I have just ordered through the Hormozi website using GPay. Was going to purchase through the eBay shop but 1kg of Jamaica Blue Mountain is £150 on their eBay shop in comparison to £15.99 on the website!

Bought some of their Swiss Water Decaf too.

You can't get 1kg of Blue mountain for £15 anywhere...that has to be a typo.

Just checked, it's a blend. Not single origin. So it could be anything when it's a blend.

 

[Cadder]

You can't get 1kg of Blue mountain for £15 anywhere...that has to be a typo.

Just checked, it's a blend. Not single origin. So it could be anything when it's a blend.

Ah, fair enough. As you know from my other thread I'm new to all this. I don't know what is good and what isn't in the world of coffee beans.

 

[Jokester]

It’s £100 a kilo in my local place. Bought a 1/4kg bag last time I was in.

The lass behind the counter was hawt so couldn’t refuse

 

[Raymond Lin]

Ah, fair enough. As you know from my other thread I'm new to all this. I don't know what is good and what isn't in the world of coffee beans.

When it is a blend, i mean it can still be tasty, but it can be anything. Single-origin, as the name implies means it comes from 1 farm in 1 harvest. It's a bit like wine or whisky really. Blends tend to be cheaper but it can still be very nice, and it can still be quite pricey too depending what they are using of course.

 

[Cadder]

When it is a blend, i mean it can still be tasty, but it can be anything. Single-origin, as the name implies means it comes from 1 farm in 1 harvest. It's a bit like wine or whisky really. Blends tend to be cheaper but it can still be very nice, and it can still be quite pricey too depending what they are using of course.

Ah OK I can understand that then. I do enjoy a good single malt!

I'll see what this stuff is like. I can't imagine I'll ever reach levels of enjoying coffee so much I'd pay 10x what I class as decent just to reach the next level.

 

[Housey]

Coffee Compass – Coffee Compass

Have been using these guys for years, great price and quality.

If you like your coffee strong they have some great ebony roasts!

Just bought this as a good all round after a friend suggested it.

https://www.coffeecompass.co.uk/col...in-coffee/products/mystery-coffee-mark-14-1kg

I won't pretend to be an expert on stuff.

 

[Raymond Lin]

Ah OK I can understand that then. I do enjoy a good single malt!

I'll see what this stuff is like. I can't imagine I'll ever reach levels of enjoying coffee so much I'd pay 10x what I class as decent just to reach the next level.

For what it's worth, Union Coffee (which is a blend) and sold in supermarket, which can be had for £15 for 700g bags. Which I like quite a lot and my go to beans off the shelve. They are often on sale at £11.50 too once in a while. So that scales up to about £20 for 1kg.

Last week I went to a local roaster and bought 1kg for £27.

That give you an idea what an average cost for 1kg beans cost. So when you are paying £15 for 1kg then the quality to begin with I expect to be lower. My guess is that it will be a darker, more oily roast as dark roast can mask the taste a bit. Almost used in a method to hide the beans.

 

[TonyLewis]

Just bought this as a good all round after a friend suggested it.

https://www.coffeecompass.co.uk/col...in-coffee/products/mystery-coffee-mark-14-1kg

I won't pretend to be an expert on stuff.

Let is know what you think. Give the beans some resting time before you use as they will be freshly roasted.

 

[Cadder]

For what it's worth, Union Coffee (which is a blend) and sold in supermarket, which can be had for £15 for 700g bags. Which I like quite a lot and my go to beans off the shelve. They are often on sale at £11.50 too once in a while. So that scales up to about £20 for 1kg.

Last week I went to a local roaster and bought 1kg for £27.

That give you an idea what an average cost for 1kg beans cost. So when you are paying £15 for 1kg then the quality to begin with I expect to be lower. My guess is that it will be a darker, more oily roast as dark roast can mask the taste a bit. Almost used in a method to hide the beans.

Fair enough. After my first Rave order (with an introductory discount) I am not expecting the Hormozi beans to be any better, but I will be pleasantly surprised if so. I might try that coffee compass @Housey mentioned. I need to get it nailed down to a supplier and preferred bean though so I'm not always chopping and changing.

Ran out of Rave's Italian Job blend this morning (which was beautiful) so had to resort to my Costco Lavazza beans which I now find quite bitter and a steep drop from the Rave beans we have been enjoying. But that's with the machine settings the same, so would have to faff about with weights and grind coarseness to dial it in again. Another reason I'd like to nail down my preferred bean as it will get boring doing it over and over again.

 

[Housey]

Let is know what you think. Give the beans some resting time before you use as they will be freshly roasted.

Will do. I have a new grinder arriving today.

This is what happens when you find that James Hoffman bloke on YouTube.

 

[TonyLewis]

Will do. I have a new grinder arriving today.

This is what happens when you find that James Hoffman bloke on YouTube.

Get some cheap beans and dial the grinder in while your new beans rest.

Which grinder did you go for?

 

[Raymond Lin]

Fair enough. After my first Rave order (with an introductory discount) I am not expecting the Hormozi beans to be any better, but I will be pleasantly surprised if so. I might try that coffee compass @Housey mentioned. I need to get it nailed down to a supplier and preferred bean though so I'm not always chopping and changing.

Ran out of Rave's Italian Job blend this morning (which was beautiful) so had to resort to my Costco Lavazza beans which I now find quite bitter and a steep drop from the Rave beans we have been enjoying. But that's with the machine settings the same, so would have to faff about with weights and grind coarseness to dial it in again. Another reason I'd like to nail down my preferred bean as it will get boring doing it over and over again.

Try Union Revelation sold at Sainsbury’s, £11.50 for 700g is very good value for money. I always grab a bag when it gets to £11.50. When it’s out I try something else and then go back to it.

 

[Housey]

Get some cheap beans and dial the grinder in while your new beans rest.

Which grinder did you go for?

Fellow Ode as most of my coffee is filter and pour over during the day. I liked the aesthetic firstly and seems to get decent commentary. I have plenty of other beans, I just asked my friend to recommend and that is where the Coffee Compass came from.

 

[Housey]

Try Union Revelation sold at Sainsbury’s, £11.50 for 700g is very good value for money. I always grab a bag when it gets to £11.50. When it’s out I try something else and then go back to it.

I find their coffee a little bland, but that might be due to my sense of taste/smell not being that special.

 

[Raymond Lin]

I find their coffee a little bland, but that might be due to my sense of taste/smell not being that special.

Revelation is fairly neutral, not too citriusy or dark and chocolatety which is why I gravitate towards it as a default then in between I usually go a lighter and more citrus roast as an alternative.

 

[Housey]

And as I mention it DHL turns up with this...

 

[TonyLewis]

And as I mention it DHL turns up with this...

Nice, so you are not making espresso I presume?

 

[Housey]

Nice, so you are not making espresso I presume?

The vast majority of the time I use pour over / filter coffee due to time. I will investigate espresso another time, I bought for my main use case this time.