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Coffee Bargains

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  • #32
    cnocbui
    Registered Users Posts: 19,648 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    babybuilder wrote: »
    I was referring to the Honduras beans. Not the Kenyan. From what you're saying the Kenyan look alot better.

    I know you were, that is why I commented on the roast of the Kenyan.


  • #33
    evolving_doors
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,812 ✭✭✭✭evolving_doors


    cnocbui wrote: »
    I have just tried the Kenyan. I certainly wouldn't say the beans were dark or over roasted. They are very dry and non-oily. I do double espressos and the taste is fairly acidic with a fair astringency as well.

    I would say it's medium flavourful and is certainly palatable with a very long lasting finish, but it's nothing like as good as the Guatemalan or Brazilian bargains from Aldi I mentioned a while ago, the former being up there with anything I have tried from Ponaire. It's infinitely better than the burnt hydrochloric acid Starbucks in Zurich airport served when I bought something that was supposed to be coffee. Worst I have ever tasted. Physicists should enquire as to how they manage to get the liquid to be 105° C when the boiling point of water is known to be less

    Increasing pressure maybe!

    you can superheat water above 100° using a microwave and smooth container... that can be dangerous though as it doesn't look like it's ' boiling' hot...until you throw in a spoon of sugar.
    (Don't do that)


  • #34
    Buddy97mm
    Registered Users Posts: 559 ✭✭✭Buddy97mm


    Lavazza Red ground coffee €2.49 and beans €3.00 in Tesco at moment. Not the best coffee in the world maybe, but decent and good value at that price.

    https://www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=254889083

    https://www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=278583874


  • #35
    caviardreams
    Registered Users Posts: 5,437 ✭✭✭caviardreams


    Bell Lane doing 15% off with code PADDY :)


  • #36
    cnocbui
    Registered Users Posts: 19,648 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    Lidl - €4.99 500g

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  • #37
    Glebee
    Registered Users Posts: 6,579 ✭✭✭Glebee


    cnocbui wrote: »
    Lidl - €4.99 500g

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    Are they nice??


  • #38
    cnocbui
    Registered Users Posts: 19,648 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    I don't know yet, just picked them up today and still have a current grind I'm working on consuming. I'll try grinding some tomorrow and report back. Certainly smelt nice.


  • #39
    cnocbui
    Registered Users Posts: 19,648 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    Yum. Really nice. Reminds my of the Sumatran I have had from Ponnaire, except creamier. I'll definitely be stocking up with more than the 4 bags I have already bought.


  • #40
    longshanks
    Registered Users Posts: 4,990 ✭✭✭longshanks


    I have those Lidl beans in my machine at the minute and they are pretty decent.


  • #41
    Glebee
    Registered Users Posts: 6,579 ✭✭✭Glebee


    longshanks wrote: »
    I have those Lidl beans in my machine at the minute and they are pretty decent.

    Got them after, at 5 euro for 500g they are decent. must stock up.


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  • #42
    BelovedAunt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 803 ✭✭✭BelovedAunt


    I bought a load of beans from Bell Lane during their Paddy's day sale. I've just finished the bag of their house blend and I wasn't overly impressed. It was fine but no better than the Lavazza beans I usually buy in Tesco.


  • #43
    Glebee
    Registered Users Posts: 6,579 ✭✭✭Glebee


    cnocbui wrote: »
    Lidl - €4.99 500g

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    Reduced to 3.31 at the moment. Stock up..


  • #44
    cnocbui
    Registered Users Posts: 19,648 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    Glebee wrote: »
    Reduced to 3.31 at the moment. Stock up..

    I did, last week, 8 packets. :(


  • #45
    phelixoflaherty
    Registered Users Posts: 1,435 ✭✭✭phelixoflaherty


    Those lidl beans are burnt.
    Would be good for setting the grinder


  • #46
    evolving_doors
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,812 ✭✭✭✭evolving_doors


    phelixoflaherty wrote: »
    Those lidl beans are burnt.
    Would be good for setting the grinder

    How do you mean!


  • #47
    cnocbui
    Registered Users Posts: 19,648 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    phelixoflaherty wrote: »
    Those lidl beans are burnt.
    Would be good for setting the grinder

    Mine aren't.


  • #48
    murphyebass
    Registered Users Posts: 5,553 ✭✭✭murphyebass


    Any pictures of those Lidl beans themselves? Wouldn't be interested in a medium/dark roast myself.


  • #49
    phelixoflaherty
    Registered Users Posts: 1,435 ✭✭✭phelixoflaherty


    Made a cup with them and the taste was not nice
    No backround flavours either.
    Red lavazza beans would be my goto value beans


  • #50
    P. Breathnach
    Registered Users Posts: 12,089 ✭✭✭✭P. Breathnach


    phelixoflaherty wrote: »
    Those lidl beans are burnt.
    ...
    phelixoflaherty wrote: »
    Made a cup with them and the taste was not nice
    No backround flavours either.
    ...

    De gustibus non est disputandum, phelix.

    What you call burnt, I call dark roast, which is how I like my coffee.

    What did not please your palate suits mine quite well - a full, rounded, flavour more akin to dark chocolate then to fruit drinks.

    At the price, it's not going to break the bank for those who might give it a try. I think that quite a few might like it.


  • #51
    Glebee
    Registered Users Posts: 6,579 ✭✭✭Glebee


    Ive had those Lidl beans now in both the espresso machine and aeropress and for the price they are I cant fault them. I suppose all tastes are different though


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  • #52
    gizmo81
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,695 ✭✭✭gizmo81


    If you have a bank of Ireland student visa you get a huge discount in insomnia, around 20%.


  • #53
    cnocbui
    Registered Users Posts: 19,648 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    murphyebass wrote: »
    Any pictures of those Lidl beans themselves? Wouldn't be interested in a medium/dark roast myself.

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    A brazillian coffee from Aldi on the left and the Costa Rican from Lidl on the right.

    I'm not sure I have ever seen a lightly roasted coffee, though I have heard of such a thing. Think it must be like unicorns.


  • #54
    evolving_doors
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,812 ✭✭✭✭evolving_doors


    Glebee wrote: »
    Ive had those Lidl beans now in both the espresso machine and aeropress and for the price they are I cant fault them. I suppose all tastes are different though

    Yup a wee bit on the roasted side. But I take a tonne of sugar.
    I ground it down and added a few vanilla pods/seeds.


  • #55
    phelixoflaherty
    Registered Users Posts: 1,435 ✭✭✭phelixoflaherty


    But I have great taste.


  • #56
    cnocbui
    Registered Users Posts: 19,648 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    phelixoflaherty wrote: »
    But I have great taste.

    Has Red Lavazza improved then? Last I tried that stuff was in Australia about 7 years ago and I thought it would be good for stripping paint.


  • #57
    P. Breathnach
    Registered Users Posts: 12,089 ✭✭✭✭P. Breathnach


    cnocbui wrote: »
    Has Red Lavazza improved then? Last I tried that stuff was in Australia about 7 years ago and I thought it would be good for stripping paint.
    It cuts both ways: just because you don't like Red Lavazza doesn't mean that it is bad. It happens that I don't like it either.

    But here's the useful bit: phelix telling us that he liked Red Lavazza is a good indicator that any coffee he recommends might not be to my taste.


  • #58
    alec76
    Registered Users Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭alec76


    P. Breathnach wrote: »
    It cuts both ways: just because you don't like Red Lavazza doesn't mean that it is bad. It happens that I don't like it either.

    But here's the useful bit: phelix telling us that he liked Red Lavazza is a good indicator that any coffee he recommends might not be to my taste.

    What if we think Red Lavazza is sh*te and Lidl's coffee not great too ?


  • #59
    P. Breathnach
    Registered Users Posts: 12,089 ✭✭✭✭P. Breathnach


    alec76 wrote: »
    What if we think Red Lavazza is sh*te and Lidl's coffee not great too ?
    Then you can disregard phelix's opinion and mine. Be guided by those whose tastes resemble yours.

    This is what we call a coffee filter.


  • #60
    evolving_doors
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,812 ✭✭✭✭evolving_doors


    I actually like Red Lavazza.... so there.


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  • #61
    Glebee
    Registered Users Posts: 6,579 ✭✭✭Glebee


    I thinks its ok as well:(


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