Where do you buy your coffee beans from?

[Tickle]

North West roasters:

Lost Barn
Mancoco
Burtonwood Coffee

These are my go to, Burtonwood Control Tower seems to be my default though.

Edited by Tickle on Thursday 22 February 09:46

[S6PNJ]

giblet said:

Any recommendations for general everyday beans to be used in a superauto? Currently we use the Asda extra special stuff at £5.50 for 2 bags of 227g each however the local Asda don’t seem to have it in stock at times

This stuff got a recommendation or two in one of the coffee threads £11 / Kg - I'm yet to try it, so can't comment.

https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/316...

[Lotobear]

I've been buying the Italian blend from these guys for almost 4 years now via their Ebay site and I never tire of it.

https://hormozi.co.uk/

Reliable, always roasted within 3-4 days of receipt and £11 for a kilo bag delivered. Really cannot fault it as an everday strong Italian style coffee that never disappoints.

I have a Sage Barista Express and each fresh bag is pretty much on the button every time so rarely do I need to re dial it in

Edited by Lotobear on Thursday 22 February 13:41

[Seasonal Hero]

S6PNJ said:

This stuff got a recommendation or two in one of the coffee threads £11 / Kg - I'm yet to try it, so can't comment.

https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/316...

I thought this was very average.

[sean ie3]

Got these at a local coffee shop, nice so I asked if I could buy some, I could.

[Cogcog]

Amazon. About £8.50 for 1Kg. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07CTSZXRC/ref...

[Turn7]

Using Horsham Coffee roasters currently….

Good range, very good single origins that they offer a recipe for each varietal, and sensible pricing.

Seem to be very ethical about the buying of beans as well.

[G111MDS]

Tried a few different ones, but for us the best flavour was Sainsbury’s own espresso beans. About £11 a bag.

[richwain24]

Has anyone given the Grind coffee a go yet? Seems to be the rave at the moment but expensive.

[NDA]

S6PNJ said:

This stuff got a recommendation or two in one of the coffee threads £11 / Kg - I'm yet to try it, so can't comment.

https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/316...

I use this coffee and rather like it.... I occasionally try other beans, but generally revert to Lofbergs of one type or another.

[AstonZagato]

I once made the schoolboy error of buying my wife some coffee from Fortnum & Mason - King's Blend.
https://www.fortnumandmason.com/kings-blend-ground...

I now have to buy industrial quantities at an eye-watering price, as she won't willingly drink anything else. To be fair, it is rather delicious.

It is a bit cheaper if you buy it in the kilo bags (£45 a kilo, IIRC). They will grind it in store.

[jimmsy]

richwain24 said:

Has anyone given the Grind coffee a go yet? Seems to be the rave at the moment but expensive.

It's good, not world beating. About on-par with union for me.

[Seasonal Hero]

AstonZagato said:

I once made the schoolboy error of buying my wife some coffee from Fortnum & Mason - King's Blend.
https://www.fortnumandmason.com/kings-blend-ground...

I now have to buy industrial quantities at an eye-watering price, as she won't willingly drink anything else. To be fair, it is rather delicious.

It is a bit cheaper if you buy it in the kilo bags (£45 a kilo, IIRC). They will grind it in store.

You are having your pants pulled down there.

[BIRMA]

Seasonal Hero said:

AstonZagato said:

I once made the schoolboy error of buying my wife some coffee from Fortnum & Mason - King's Blend.
https://www.fortnumandmason.com/kings-blend-ground...

I now have to buy industrial quantities at an eye-watering price, as she won't willingly drink anything else. To be fair, it is rather delicious.

It is a bit cheaper if you buy it in the kilo bags (£45 a kilo, IIRC). They will grind it in store.

You are having your pants pulled down there.

Judging by the taste notes you could easily get the same flavour with a Santos region bean and an organic Peru bean. I'm currently blending these two beans to produce a wonderful chocolaty hazelnut flavour the flavour even comes through with a 32ml pure espresso.
I'm currently buying these two beans from a seller on e-bay for £11 per kilo each. Having said that the price is for green beans that I roast in my home roaster.

[Seasonal Hero]

BIRMA said:

Judging by the taste notes you could easily get the same flavour with a Santos region bean and an organic Peru bean. I'm currently blending these two beans to produce a wonderful chocolaty hazelnut flavour the flavour even comes through with a 32ml pure espresso.
I'm currently buying these two beans from a seller on e-bay for £11 per kilo each. Having said that the price is for green beans that I roast in my home roaster.

Would you mind linking to the seller?

[AstonZagato]

Seasonal Hero said:

AstonZagato said:

I once made the schoolboy error of buying my wife some coffee from Fortnum & Mason - King's Blend.
https://www.fortnumandmason.com/kings-blend-ground...

I now have to buy industrial quantities at an eye-watering price, as she won't willingly drink anything else. To be fair, it is rather delicious.

It is a bit cheaper if you buy it in the kilo bags (£45 a kilo, IIRC). They will grind it in store.

You are having your pants pulled down there.

Yes, it does get my wife a bit frisky when I buy it for her.

[Seasonal Hero]

AstonZagato said:

Yes, it does get my wife a bit frisky when I buy it for her.

In which case it's money well spent

[BIRMA]

Seasonal Hero said:

BIRMA said:

Judging by the taste notes you could easily get the same flavour with a Santos region bean and an organic Peru bean. I'm currently blending these two beans to produce a wonderful chocolaty hazelnut flavour the flavour even comes through with a 32ml pure espresso.
I'm currently buying these two beans from a seller on e-bay for £11 per kilo each. Having said that the price is for green beans that I roast in my home roaster.

Would you mind linking to the seller?

They trade as lalicocoffee.co.uk The beans I have bought from them are Brazil Santos Stockler NY2/3 Screen17/18 SS FC Sweet Cup and Peru Organic Fairtrade Green/Raw Arabica Coffee Beans For Home Roasting SCA 86.
Just to add I have only bought green beans that I roast on a slow medium setting which I believe is exactly what the grower recommends. Remember green beans are a lot cheaper than roasted.
This company also sell roasters (quite pricey and not for the home roaster really) I have not bought ready roasted beans from them but assume as they sell roasters they know what they are doing.
For the record I have bought green beans from all over the world the Blue Mountain green beans I bought were £100 per kilo and were okay. But I always go back to Santos region beans and the fair trade organic Peru beans which I've been buying for well over two years with no fluctuation in quality

[Seasonal Hero]

Thanks very much. Appreciated!

[giblet]

Cheers for the bulk recommendations folks. Will have a try of a few and report back. I like the idea of roasting my own beans but I fear it’s a step too far