Where are you buying your coffee these days?

Loving Ponaire's European Espresso blend at the moment link

I've been sticking with 3fE the past year or so after a six month flirtation with Squaremile. Going to pull the trigger on an In My Mug weekly Hasbean subscription in the new year. Looking forward to trying the Koppi coffees when they arrive.

I'm still working through my Berlin coffee (The Barn, Bonanza, Five Elephant), but usually, I buy mine from Coffee Angel. If not, 3FE and Art of Coffee (but that's only when I can't get to Coffee Angel, 3FE only has the expensive-as-hell stuff and I really want an Ethiopian bean) - the stock Bailies, basically. I'll get around to trying that new place in Rathmines.

snollup wrote:

Looking for some alternatives to my usual, The Barn, square Mile & Workshop

Where are you getting your Barn coffee? When I dropped into their Prenzlauerberg HQ, I drank an amazing Kenyan and bought a lovely Sidamo, which I'm drinking now. Only place I've seen it here is the Dublin Barista School, but I haven't checked if they still stock it. And I actually don't think it's worth the extra price when Coffee Angel is just across the road.

i get bags of munkey beans directly from java republic.

alec76 wrote: »

What are you thinking about these :
http://www.bailiescoffee.com/collections/espresso-blends/products/puccini-espresso
Free delivery for 2 bags, I believe it is exactly Same coffee , as coffeeangel's
http://coffeeangel.com/product/forsa-gala-espresso/
Only cheaper.
Are they (coffeeangel )roasting coffee themself or just buying whole sale from Bailies and others ?

I'd imagine they have a couple of custom roast profiles that they work out with Bailies for their branded coffees but I've no idea how much input they have.

coffeewanker wrote: »

Lidl beans

There is no such a thing or is it?

Badger & Dodo at the Douglas Market. Freshly roasted the day before. €6.20 per 250g bag.

cargen wrote: »

Some time they stock Italiamo coffee beans.
Very cheap and in my opinion good.

Yes, they do. A sort a seasonal stocking, none to be had at the mo, but due back in a month or so.

snollup wrote: »

This is really good:

http://www.hasbean.co.uk/products/ethiopia-sidamo-kebel-kercha-guji-natural

First time I've ordered from HasBean in a long time. Love how quickly the turn orders around.

I might get this! how long does it take you to get it and how far away from roast date is it ?

snollup wrote: »

I ordered Thursday evening, roasted & posted yesterday. Will have it on Monday.

Great! I might put an order in next week. Let us know if it delivers on those extraordinary promises Steve makes!

Dr.Winston O'Boogie wrote: »

Perfect cheers, will give it a shot. Stupid question alert as well: It offers a choice of either ground/whole bean, presumably that depends on your coffee machine?

Yep if your machine can grind get the whole ... Nicer/fresher than pre-ground

Roquentin wrote: »

how is that when i brew my coffee using a french press that it is never as nice as the barista style coffee using the expensive machines? What does the machine do that makes it nicer can anybody tell me?

Its to do with the pressure that coffee is extracted at. When you use a french press there isn't that much pressure. When you use an espresso machine the water passes through the coffee at about 9 or 10 bars of pressure, extracting coffee at this pressure extracts the oils that are in the coffee, what is known as crema, giving it a nice creamy head and also making it taste much more intense and flavoursome.

If you want to get better results from pressing coffee manually I'd advise buying an Aeropress over using a french press. But you'll never get a proper crema on it like barista style coffee, for that you need a proper espresso machine and a grinder

Roquentin wrote: »

thanks. those barista machines are expensive, about 3k i think. if i won the lotto i would buy one. you cant beat the barista style

An entry level model is the Gaggia Classic, it costs approx €250 or you can get them second hand for €150ish. I have one at the moment and they're perfectly fine for the home user to produce barista style coffee.

What is just an important though is a grinder, one that can grind beans fine enough to produce espresso. There's lots of €30-€50 grinders on the market but they aren't up to the task. An entry level grinder like the Iberital MC2 costs approx €150.

I did without a grinder and just bought pre-ground coffee for the first few months. It was very nice but now I have a good grinder which meant all my coffee is from freshly ground beans rather than from beans that were ground weeks ago in a factory somewhere. Its been a big boost to the flavour and taste and now I'm even more addicted to coffee than ever

adrian522 wrote: »

Was in coffeeangel on Sunday, usually a big fan of the place but the coffee I was buying had been roasted on Feb 10th. This was on March 8th.

I asked did they have anything more recent but they didn't. Was told 2-3 weeks is usually fine. Didn't want to get into an argument so went for a different bag of coffee that was roasted Feb 24th I think.

Just taken an order from coffeemojo today, first time in over a year.

Came to about €20 for 2 bags. See their bags have increased from 227 to 250g.

Got coffee on thursday that was roasted the day before :P
However I got coffee there the week before and it was the 10th of FEB and i was questioning should I buy or not as i knew I wouldn't be finishing it until the start of this week.
Its annoying and something that they need to look into....although if Karls happy to brew with it, then technically shouldn't I:pac:

Hey guys
Got some great reading in this thread - thanks for sharing!

Normally order from ponaire - have tried the european and indian blends and the bobolink - love the european best I think, any other recommendations of something different to try? Or even another roaster round that price point €20 for a kg-ish??

Thanks