Life is too short for bad coffee - The Off Topic thread

cnocbui

Damo 2k9 wrote: »

I went and ordered a Sage Barista Express from North x South today, due on Tuesday but with this evening's announcement I probably won't see it for a couple of weeks. I'm fine with that btw.

Really excited to get my hands on it and get going. Have been enjoying Upside beans lately in the local coffee spot, really nice.

I would imagine delivery services and the post would be considered essential services and would continue operating.

Damo 2k9

It won't be dispatched until Monday, so it's whether NxS open or not.

Glebee

Used the aeropress this morning for my coffee for the first time in an age. For such a simple device if really does make a great cup of coffee. Using Bell Lane Supernova beans:):):)

Bigbooty

Are all roasters closed now? Got a delivery from calender during the week, one Ecuador( done on the v60 this morning) and one Peru. Thought I'd splash out on the good stuff if i'm going to be at home all the time. Plus the donated 30% of my order to an independent coffee shop of my choice which is really nice.

Squidgy Black

Bigbooty wrote: »

Are all roasters closed now? Got a delivery from calender during the week, one Ecuador( done on the v60 this morning) and one Peru. Thought I'd splash out on the good stuff if i'm going to be at home all the time. Plus the donated 30% of my order to an independent coffee shop of my choice which is really nice.

Nope most still doing online deliveries (3FE, Cloud Picker, Bell Lane, Silverskin, Roasted Brown are the few I've seen post on social media today).

megaten

Got a shipping notification from Full Circle today so should be sorted. If it goes well I'll order a kg bag off them. Ive been rationing myself to 1cup a day so I don't have to resort to instant coffee.

Hodors Appletart

megaten wrote: »

Got a shipping notification from Full Circle today so should be sorted. If it goes well I'll order a kg bag off them. Ive been rationing myself to 1cup a day so I don't have to resort to instant coffee.

I nicked a kg of the beans the coffee machine in work uses it makes ok coffee certainly better than instant. I think it might be medium roast because it doesn't have that acrid bitterness that you get with dark roasts.

My wife nicked a 500g bag of some Italian Espresso Dark Roast from her place I made some in the Aeropress yesterday and couldn't finish the cup. I just can't drink dark roast.

I've a bag of Square Mile Sweet Shop & Brick Lane and a Bailies sub that I hope will continue to arrive.

in a month or two I'll probably order off 3FE as they are very near to me

Squidgy Black

3fe tend to be fairly snappy with their delivery, I've ordered a couple times in the morning, it's roasted that same day and the delivered the next day, but I'm about 20 minutes from the roastery so that may play a part.

I've ordered two bags of Bailies microlots, should be getting a bag from Badger and Dodo with a new scale I ordered, and I've about 300g left of Red Brick in the freezer that I had gotten from Vice before they shut down. Hopefully that gets me through about a month or so if couriers decide to shut up shop...

Rubberchikken

We ordered online from Maher's cork last Wednesday, 1 kg Columbian beans delivered to the door following day.
Love Maher's and their coffees are excellent:)

alec76

Squidgy Black wrote: »

Found the 10x15cm ones a bit easier to use just because they're smaller, these are the ones I picked up https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B015A7PHDM?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

As long as you seal them up high enough you can reuse them too. I stick the portions in a lunch box as well so there's no freezer burn also

Lidl is
selling vacuum sealers for €30

https://www.lidl.ie/en/p/kitchen-deals/vacuum-sealer/p40022

bag rolls ( set of 3 ) for €5 almost as cheap as direct from China.
https://www.lidl.ie/en/p/kitchen-deals/vacuum-sealer-bag-rolls/p40021

F34

Ordered from Bell Lane in Wednesday and had a Kg of house blend beans on Thursday looking forward to trying it.

Squidgy Black

Anyone know of any other places to list a machine/grinder combo for sale other than adverts?

Finally pulled the trigger on an upgrade tonight and have been promptly informed to 'get rid' of the old setup before anything new arrives in the house....

Newtown90

Squidgy Black wrote: »

Anyone know of any other places to list a machine/grinder combo for sale other than adverts?

Finally pulled the trigger on an upgrade tonight and have been promptly informed to 'get rid' of the old setup before anything new arrives in the house....

Facebook Market place, Donedeal? You'll find head melters in all of them though.

cnocbui

Squidgy Black wrote: »

Anyone know of any other places to list a machine/grinder combo for sale other than adverts?

Finally pulled the trigger on an upgrade tonight and have been promptly informed to 'get rid' of the old setup before anything new arrives in the house....

dondeal.ie and gumtree.ie

Planet X

.......from when I worked in Riyadh in the 80's,

Bigbooty

Bailies doing 15% off atm with brewathome code. Initiative to get people to support independent coffee roasters. I've enough at the minute but I can always brew more.

Planet X

MiskyBoyy

Picked up some Slumberjack coffee in Aldi earlier. Actually had a roast date on it too. Mine was 10th April.

DaveyDave

Nearly out of my last beans already, placed an order with Bell Lane for Ethiopia Hambela and Kenya Kiambara.

Hopefully I'll have enough until they're delivered next week. Free shipping on Bell Lane over €20 with SHIP20.

The Nal

DaveyDave wrote: »

Nearly out of my last beans already, placed an order with Bell Lane for Ethiopia Hambela and Kenya Kiambara.

Hopefully I'll have enough until they're delivered next week. Free shipping on Bell Lane over €20 with SHIP20.

Cheers just ordered the same as I've never taste either. Never heard of Bell Lane either.

Raoul

The Nal wrote: »

Cheers just ordered the same as I've never taste either. Never heard of Bell Lane either.

Bell Lane is pretty nice. Used to like going to Honest2Goodness in Dublin City Center for it.

Might be the wrong thread but anyone see any deals on coffee grinders? Using a manual grinder at the moment. Budget is prob around 100 euro mark. Maybe a bit above. Only need it for doing a max of 2 coffees at a time for a mokapot.

I found this one which could be good:
https://www.westcorkcoffee.ie/shop/Wilfa-grinder

alec76

Bell Lane would be my favourite roaster at the moment, always fresh good quality beans .
Oh, I’ve ordered 1kg espresso beans few days ago , came as 4 separate 250 bags , dunno if it is regular practice for them, but what a nice touch ,
€24 inc. delivery( 20% off with the code) definitely a bargain.

caviardreams

alec76 wrote: »

Bell Lane would be my favourite roaster at the moment, always fresh good quality beans .
Oh, I’ve ordered 1kg espresso beans few days ago , came as 4 separate 250 bags , dunno if it is regular practice for them, but what a nice touch ,
€24 inc. delivery( 20% off with the code) definitely a bargain.

I think that's normal - think they only have 250g bags. I really like them too!

Mr Magnolia

Squidgy Black wrote: »

Exactly, I normally break them down into 18g (plus one bean for grinder tolerances) like this:
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That's a lot of plastic waste generation tho.

Squidgy Black

Mr Magnolia wrote: »

That's a lot of plastic waste generation tho.

The bags are resealable so they're reused, but I will admit I've changed from freezing per dose at a time and just freezing in bigger batches now.

Bluefoam

I got coffee this week... Packaged in a nice printed cardboard box, with a printed paper label, with an information card inside the box and finally the coffee in a plastic bag... Huge amount of packaging for 250kg of coffee

cnocbui

Bluefoam wrote: »

I got coffee this week... Packaged in a nice printed cardboard box, with a printed paper label, with an information card inside the box and finally the coffee in a plastic bag... Huge amount of packaging for 250kg of coffee

I hope you have a walk in freezer to store that 10 year supply in.

caviardreams

Bluefoam wrote: »

I got coffee this week... Packaged in a nice printed cardboard box, with a printed paper label, with an information card inside the box and finally the coffee in a plastic bag... Huge amount of packaging for 250kg of coffee

Is that cloudpicker by any chance? Drives me mad tbh. There was other stuff I got like that a while back and I just thought there was no need for the outer box whatsoever

It's another reason I try and go for 1kg bags even if it means a bit less variety.

Bell Lane have done serious efforts with their packaging: outer deliver box is 100% recyclable, coffee pouches are 100% recyclable, packing tape and coffee labels are 100% compostable.

Does anyone know if WCC pouches are recyclable? Must ask them. They look like they might be a they are brown paper with a silver lining

cnocbui

caviardreams wrote: »

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Does anyone know if WCC pouches are recyclable? Must ask them. They look like they might be a they are brown paper with a silver lining

That's basically what drink cartons are, so I would imagine so.

DaveyDave

Any recommendations on a coffee machine for 500-750? No idea what to look for so tips appreciated.

Ease of use or easy/low maintenance would be good.

I'm fond of black coffee but the girlfriend likes a cappuccino or latte. I have a burr grinder but would be ideal if the machine had one built in for space.