Where do you buy your coffee beans from?

Where do you buy your coffee beans from?

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devnull

3,754 posts

158 months

Monday 31st August 2020
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at the moment? https://doubledrop.coffee - coffee with a play on the drum and bass / clubbing snd drugs theme but the product is really good. "Original Dubplate" is genuinely great tasting.

Meeten-5dulx

2,588 posts

57 months

Monday 31st August 2020
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joshleb said:
We've been getting ours from Coffee Link

Been impressed with all the ones we've had so far. Roasted in Suffolk.
Get mine from a local shop, but since lockdown have been using Coffeelink as well.
Have a offer over BH weekend (ends today).

Large variety and decent description so you can try a selection to find one that hits the spot for you.

_Rich_

Original Poster:

966 posts

173 months

Monday 31st August 2020
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Meeten-5dulx said:
joshleb said:
We've been getting ours from Coffee Link

Been impressed with all the ones we've had so far. Roasted in Suffolk.
Get mine from a local shop, but since lockdown have been using Coffeelink as well.
Have a offer over BH weekend (ends today).

Large variety and decent description so you can try a selection to find one that hits the spot for you.
Brilliant, Just placed an order with these.

They a decent price so ordered a few different ones to try.


matt666

445 posts

205 months

Monday 31st August 2020
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I’ve always preferred Starbucks to Costa, but agree Nero is better than both of them. I think it might be that Costa put too much milk in their flat white.

I went through lots of varieties of Lavazza from Amazon at around £14/kg but the stuff Costco does is better at almost half the price.

C70R

17,596 posts

105 months

Monday 31st August 2020
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Venier said:
Question for those with a bean to cup machine who are on a subscription service and get different beans each time...


Do you always have to adjust the grind or do you just leave it at whatever setting it’s on as I’m wondering if I get different beans each time, is the first shot always going to be a tester to check if it’s too bitter or weak..?
Yes, and it's a pain in the hoop.

neilski

2,563 posts

236 months

Monday 31st August 2020
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I buy the local (Bolivian) coffee from the market or supermarket for around £4.75 per 500g.

gobuddygo

1,385 posts

186 months

Tuesday 1st September 2020
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I'm no expert but tried a few different ones from Amazon, this Coffeemasters one is our favourite at the moment.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00Q0CQYMU/ref...


LeadFarmer

7,411 posts

132 months

Tuesday 1st September 2020
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I normally order whole beans online from Rave, usually go for their Signature blend. Aldi beans are good though.

nellystew

163 posts

155 months

Tuesday 1st September 2020
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Over the years I’ve bought from Rave, Pact, Hasbean and Extract.

Finally settled on Resolute blend from Origin https://www.origincoffee.co.uk/products/resolute

CoupeKid

756 posts

66 months

Friday 4th September 2020
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I’ve bought from www.redemptionroasters.com this year.

They’re based in Aylesbury prison and give inmates a trade for when they get out which helps reduce reoffending.

Those of you who care about that sort of thing can get a warm fuzzy feeling about supporting a social enterprise. Those of you who don’t care can get a warm fuzzy feeling from drinking very nice coffee hehe

curlyks2

1,031 posts

147 months

Sunday 6th September 2020
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Usually from Coffee Real or Rave Coffee.

giblet

8,861 posts

178 months

Tuesday 8th September 2020
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North Star for me, the Brazil is sublime with a bit of milk. Local company too

tgr

1,134 posts

172 months

Wednesday 9th September 2020
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It depends on how you make it.

For filter I would recommend Waitrose or M&S Kenyan - the former comes ready ground or beans, the latter ready ground only.

For espresso it really depends on your taste for high/medium roast and northern or southern Italian style - or the newfangled single variety.

I favour Drury Coffee Gran Riserva but there is so much out there, you need to work out what you like

TheHoof

269 posts

173 months

Saturday 12th September 2020
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bad company said:
Seconded! I used to go here monthly before I left the country; their retail store is fantastic. Tried a number of their beans over the 10+ years I went, but I always came back to their Creole for my daily espresso. Very dark and oily roast - wonderful stuff.

psi310398

9,130 posts

204 months

Saturday 12th September 2020
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For Londoners, I've been using either the Monmouth Street Coffee Shop people in Seven Dials (can also be bought at the petrol station in Highgate for early morning emergencies) or the Algerian Coffee Shop people in Soho for decades. Great choices in both but neither at the bargain basement end of the market. I think both will grind beans to the customer's specification.

My barbaric wife is fond of flavoured beans and orders packs online from www.frescogourmetcoffee.co.uk

Greenmantle

1,277 posts

109 months

Wednesday 21st February
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bump!

wombleh

1,796 posts

123 months

Wednesday 21st February
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Get mine from a local place, the house roast: https://uecoffeeroasters.com/

Used https://coffeebeanshop.co.uk/ a lot in the past, but prefer the stuff from UE now.

For espresso

Edited by wombleh on Wednesday 21st February 19:38

MrJuice

3,375 posts

157 months

Wednesday 21st February
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I've been using deverroast for about 18 months

Consistently good. I drink pour over filter

bad company

18,642 posts

267 months

Wednesday 21st February
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Not cheap but the best imo:-

https://www.hrhiggins.co.uk/

giblet

8,861 posts

178 months

Thursday 22nd February
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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