Bought the Nina from Artessa back in December and I'm finding it really nice.
I drink flat white or cappuccino 2-3 times per week, but americano 12-15 times.
i think a single origin (expensive) bean, is not only a waste of money, (for milky coffee) but does not taste as good as a cheaper blended bean in a milk coffee.
Hi Folks - I got a Gaggia Cadorna bean to cup machine over Christmas. I got some Lavazza Super Crema with the machine (which were fine to my taste buds!) but I'm looking to get some beans locally. I read that I should avoid oily beans with a bean to cup machine , so would anyone have any good recommendation's ?
I tend to drink flat white's predominantly.
Thanks!
Ponaire's European Blend is not a bad choice for flat whites or cappuccinos. https://www.ponaire.ie/product/european-blend/
You are absolutely right,most of the fresh espresso blends will do .
You might switch to espresso/americano some day,so you could appreciate single origin then otherwise you just wasting expensive beans.
Same as mixing Middleton Very Rare whiskey with Coke,I guess.
God that analogy brings it home....the horror!
I really enjoy espresso, I'm just drinking flat whites at the moment.
I think I'm slightly worried about getting hooked on coffee. To borrow ypur analogy, having the milky version feels like pints rather than shorts!
And just so you know, it's a rabbit hole, you'll soon have a list of things you need for better coffee!!
Americano definitely better way to enjoy coffee .Diluting espresso shots with water rather than milk.
that's an even better analogy when you think about Natural Process coffees, I've just opened a bag on Square Mile Nensibo, from Ethiopia, and the aroma from the bag is a beautiful cherry liqueur sweet.
Try making an espresso and add a small amount of cream, rather than milk.
Cortado is my latest discovery. Espresso and just a wee drop of steamed milk. Savage stuff! :)
I'll do that, sounds like it could be delicious, thanks.
What's people thinking of the coffee angel blends that were on sale recently.
Do far tried 2 of them in my b2c as americanos and fairly unimpressed. Needing 2 shots to get any flavour from them.
Can't remember which ones.
I have tried the Su Nollag and the Forsa Gala also americanos in a B2C and I find them both delicious, but I did have to set the grind to a low setting, lower than for many of the previous beans placed in the machine.
Sorry to be so cheeky, but is your machine clean. I had a water cup a few weeks ago on a different bean and I managed to dislodge afterwards a lump of grinds blocking the chute from the beans grinder to the infuser. Seemed to be blocking the full extents of grinds getting to the infuser.
I had the Su Beatha as a filter and it was lovely - a nice solid bean, even if nothing unusual or standout, which is what I kind of expect from a house blend to be honest
Yeah, I'm coming to the end of my Su Beatha and Pog Mhilis, both were solid enough in the Clever and Aeropress.
I bought them because they were half price and I was ordering a Clever from CA anyway, and because my Square Mile order had gotten lost.
I'll say this, they are better than supermarket beans, but can't hold a candle to the Square Mile single origin stuff, which is to be expected.
It's roasted / sourced from Bailies so probably a comparable level to their blends like Pendo, Umbra etc
It's more geared towards filter though. I'd say its miles and miles better than supermarket coffee, if you want to compare square mile SO, maybe try one of the coffee angel SO's, they don't have many but what they have tend to be very good.
Anyone know if buying Velo coffee directly from their website it's freshly roasted? Can't really find much if they put a roast date on their coffees.
They put a best before date rather than a roasted date.
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Had an order ready to go and reached a payment system called Coinbase...Is that legit ?Can you use credit card /Paypal?
OK I see Paypal option now.
I see you found paypal, but just wanted to add that coinbase is legit, it'll allow you to pay with crypto if you have a coinbase account.
What's good from them?
Jesus pricey enough
Yeah I wonder is this really premium level coffee or have the prices been hiked up for the sake of the sale?
The KG prices are crazy.
Haven't used them before but thought I'd try out the house blend
I got 4 bags for 63e.
I remember having a coffee in there shortly after they opened but the beans were expensive so this is a nice deal.
Their normal pricing defines rip off Ireland. I'd suspect this affects their sale volumes and that occassionaly they are forced to a discount to clear sacks of old beans.
Can green coffee beans go moldy?
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