Coffee beans, recommendations please?
Discussion
Connectors said:
shakotan said:
Brilliant. Is there a history there?(These, BTW: https://www.happydonkey.co.uk/250g-sumatra-mocha-c... )
I want to hijack this thread and ask somebody for a recommended whole bean for a latte?
I don't like my coffee too bitter and I use a lot of milk in mine.
Could anyone suggest an ideal bean. I'd be happy to use a site that offers starter packs so that I could have a look at a few and decide on my favourite
Thanks
I don't like my coffee too bitter and I use a lot of milk in mine.
Could anyone suggest an ideal bean. I'd be happy to use a site that offers starter packs so that I could have a look at a few and decide on my favourite
Thanks
Blown2CV said:
don't mean this to be a snarky comment but surely with a latte you can barely taste the coffee anyway, so does it matter which beans - just pick cheap ones?
It's all in the roast. Too light and you'll have too much acidity that will clash with the milk if not curdle it. For lattes etc you can get away with darker roasts that might be considered too dark for drinking black .One of the perks of living in Latam is an abundance of coffee to choose from.
I am currently going for a Panamanian single-farm volcano-grown arabica. But it is ready ground, life is too short for messing about with beans - although I did go through a bean / Nutribullet-to-grind-them stage. A neighbouring farm to this one won a 'world's best coffee' award a while ago so it is good stuff.
No need to bother with a fancy machine either.
I chuck a handful of ready ground coffee into a French press, pour in water a few degrees off the boil, and then make it as strong as I like. No sugar. A dash of milk sometimes. Sometimes I can stand a spoon up in it, other times it is a bit weaker.
My coffee is grown, harvested, processed, ground and vacuum bagged on the same farm, by experts.
Your beans have been shipped a looong way to you in some shipping container, stored in probably sub-optimal conditions for god knows how long, then retailed to you, by the time you eventually grind them they are arguably well past their best.
Although mostly I drink jasmine green tea which is the hot beverage of the gods.
I am currently going for a Panamanian single-farm volcano-grown arabica. But it is ready ground, life is too short for messing about with beans - although I did go through a bean / Nutribullet-to-grind-them stage. A neighbouring farm to this one won a 'world's best coffee' award a while ago so it is good stuff.
No need to bother with a fancy machine either.
I chuck a handful of ready ground coffee into a French press, pour in water a few degrees off the boil, and then make it as strong as I like. No sugar. A dash of milk sometimes. Sometimes I can stand a spoon up in it, other times it is a bit weaker.
My coffee is grown, harvested, processed, ground and vacuum bagged on the same farm, by experts.
Your beans have been shipped a looong way to you in some shipping container, stored in probably sub-optimal conditions for god knows how long, then retailed to you, by the time you eventually grind them they are arguably well past their best.
Although mostly I drink jasmine green tea which is the hot beverage of the gods.
Ayahuasca said:
One of the perks of living in Latam is an abundance of coffee to choose from.
I am currently going for a Panamanian single-farm volcano-grown arabica. But it is ready ground, life is too short for messing about with beans - although I did go through a bean / Nutribullet-to-grind-them stage. A neighbouring farm to this one won a 'world's best coffee' award a while ago so it is good stuff.
No need to bother with a fancy machine either.
I chuck a handful of ready ground coffee into a French press, pour in water a few degrees off the boil, and then make it as strong as I like. No sugar. A dash of milk sometimes. Sometimes I can stand a spoon up in it, other times it is a bit weaker.
My coffee is grown, harvested, processed, ground and vacuum bagged on the same farm, by experts.
Your beans have been shipped a looong way to you in some shipping container, stored in probably sub-optimal conditions for god knows how long, then retailed to you, by the time you eventually grind them they are arguably well past their best.
Although mostly I drink jasmine green tea which is the hot beverage of the gods.
...and the point of this is what?I am currently going for a Panamanian single-farm volcano-grown arabica. But it is ready ground, life is too short for messing about with beans - although I did go through a bean / Nutribullet-to-grind-them stage. A neighbouring farm to this one won a 'world's best coffee' award a while ago so it is good stuff.
No need to bother with a fancy machine either.
I chuck a handful of ready ground coffee into a French press, pour in water a few degrees off the boil, and then make it as strong as I like. No sugar. A dash of milk sometimes. Sometimes I can stand a spoon up in it, other times it is a bit weaker.
My coffee is grown, harvested, processed, ground and vacuum bagged on the same farm, by experts.
Your beans have been shipped a looong way to you in some shipping container, stored in probably sub-optimal conditions for god knows how long, then retailed to you, by the time you eventually grind them they are arguably well past their best.
Although mostly I drink jasmine green tea which is the hot beverage of the gods.
anonymous said:
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Because the award winning stuff costs about $600 dollars a pound!http://www.traveller.com.au/black-ivory-the-coffee...
And the next door stuff is good enough.
The point of my ramble is that life is too short to faff about with coffee beans. That's it really. Unless you enoy it, in which case crack on, but don't think you necessarily getting a better cup.
On one half you bang on about how fresh your coffee is compared to the apparent old stale stuff we get here yet on the other hand you say life is too short to faff about with beans. Makes no sense.
I’m no expert, my brewing gear consists of a Porlex hand grinder, an aeropress, a french press and a Chemex. I’ve tried quite a few different beans since I got my gear, everything from Kopi Luwak and Jamaican Blue Mountain to supermarket own brand and each one has tasted exactly like it said on the packet. There has always been a change in flavour as the beans got older after roasting.
For me part of the joy is the ritual of making it and part of the joy is enjoying new beans with different flavour profiles. I drink 2 cups a day at most, it’s also an excuse for me to take some time away from my desk. Everyone enjoys it differently so there is no need to get snobbish about how your coffee experience is allegedly so much better than anyone elses.
I’m no expert, my brewing gear consists of a Porlex hand grinder, an aeropress, a french press and a Chemex. I’ve tried quite a few different beans since I got my gear, everything from Kopi Luwak and Jamaican Blue Mountain to supermarket own brand and each one has tasted exactly like it said on the packet. There has always been a change in flavour as the beans got older after roasting.
For me part of the joy is the ritual of making it and part of the joy is enjoying new beans with different flavour profiles. I drink 2 cups a day at most, it’s also an excuse for me to take some time away from my desk. Everyone enjoys it differently so there is no need to get snobbish about how your coffee experience is allegedly so much better than anyone elses.
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