Coffee

[andy-xr]

I'm bored of the usual High St/Supermarket tat and fancy something different for my cafetiere/coffee machine thing

I was recommended Blue Mountain from Jamaica, currently looking on the net for places to buy

Anyone have any recommendations for me to try?

[Beardy10]

Blue Mountain is horrendously expensive.....suggest you pop along to Fortnum and Mason as someone I used to work with did every Xmas to get his Blue Mountain!

We get our coffee beans from Monmouth Coffee http://www.monmouthcoffee.co.uk not exactly cheap but cheaper than Blue Mountain from what I know.

I am not a coffee connoseur but we just found really liked the coffee at a local place that uses Monmouth.

[Flibble]

I've found www.hasbean.co.uk to be good - massive selection and the coffee tastes damn fine. Roasted fresh to order to boot.

[Tanguero]

Any Blue Mountain available in the UK is not likely to be top quality. All the really good stuff is bought years in advance by Japanese buyers.

If you want to try something new, give Monmouth a ring and ask what is good at the moment. They are very knowledgeable and are always happy to make a recommendation.

[PJ S]

Blue Mountain only comes from a handful of estates, and the price is as a result of that and a lot of hype!
Kona is going the same way.
I can highly recommend Italian Passion from http://www.discountcoffee.ie/coffee-beans - even though a .ie site, they're based up in the North, so can be paid in sterling.