Lets be Frank and Honest

Thumpette

I'm a fairly recent coffee drinker and only take lattes (or those amazing cold sugary coffee milkshake yokes) so I am no expert, but I quite like the Frank and Honest ones.

I guess people have different preferences.

Sky King

Starbucks coffee is absolute sh!t - complete scutter, no idea why it's so popular.

Tim Horton's is also scutter.

Portsalon

fineso.mom wrote: »

I quite like the flat white but I usually get it in the bigger cup and add hot water and milk. I know that technically changes it from a flat but it still tastes different to an americano. The 2.70 kills me though.
My local lidl have a coffee vending machine now, no messing with sugar,milk or stirrers, you choose sugar/milk and it's all added as its dispensed. It's so handy. The best part is that it's only a euro and in the entrance so you dont even have to go in to the shop.

I was too proud to mention that! The missus loves their hot chocolate and their latte macchiato isn't half bad - and only a euro.

Thephantomsmask

Rank and dishonest, out of all of the vending machine type coffees, it is one of the worst to my taste Buds.

gerrybbadd

I'd be in major agreement, Frank & Honest is an awful load of shyte coffee. Some of the worst i've had. Horrible crap.

oLoonatic

You've no idea of the sh1te the stores have to go through to actually have that in their stores too. Its a nightmare from the time its ordered to the time you taste it. it really put a dent in insomnia though. Hopefully the next big coffee push is decent stuff !!

Bobby Baccala

My local shop changed from spar to supervalu so now they have Frank and honest instead of Insomnia, i wasn't mad on Insomnia but the new stuff is even worse. There's a small local coffeeshop up the road that serves far nicer coffees but at a premium price.

I've one of those Dolce Gusto machines at home and I'm actually hooked on them, must be drinking 4 or 5 a day.

Church on Tuesday

Could be worse, it could be Starbucks.

Bobby Baccala

oLoonatic wrote: »

You've no idea of the sh1te the stores have to go through to actually have that in their stores too. Its a nightmare from the time its ordered to the time you taste it. it really put a dent in insomnia though. Hopefully the next big coffee push is decent stuff !!

What do they have to go through out of interest?

suicide_circus

most coffee you get out is over roasted bitter astringent piss

ToddyDoody

I was only saying the other day that they should do free coffee at mass to get people in the door.

Frankly tastes like tar because let's be honest most customers don't care for gourmet connoisseur blend coffee.

And remember don't use 2 cups. You'll be charged for the extra cup at the till.

corkgsxr

I hate frank and honest. Its pure tripe and started trend of 2.50 and upwards coffee.

gerrybbadd

Bobby Baccala wrote: »

What do they have to go through out of interest?

Sh1te

diusmr8a504cvk

Yeah I agree that Frank and Honest is cat. There's almost a taste of washing up liquid sometimes.

Mr.Fantastic

Turquoise Hexagon Sun wrote: »

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Recently tried Cork Coffee Roasters. Man, that's nice. If you ever are in Cork go there. Lovely coffee in a lovely coffeeshop.

Get asked often to bring the ground coffee from here back home.

Not a coffee drinker myself but its supposed to be the business

topper75

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

In France they call the Americano 'Jus de Chaussette' (sock gravy), which to me sums up Frank and Honest perfectly.

What shops stock the jus from Alizée's chaussette?

topper75

topper75 wrote: »

What shops stock the jus from Alizée's chaussette?

Les Musgraves, mon pote.

Rank stuff. The only pleasure I've derived from Frank and Honest is the vague hope their coffee man is reading this thread.

JustJoe7240

corkgsxr wrote: »

I hate frank and honest. Its pure tripe and started trend of 2.50 and upwards coffee.

Started long before that!

Yer Da sells Avon

whiskeyman wrote: »

There's a special app for all you coffee lovers called Grindr.

Thanks, just downloaded it now. Everyone on it seems so friendly.

Genghis

Would say Frank and Honest is average, better than many a machine coffee but agree it's not as good as it once was.

Two recent things do annoy me:

1) When I realised it's now 3 fkn euro for a large Americano. Thats outrageous for self service, machine made coffee sold in a paper cup for takeaway.

2) Their current radio ad which is set in a busy coffee shop, with some knob asking 'Can I get a flat white'. Who is he talking to? F&H is self service.

(Am aware there are one of two F&H locations where staff serve coffee, but come on, it's self service 99% of the time).

For reasons above I'll be avoiding F&H if I can.

dark crystal

fineso.mom wrote: »

My local lidl have a coffee vending machine now, no messing with sugar,milk or stirrers, you choose sugar/milk and it's all added as its dispensed. It's so handy. The best part is that it's only a euro and in the entrance so you dont even have to go in to the shop.

Yeah, I was sceptical at first, but the Lidl coffee is feckin lovely! McDonald's coffee is also surprisingly good.

Of the chain brands, I find Caffe Nero the best.

completedit

Lived abroad there, had 30 cent coffee from machine that was delish. Absolutely insane. Prob full of sugar even when getting rid of sugar option but u got a big hold in hand cup and tasted great. I think lidls one might be similar but haven't tried it yet.

McDonald's is decent. F&H is okay has for worse.

theoneeyedman

Is F&H just an own brand for Musgraves? I've never seen it anywhere else, and it's pi#s

harr

My local garage sells Bewleys and for me seems the best around and we have most of the big names near enough but I will always head for the Bewleys ...always the perfect temperature and at €2 good value.

jcorr

Get yourself down to the Bald Barista OP. I'm not much of a coffee man, but it's good there.

whisky_galore

Franz Von Peppercorn II wrote: »

We really shouldn’t be paying more than 1€ for a coffee. Which is what the cost is in places where coffee was always a common drink and you don’t get too many options.

Paddy will pay any price for any auld muck.

Taiga

Have any of you ever been misfortunate enough to try Mean Bean coffee? It's everywhere in these parts. It's pure rank. Lots of people say it but still buy it (not me) because it's the business of a hurler.
Also not a fan of Costa fortune. Don't mind Insomnia or Starbucks and I've never tried Frank and Honest. You can't go wrong with Java.

Danonino.

I must have bad taste, Frank and Honest is the only coffee outside of the local bewleys stand (seriously tasty) that I really like when not at home. All the others, especially Costa, Starbucks and McDonalds taste like ****e. Even the more hipster or small places don’t do it for me. The bewleys stand is proper class, then Frank and Honest for me.

Costa is probably my most hated, never have got a nice cup in there, everything tastes like muc.

Different strokes different folks and all that.

Blueshoe

Bewleys for Americano or Essence for milk drinks for me.

Frank and honest tastes sour. Generic muck