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Freshly roasted coffee beans online

The high horse brigade

My usual store to buy freshly roasted beans is 20 mins from my house and these days I go that direction less and less so I'm looking for an online supplier that will ship me beans roasted at least in the last 2 weeks. I go through a kg a month so a subscription would suit. Where do you recommend

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Fantacoffee

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

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

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

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

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

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

BullBlackNova wrote: »

decent offers

decent offers - Yes,
decent beans - depends

20% off all Lavazza products today on discountcoffee.ie

Fantacoffee

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

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

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

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

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

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

Glebee

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

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

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

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caviardreams

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Squidgy Black

Fantacoffee wrote: »

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

What are the roast dates like by the time they land on your doorstep?

Have to say that's the one thing I miss about my 3FE sub, roasted the day before they were delivered, Bailies is usually 5 or 6 days before which is decent.

Fantacoffee

Squidgy Black wrote: »

What are the roast dates like by the time they land on your doorstep?

Have to say that's the one thing I miss about my 3FE sub, roasted the day before they were delivered, Bailies is usually 5 or 6 days before which is decent.

Umm, well my deliveries are always dispatched at the start of the first week of the month, and the coffees are all roasted within the week prior. Well, the stickers / writing / signature stamps etc all say so.

I'd imagine co-ordinating all their coffees from all sorts of roasters from all over Europe is quite tricky so I am not complaining if it is ever a little extra, besides most of their top roasters all advise on the packaging to leave the bean contents to rest for a period after being roasted

I was tempted to upgrade to their EU/USA one, and I went on live chat about 2 weeks ago and apparently they're changing it to ROW, so going to sit on it until I hear what that change unravels. Maybe Asian coffee roasters, no idea :eek:

caviardreams

Fantacoffee wrote: »

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

You would be better off changing your address to parcel motel - would be €3.50 for shipping (free UK delivery) versus £9 for international shipping. Save a few euro for more beans :-)

ingalway

Fantacoffee wrote: »

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

Thanks for that. I am very tempted as the range and quality look great. Might give Parcel Motel a go though.

ingalway

Squidgy Black wrote: »

What are the roast dates like by the time they land on your doorstep?

Have to say that's the one thing I miss about my 3FE sub, roasted the day before they were delivered, Bailies is usually 5 or 6 days before which is decent.

Hi. Any reason you stopped the 3fe sub? I've also been looking at them. Prices seem reasonable, although the range is more limited, and I do like it being roasted the day before postage. Ordered a bag late Weds night, got it by courier yesterday, no shipping charge. That is great service/value.