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07-04-2021 06:54PM

deandean wrote: »

Good point sir.
Batch numbers, but no specific roasting dates.
Best-before dates only: March 2022, Aug 2021, March 2022.
I'll get me coat ðŸ˜

No stick about, there are plenty of good deals on great freshly roasted coffee posted here, sometimes 25-50% off. I used supermarket coffee and progressed to better coffee's as my coffee machines got better!

stuchyg · 07-04-2021 08:03PM

I'd imagine you are looking at 1 year bbe so possibly batches roasted in March thia year so that's not too bad

Bigbooty · 08-04-2021 06:30AM

If you're buying cheap nestle coffee (Douie Egberts) it's coming from slave plantations. Wouldn't go near it.

FileNotFound · 10-04-2021 04:47PM

Any recommendations for beans that make a really strong espresso for Americanos.

Finding when I go from the filter to espresso base they are weak???

Any other tips?

caviardreams · 10-04-2021 06:01PM

Ordered from Bean West on Thurs morning, arrived Friday morning - roasted on the Thursday. Will be another week before I hit it as it's too soon at that speed!

mad m · 10-04-2021 09:23PM

caviardreams wrote: »

Ordered from Bean West on Thurs morning, arrived Friday morning - roasted on the Thursday. Will be another week before I hit it as it's too soon at that speed!

What did you get?

My sage pro developed a fault. Shipped back to Germany for fix. I’d bought a KG of B&D blackwater blend, not getting great results from aeropress or V60 from it. Much better as espresso but need the daily fix.:)

Hopefully next week will have machine back, actually might dust off the old gaggia

caviardreams · 11-04-2021 09:00AM

mad m wrote: »

What did you get?

My sage pro developed a fault. Shipped back to Germany for fix. I’d bought a KG of B&D blackwater blend, not getting great results from aeropress or V60 from it. Much better as espresso but need the daily fix.:)

Hopefully next week will have machine back, actually might dust off the old gaggia

The Tanzanian bean - €30 per kg and free delivery. Excellent price imo. Will probably leave it 7 days before trying it.

Tabby McTat · 11-04-2021 10:07AM

What are people as espresso at the minute. Just finished a few kgs of Fazenda Bela Vista from WCC which was lovely but is no longer available.

caviardreams · 11-04-2021 02:46PM

I see they have a new Colombian bean in Coffee Angel https://coffeeangel.com/collections/coffee/products/pueblo-nuevo-colombia?variant=39694292615317

And a really nice "signature blend" bundle with 3 x 100g of their different blends - great idea and excellent price for a selection pack:
https://coffeeangel.com/collections/coffee/products/signature-blend-bundle?variant=39693322584213&selling_plan=

caviardreams · 11-04-2021 02:49PM

Tabby McTat wrote: »

What are people as espresso at the minute. Just finished a few kgs of Fazenda Bela Vista from WCC which was lovely but is no longer available.

I haven't been on espresso in 6 months or so but loved the WCC Brazil - Fazenda Sertão this time last year and I see they have it back again!

FileNotFound · 11-04-2021 03:54PM

Cloudpicker tried for a bit.

Had 2 blends. Sam and Henry.

Sam was tough to dial in (Barrista express), nice espresso but inconsistent, slightly unusual flavour in milk based.

Henry ran well, nice to drink, works well with milk.

Handy if your within 5km of Crumlin and are bothered you can collect from roastery. Roast dates within previous few days.

caviardreams · 11-04-2021 06:26PM

11% off WCC tonight
Sunday11

adrian522 · 11-04-2021 06:46PM

Been mainly using Cloudpicker SAM and Coffeeangel Forsa Gala for espresso recently, both really good value and make excellent everyday espresso.

SAM is €28 per kilo I think, Forsa Gala is €30, but €27 if you do it via a monthly subscription.

Other value option is bailies Brazil Sao Silvestre, £21 per kilo.

runnerholic · 12-04-2021 04:53PM

Bought from Ariosa the other day. No roast date on packaging just a best before date. Haven't tried it yet but I expected more accurate labelling.

Hodors Appletart · 15-04-2021 10:06AM

any Irish suppliers of decaf green beans?

FileNotFound · 15-04-2021 10:16AM

runnerholic wrote: »

Bought from Ariosa the other day. No roast date on packaging just a best before date. Haven't tried it yet but I expected more accurate labelling.

While the beans are probably relatively fresh and everyone will say it's about the taste.

I do find this annoying, even Ponaire only have roast month (might just be a kg bag thing) - we are paying for a premium product (mind you i find it good value now that i don't use the coffee shop) and a little bit of information that discerns them from the supermarket shelf brands is not included.

Was going to give them a go but honestly this might put me off. Still have a few more cloudpicker coffees to try.

Enjoyed HENRY in milk based coffees

breeno · 15-04-2021 10:40AM

FileNotFound wrote: »

While the beans are probably relatively fresh and everyone will say it's about the taste.

I do find this annoying, even Ponaire only have roast month (might just be a kg bag thing) - we are paying for a premium product (mind you i find it good value now that i don't use the coffee shop) and a little bit of information that discerns them from the supermarket shelf brands is not included.

Was going to give them a go but honestly this might put me off. Still have a few more cloudpicker coffees to try.

Enjoyed HENRY in milk based coffees

Just to add a bit of balance, I got an Ariosa order last month and the roast dates were on all 4 bags I ordered. It's on the tag just above the best before date. Dates were that week too.

killbillvol2 · 15-04-2021 11:01AM

breeno wrote: »

Just to add a bit of balance, I got an Ariosa order last month and the roast dates were on all 4 bags I ordered. It's on the tag just above the best before date. Dates were that week too.

I also got roast dates on Ariosa bags.

Re. Ponaire, they put a batch number on each bag so I don't see why they wouldn't just put the date on it.

dubstepper · 15-04-2021 07:30PM

Trying the lounge blend from Art of Coffee. Jury still out but not bad.

15-04-2021 07:36PM

dubstepper wrote: »

Trying the lounge blend from Art of Coffee. Jury still out but not bad.

It's my least favourite, fusion and smooth are much nicer

runnerholic · 17-04-2021 08:42AM

breeno wrote: »

Just to add a bit of balance, I got an Ariosa order last month and the roast dates were on all 4 bags I ordered. It's on the tag just above the best before date. Dates were that week too.

I have to correct my original post. The roast date is indeed located where you say it is. Apologies to Ariosa.
However it could be displayed in a more clearcut manner.

KnicksInSix · 17-04-2021 09:22AM

Has anyone here ever ordered from Java The Hut based in Balbriggan? My friend ordered 2 bags from them recently and they charged for the full order but only sent 1 bag of coffee. Despite emailing them/DMing them on Instagram they haven't responded at all. Tbh I had never heard of them but she asked me to take a look. Anyone have any other experiences?

mrm · 17-04-2021 05:54PM

Deleted User wrote: »

It's my least favourite, fusion and smooth are much nicer

Agreed re Lounge, but still decent. Fusion, Nina and Yirgacheffe I found very nice. Really impressed with AoC offerings. Will definitely be going back to them.

breeno · 17-04-2021 11:48PM

I was in my local Super Valu earlier and they had a Santa Ana espresso roasted by a company in Meath on sale. 500g for €10. What was interesting was the roast date was 08/04/21 which is very good for a supermarket offering. I have too much at home right now so didn't buy it but may try it next time.

caviardreams · 18-04-2021 08:47AM

breeno wrote: »

I was in my local Super Valu earlier and they had a Santa Ana espresso roasted by a company in Meath on sale. 500g for €10. What was interesting was the roast date was 08/04/21 which is very good for a supermarket offering. I have too much at home right now so didn't buy it but may try it next time.

I think it's Essence coffee - some SVs do it too though have never seen as fresh a roast date as that!! Good find.
https://www.essencecoffee.ie/product-category/coffee-beans/

BonnieSituation · 18-04-2021 03:46PM

mrm wrote: »

Agreed re Lounge, but still decent. Fusion, Nina and Yirgacheffe I found very nice. Really impressed with AoC offerings. Will definitely be going back to them.

Smooth, Lounge and Nina are my favourites.

Will need to bulk up my Smooth order. Pissing though it! It's so nice.

3kidsnomoney · 19-04-2021 01:06AM

I’m relatively new to the home coffee scene ( thank you COVID)but have spent my fortune at various cafes! Had a holiday in Mayo last year and picked up some bean west , have been buying their Panama which is amazing but website is saying out of stock. I like coffee that doesn’t have that green flavour that seems to be trendy. Anyone have a bean west or other Irish roaster recommendation? Or any other roaster with a Panama? I might go for one of their selection boxes to try a few diff coffees but happy to try other roasters too.

BonnieSituation · 19-04-2021 01:29AM

3kidsnomoney wrote: »

I’m relatively new to the home coffee scene ( thank you COVID)but have spent my fortune at various cafes! Had a holiday in Mayo last year and picked up some bean west , have been buying their Panama which is amazing but website is saying out of stock. I like coffee that doesn’t have that green flavour that seems to be trendy. Anyone have a bean west or other Irish roaster recommendation? Or any other roaster with a Panama? I might go for one of their selection boxes to try a few diff coffees but happy to try other roasters too.

The roaster du jour on here is Art of Coffee in Carrick on Shannon.

https://artofcoffee.ie/

I can't fault anything I've gotten from them, especially seeing as I'm going through a blend phase.

I also have to big up their teas. As well. They'll be getting a new order this week from me anyway.

Ponaire, Maher's and WCC have been my go tos.

WCC is great for a quirky single origin. Had an Indonesian (BENER MERIAH, Aceh, Northern Sumatra) from there last year that was hands down the best coffee I've ever drank.

Have a root through some roasters and through up suggestions that intrigue you. Chances are someone on here has had it.

caviardreams · 19-04-2021 08:28AM

3kidsnomoney wrote: »

I’m relatively new to the home coffee scene ( thank you COVID)but have spent my fortune at various cafes! Had a holiday in Mayo last year and picked up some bean west , have been buying their Panama which is amazing but website is saying out of stock. I like coffee that doesn’t have that green flavour that seems to be trendy. Anyone have a bean west or other Irish roaster recommendation? Or any other roaster with a Panama? I might go for one of their selection boxes to try a few diff coffees but happy to try other roasters too.

I'm on the bean West Tanzanian atm - it's nice - a very strong, chocolatey, dark coffee if that's your vibe.

colly10 · 19-04-2021 01:53PM

I have bi-weekly subscription with Velo that i'm happy with but am looking into what's next. Just had a few questions on subscriptions if anyone could give their 2 cent, thanks -

Price
I've seen subscriptions of 70 euro for 6 bags, but when I look at the coffee they have on sale, 70 is the most expensive combination I can make out of the bags they sell

Subscriptions in general don't seem to be great value

Confusing Setup
B&D seem to be popular but I don't see anywhere I can select the subscription period when choosing their subscriptions

Is there anyone you'd really recommend a subscription from or am I probably better off just buying bags of whatever I see recommended as I need them?

Freshly roasted coffee beans online

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