Whats your favorite Coffee?

tidusjar

tidusjar

tidusjar

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I'm really getting into (real)Coffee lately, Just wondering what everyone's favorite is and what they drink?

I'm a ground coffee person as I'm too lazy to grind the beans!

I quite like a Hot Lava Java or a After Dark by Taylors.
 
My regular coffees are Lavazza Red & Blue (the latter decaf). Not necessarily my favourite - for that we get the grinder out, but I'm a bit lazy there...
 
In the Espresso machine usually something from Hasbean. I thnk the only coffee I have grim there semi regularly is the Jailbreak Espresso blend, although not had it for a while, usually just pick a couple at random that sound nice from the cupping notes. Check the out if you haven't already, they will ship ground - although it's nicer ground right before it's made.

We also get the odd bag from Aldi to make in big pots in the caffetiere, Specially Selected Java, it's not bad.
 
tidusjar said:
I'm really getting into (real)Coffee lately, Just wondering what everyone's favorite is and what they drink?

I'm a ground coffee person as I'm too lazy to grind the beans!

I quite like a Hot Lava Java or a After Dark by Taylors.
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Your better off buying it pre-ground from UK suppliers if you cant wait the 15 seconds to grind some beans if you buy a decent grinder. The stuff you mentioned is mass producded cack and quite expensive compared to some of the fresh roasted stuff you can have in a day.

http://www.coffeebeanshop.co.uk/about-i-1.html

I buy my stuff from here atm, there everday blend is cracking.
 
SPG said:
Your better off buying it pre-ground from UK suppliers if you cant wait the 15 seconds to grind some beans if you buy a decent grinder. The stuff you mentioned is mass producded cack and quite expensive compared to some of the fresh roasted stuff you can have in a day.

http://www.coffeebeanshop.co.uk/about-i-1.html

I buy my stuff from here atm, there everday blend is cracking.
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Ok, thats why i'm asking everyone what they are drinking so I can experience more :) Coffee newb at the moment.
 
Pretty much any coffee from these guys

Hasbean
J. Atkinson & Co
Square Mile
Butterworth & Son
Extract Coffee
Workshop Coffee
James Gourmet
Union Hand Roasted
Origin

I do have some favourites though, but none in the flat at the moment.

Also have a couple of surprise coffees from www.blankboxcoffee.com who send out 2x150g bags each month, with only a red or blue logo on them. Tasting them with no preconceptions from the tasting notes is pretty interesting. He then puts the info on the web about which is which.
 
I've enjoyed all the Hasbean coffee I've tried, I'm not good at remembering which are my favourites though as I tend to chop and change a lot, usually go for non blended/single origin but of the blends I've tried I really like the breakfast bomb.
 
Siliconslave said:
plus, get a grinder, honestly its the best thing you can do for decent home coffee regardless of what you buy or how you make it :)
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+1 only don't get one of those bladed 'grinders' which just chop the beans up into unequal size grounds as you need consistency of grind to bring out the best in coffee. I have a ceramic hand grinder which gives good results for a lot less than an electric one, I look at the time spent hand grinding the beans as part of drinking the experience.
 
PieEater said:
+1 only don't get one of those bladed 'grinders' which just chop the beans up into unequal size grounds as you need consistency of grind to bring out the best in coffee. I have a ceramic hand grinder which gives good results for a lot less than an electric one, I look at the time spent hand grinding the beans as part of drinking the experience.
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i agree but freshly cut beans will still be better then stale old grinds, if its all you can get its better then nothing.
 
GTanny said:
i agree but freshly cut beans will still be better then stale old grinds, if its all you can get its better then nothing.
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My experience is different. I was given a bladed grinder by a well meaning friend when I said that I wanted to start grinding my own coffee. I couldn't understand why I found the fresh 'ground' coffee I was drinking so disappointing compared to the supermarket pre-ground I was used to. I decided to find and visit a coffee roasting house to get their advice and they explained the importance of grind consistency. For espresso and filter coffees that are not in contact with water for very long you need a very fine grind, as this will allow all of the flavors and oils to be extracted from the coffee in the short time available, if the grind is not fine and consistent enough your coffee will end up being too acidic as the components that give the caramel, chocolate and nutty tones will not have had sufficient time to be extracted from the courser grounds. For cafetieres where the coffee is submerged in water for a longer time you need a courser grind, too fine and you will get a bitter coffee as the bitter tones are brought out when coffee is over-brewed which happens when fine grounds are submerged for too long.

It was explained that a bladed 'grinder' is not capable of providing the consistent grind required to bring out the full range of flavors especially for my cafetiere, which was exactly what I was (or wasn't) experiencing and so I came away with my ceramic burr hand grinder and a bag of freshly roasted beans. Just out of interest when I got home I ground some of my old supermarket bought beans in my new grinder and the difference between this and the chopped coffee was night and day. Needless to say the fresh roast coffee, properly ground was a real revelation, and I could never recommend a bladed 'grinder' to anyone.

/Edit - Plug for Danny & Justine at http://thecoffeefactory.co.uk/ who took the time out to make my coffee drinking so much more enjoyable
 
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