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Bawnmore wrote: »

Aside from the speed/time/effort factor, I found quality shot up when I switched to an electric burr grinder. I was using a Hario for about a year which was great, but I'd never (ever) go back to it.

Hario and similar ceramic burr grinders are way overrated in my opinion and I would recommend them only to people on a very tight budget if they can get it for say under €30. I understand how your experience must have gotten better with the upgrade, but that was to be expected as Hario is a toy that somehow ended up being commonly regarded as the cheapest decent grinder.

Weepsie wrote: »

If the Hario Skerton and Mini's are good enough for the likes of James Hoffman they're good enough for me and most others. Now I've had 2 Skerton's and 1 was slightly better than the other. The mini mill is excellent and takes a beating. They're a complete faff if you want to change grind type though.

I have them for office and traveling but would like an upgrade too.

I went through two Minis (apparently similar quality to Skerton, if I'm not mistaken) and they both had the same issues. The burr column has tons of slack and remains wobbly as mad even with the rubber band mod. The grind quality suffers and so the user's arm. Proper hand grinder takes less than half of Hario's time to grind the same amount of beans with what feels like less than half the effort and feels vastly more premium. Mini takes a beating? Not from my experience - the bottom container fell on the floor only once and shattered. There is much more of a difference in quality between Hario and a decent quality under €100 hand grinder than between the latter and some high-end manual grinder like Commandante. But hey, I don't mind if you would rather follow Hoffman's judgement on this, he's a sound guy all right.

I ordered a few bags of coffee from Ponaire on Monday as gifts for my in laws and they arrived on Friday. Didn't even open the box as I had to pack them away. Went to make coffee this morning and the roast dates are all between 20-26th November. In a way I'm kinda annoyed but I guess I have been spoiled this year with plenty of recent roasts from Irish roasters.

colly10 wrote: »

Hi, I just picked up a sage barista express and was wondering if you’d have any recommendations of good subscriptions for coffee beans?
Want to avoid the UK cause that might get messy with brexit on the way

The Uk is situation as normal, I would imagine, with a no trade tariffs deal now being done.

Deleted User wrote: »

Would be a bit more complicated, they'd have to be charging Irish vat on their side and be revenue compliant from what I gather. Plus filling in the various documentation on their end. This is fine for Amazon but smaller shops are unlikely to be great for this. Definitely wouldn't be taking the risk atm.

How does that work? Amazon have been charging Irish VAT and remitting it for some years. Adams and Russel charged me no vat on my last purchase, which I have posted to a NI parcelwizard address. I really doubt anything is going to change. This is an agreement beyween the EU and UK, and much as Revenue have a strong propensity for flipping the EU the bird, I doubt they are going to in this instance.

When I buy from Luxembourg, the MSWT is 3%.

alec76 wrote: »

as for the Amazon.co.uk it is definitely no difference for us,apart from the items we used buy through ParcelMotel , AdressPal etc.

Just to note parcel motel is no longer offering a service via NI and addresspal charge €7 I believe so may not be much of a cost saving.

I would say, there are LOADS of great Irish coffee roasters so great to support these business who have been offering fast shipping and excellent service in most cases over the past 9 months (and longer obviously, but the challenges of operating a business must be significant of late!) Even if it means paying a bit extra in some cases, it creates jobs and supports a really great industry - I think we are actually blessed in Ireland with the quality of roasters and coffee shops in a lot of cases.

I'm going with either WCC, Velo or badger & dodo's single origin sub for the first 6 months of 2021 I think!

cnocbui wrote: »

How does that work? Amazon have been charging Irish VAT and remitting it for some years. Adams and Russel charged me no vat on my last purchase, which I have posted to a NI parcelwizard address. I really doubt anything is going to change. This is an agreement beyween the EU and UK, and much as Revenue have a strong propensity for flipping the EU the bird, I doubt they are going to in this instance.

When I buy from Luxembourg, the MSWT is 3%.

Parcel Wizard is gone, so is Parcel Motel through NI. Amazon are set up for selling to Ireland. Most smaller UK businesses haven't a clue what the new rules are. In fact a lot of huge British companies have said they won't be dealing with NI until they figure out what's going on and are not inclined to do the extra paperwork.

It's not like there's nowhere to buy good coffee in Ireland.

Called in to Cafe Moly yesterday in Douglas Street, Cork while I was down at the inlaws.

Opened at the start of December, cool little spot and have their roaster on the shop floor.

Gota bag of their Velvet Espresso blend.

The previous year I bought a lot of Coffee trying different roasters and varieties, this year I am going to find a Coffee I like and stick to it for a while longer, trying to dial in on new beans each time on the SB can be a nightmare.



I ordered Indian Monsoon Malabar from Artofcoffee.

Deleted User wrote: »

Confession for me, I jump coffees a lot. I enjoy them plenty but if you were to ask me to describe the taste,I really could not.

Lol i am the same. I can tell more what is a bad Coffee than a good.

mossym wrote: »

exactly, huge choice of irish suppliers, probably one a lot closer to you than you think. why are you thinking of uk?

I don't feel particularly inclined to buy at Irish prices for anything, coffee included. I also find the quality/taste from about half the few irish roasters I have tried to be lacking in terms of value for money.

To be fair, I also found Adams and Russel to be a bit variable in quality. I was really impressed by their Indian Tiger Stripes the first couple of times I ordered it, but after a hiatus, the latest lot didn't seem like the same thing at all, making me wonder if the names mean anything much. However, their lower pricing made that ok.

Price/quality wise, I'm turning to the continent. The most consistent quality I have got is from a roaster in Luxembourg. My next order will likely be from kaffeerösterei-hochschwarzwald.de, as they have the Indian Pearl Mountain that should be the same as the Velo Ratnagiri Estate Catuai Aldi were selling recently and which I like a lot.

there is no vat due on coffee

FileNotFound wrote: »

Maybe not - but the delivery was always my issue - Rave cost 18 pound for delivery of my usual order - whereas it was 4 euro via parcel motel.

Hope one of the companies gets back up and going again

Address pal is still going

barrac wrote: »

Hi all. Looking for a recommendation here. My wife would like an espresso like you’d get in Italy. Have tried loads of delicious beans recently but nothing that has tickled that fancy! Is it a dark roast bean I’m looking for? Most roasters seem to have light/medium only. As I understand it, dark roasted beans are basically burning out all the flavour.

Any recommendations are welcome. TIA.

An espresso like you get in Italy is fairly vague.