pick me a coffee on hasbean and some help please.

murphyebass

Hi guys,

Was just looking on Hasbean for a couple of bags of coffee. Problem is they have so many different beans/blends that I'm at a loss at which ones to go for.

I want 1 bag for a cafitiere completely open to ideas.

and

I want 1 bag for an espresso machine, I dont like it too acidy if that makes sense but like it quite strong.
It would be for espresso only not lattes or anything else.

• Lastly I havent got a burr grinder so I was going to get them to grind the beans.
• How quickly would you need to use the coffee for it to be "fresh".
• And what would be the best method of storage.
• Can you get a cheap burr grinder ( I have an ordinary grinder, probably ok for cafitiere with the more course grind but not espresso) that would work for espresso as I know its better to grind the beans just before use.

Thanks a mil

PPC

If your looking for a bold espresso, try http://www.hasbean.co.uk/products/Blake-Espresso-Blend.html

And for the presspot, try http://www.hasbean.co.uk/products/Ethiopia-Yirgacheffe.html

Once you grind coffee you've about 10 minutes to use it before it starts loosing flavour tbh.

You could buy a small hand grinder and grind beans manually.
I use to grind mine using this http://www.hasbean.co.uk/products/Hario-Mini-Mill-Slim-Plastic-Coffee-Grinder.html

alastair

I'd recommend this: http://www.hasbean.co.uk/products/Guatemala-El-Bosque-Amatitlan-Red-Bourbon-2010%252d2011-Crop.html

for both French press and espresso purposes.

snollup

All previously mentioned coffee's are really good. Just picked up a bag of Brazil Fazenda Sol Nascente. Believe it's good for either filter or esspresso. Looking forward to trying it this weekend.