Freshly roasted coffee beans online

caviardreams · 28-10-2019 5:33pm

cnocbui wrote: »

Looking at the 3 bags per month option plus Parcel Motel it looks to be roughly €11.31 per bag. My latest order came to €7.65 a bag inc postage. I am rather eagerly awaiting it's arrival.

Well the blends one works out at about €10 per bag on the 3 bag option including parcel motel, and they do say teh bags range from 250-340g - if you got one 340g one it would be decent value but they may not be that common. Considering you are getting beans from different roasters and can expect to pay a premium for that, its not bad.

Zagato · 28-10-2019 9:51pm

Fantacoffee wrote: »

Good deals in terms of subscriptions? Have you tried Gustatory? https://www.gustatory.co/pages/speciality-coffee-box-subscriptions

I have been with them for a few months now and am subscribed to what they call Plus 87. Its a package with some proper stellar coffees in, and from those I've received I cannot complain. In terms of a deal, I compared around before I subscribed with them and saw that match up with everyone, if not a bit cheaper. Really no complaints on the price of coffee at all from me, so maybe worth checking them out for both quality and price?

Has anyone else had experience with them? let me know as I would be keen to hear. Cheers

Thanks, just signed up to try this. I really need a good subscription. I still miss Pact from when I lived in UK. The coffee wasn't amazing but I never ran out of coffee, and never had too much.

cnocbui · 29-10-2019 3:01pm

My cheap coffee has arrived from Luxembourg. Haven't tried any yet as I need to finish the last few beans of the current stock. I better hurry and drink some more.

I'd never heard of pearl beans before, so this should be interesting. I imagine India would be one of the few places where labour is cheap enough to make it practical.

Squidgy Black · 29-10-2019 5:57pm

I know there was some conversation about Square Mile and people thinking it was a bit too pricey, but I picked up a bag of sweetshop in Vice earlier and it's lovely, 350g bag for 16.50 so around the same price as 3FE if you're buying single 250g bags.

caviardreams · 29-10-2019 8:27pm

Christmas blend from Adams & Russell out now - 1kg for £13 seems very cheap!
https://www.adamsandrussell.co.uk/product/christmas-blend/

Fantacoffee · 29-10-2019 11:23pm

Zagato wrote: »

Thanks, just signed up to try this. I really need a good subscription. I still miss Pact from when I lived in UK. The coffee wasn't amazing but I never ran out of coffee, and never had too much.

Ahhh, glad I could be of some help Zagato! Which did you subscribe to?

wersal gummage · 30-10-2019 11:29pm

super_furry wrote: »

I started ordering from https://www.ponaire.ie/ who are based in Tipp' and much better value than paying €15 for 250g anytime I'm passing 3FE.

Ordered from these. Roast date "October".... So either 1 day or 2 old, or 4 weeks old already...

Is this normal? Have never ordered decent coffee before that didn't have an exact date on it

Zagato · 30-10-2019 11:52pm

Fantacoffee wrote: »

Ahhh, glad I could be of some help Zagato! Which did you subscribe to?

Getting 2 bags monthly of their blended coffees for espresso.
Just received a gift subscription to 3FE so getting 250g a month from them also at the moment. Hopefully won't run out of coffee again too soon!

babybuilder · 01-11-2019 12:25am

The high horse brigade wrote: »

My local is having an offer at the minute, half price and free shipping. This one is my monthly regular I keep coming back to

https://artofcoffee.ie/product/fusion-blend/

Ordered from these. Fusion ok but the Indian monsoon bean is very very good. Light roast but a sweet espresso.

BullBlackNova · 28-11-2019 6:22pm

Bailies doing 15% off with the code BREWLIFE for Black Friday.

Any other decent offers on beans before I take the plunge there? Looking for 3-4 bags / 1kg of beans I think.

Fantacoffee · 28-11-2019 6:44pm

I received a marketing email from Gustatory today offering 25% off for their Black Friday. The code is BLACK25 at https://www.gustatory.co/pages/speciality-coffee-box-subscriptions

I am already subscribed, but there you go if you're not already!

dball · 28-11-2019 6:46pm

BullBlackNova wrote: »

decent offers

decent offers - Yes,
decent beans - depends

20% off all Lavazza products today on discountcoffee.ie

Fantacoffee · 28-11-2019 6:56pm

dball wrote: »

decent offers - Yes,
decent beans - depends

20% off all Lavazza products today on discountcoffee.ie

Haha, that made me laugh. So very true. Offers and quality are 2 very different things. Well pointed out. Well, I r100% ecommend my above Gustatory one for quality.

I didn't even realise people subscribe to lavazza coffee? is that even a thing?

BullBlackNova · 28-11-2019 7:05pm

dball wrote: »

decent offers - Yes,
decent beans - depends

20% off all Lavazza products today on discountcoffee.ie

Ha - I should have specified; decent beans were the real question!

Drumpot · 28-11-2019 7:23pm

Everytime I try out different coffees its a pain when you end up with one thats not very nice. Do you guys persevere with a blend you dont like or just throw it out ? Also, any tips on knowing what kinds of coffee you like ? I often find I can like a coffee one day and find it not really nice another day.

limnam · 28-11-2019 10:46pm

Drumpot wrote: »

Everytime I try out different coffees its a pain when you end up with one thats not very nice. Do you guys persevere with a blend you dont like or just throw it out ? Also, any tips on knowing what kinds of coffee you like ? I often find I can like a coffee one day and find it not really nice another day.

It's rare I'd come across a coffee that I bought that I just couldn't drink.

How are you brewing?

Pretty much any beans can be made taste woeful if brewed "wrong"

Glebee · 28-11-2019 11:46pm

I used to get subs from coffeangel, Badger & Dodo, now i just use Lidl. I could never really justify the price difference. Some of the cheaper beans are very nice imo.

dball · 29-11-2019 12:12am

which beans from Lidl are you getting results from and how do you brew?

Glebee · 29-11-2019 1:09am

dball wrote: »

which beans from Lidl are you getting results from and how do you brew?

They have a range of Bellarom whole beans in a brown 255kg bag at the moment. Currently use there ethopian whole bean. Was not gone on the other regional ones (cant remember what they were). I think it great. I know people tastes vary but i cant fault some of the lidl beans although i got a few poor items as well such as the xxl bag of Bellarom beams. Not great imo. Any time they have their 1kg Italiamo blue bags on i grab a few bags of that. I think its very decent. I use a Delongi magnifica bean to cup machine.
Every now and again i get a 250kg bag of premium beans and although they taste nice, i cant justify the massive price difference.

Drumpot · 29-11-2019 2:19am

limnam wrote: »

It's rare I'd come across a coffee that I bought that I just couldn't drink.

How are you brewing?

Pretty much any beans can be made taste woeful if brewed "wrong"

I use I think de longhi (will double check tomorrow) machine that does all the work. Put in the beans and it grinds and pours out shots. I usually add some
Warm milk and some caramel syrup (I know a real connoisseur doesn’t do this!)

limnam · 29-11-2019 2:24pm

Drumpot wrote: »

I use I think de longhi (will double check tomorrow) machine that does all the work. Put in the beans and it grinds and pours out shots. I usually add some
Warm milk and some caramel syrup (I know a real connoisseur doesn’t do this!)

Don't know much about them or how good/bad the grinder in them would be etc.

There's so many elements that can change. Even the age of the milk, how warm it is, how it's heated. As the beans are "living" they're changing pretty much all the time so I think its normal for the signature of even a single bag to change a bit over it's short life time.

But at a guess the machine is probably just not good enough to do everything consistently enough hence some days you like it and some you don't

I guess the only real way to figure out your taste is to keep trying different things/methods etc.

dball · 29-11-2019 3:36pm

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caviardreams · 29-11-2019 4:09pm

Bell lane doing 3 for 2 on all bags of coffee and free delivery over fifty euro.

No code needed. Stocked up on some single origin.

mad m · 29-11-2019 10:31pm

caviardreams wrote: »

Bell lane doing 3 for 2 on all bags of coffee and free delivery over fifty euro.

No code needed. Stocked up on some single origin.

Been awhile since I got stuff from there...

What's nice?

I also purchased this so any recommendations ? V60 Grind?

https://coffeeangel.com/shop/Kinto-coffee-carafe-set-600ml-stainless-steel

caviardreams · 29-11-2019 10:40pm

All of their blends are good imo (wasn't too gone on the ocean one though). Dragonfly and Moondust in particular are excellent.

They rotate their single origins a lot, had some a few months back and they were top so maybe try out a couple? I went for the Beriti Tore - good prices for single origins imo.

Hodors Appletart · 30-11-2019 11:32am

mad m wrote: »

I also purchased this so any recommendations ? V60 Grind?

https://coffeeangel.com/shop/Kinto-coffee-carafe-set-600ml-stainless-steel

v60 seems like the best way to go but this is concerning

Finally, there’s the holder, which you can use to perfectly measure out your grounds, meaning that you won’t need to mess around with a set of scales. Just scoop up the marked quantity of grounds, and you’re ready to go.

nah i think i'll continue to measure my dosage depending on the bean thanks all the same

mad m · 30-11-2019 6:20pm

Just picked it up, coffee I bought from Art of coffee was lovely from it. No way it’s worth the full price of €56. Even the €28 is a bit expensive in my opinion but you are a long time dead:)

Fantacoffee · 25-01-2020 3:50pm

I saw advertised that Gustatory are including Cloud Picker and Calendar in their coffee subs this month - https://www.gustatory.co/pages/speciality-coffee-box-subscriptions

Good to see some Irish coffee roasters getting noticed! Eagerly awaiting my February sub to arrive

ingalway · 25-01-2020 8:44pm

Fantacoffee wrote: »

I saw advertised that Gustatory are including Cloud Picker and Calendar in their coffee subs this month - https://www.gustatory.co/pages/speciality-coffee-box-subscriptions

Good to see some Irish coffee roasters getting noticed! Eagerly awaiting my February sub to arrive

Hi. Which subscription do you have with them? They have a great range but the £9 postage does bump it up a fair bit. I guess Parcel Motel would bring it down. Does look very tempting, especially the Europe/USA and the plus 87

Fantacoffee · 25-01-2020 8:58pm

ingalway wrote: »

Hi. Which subscription do you have with them? They have a great range but the £9 postage does bump it up a fair bit. I guess Parcel Motel would bring it down. Does look very tempting, especially the Europe/USA and the plus 87

I am on their Plus 87 each month. You pay the international shipping when you subscribe, but the way I see it is because I am on a 3 bag subscription, the amount that I save per bag increase, it all roughly balances out the extra postage. It certainly saves me the effort of finding 3 good roasters each month, albeit the extra we have to pay, so yeah, I think its worth it!

:D

Can't fault their customer service too, everything answered by live chat

Freshly roasted coffee beans online

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