Coffee!

[Soulmanure]

These folks are in the states, and I'm not sure about their international shipping, but they make excellent, generally quite strong beans, and they have many organic, fair trade, and single origin coffees (some of them all at the same time):

http://www.santacruzcoffee.com/sccrctest/index.html

I have a few pounds shipped monthly (I drink a lot of coffee).

[Pantomimehorse]

got myself some beans from Monmouth on friday, very nice, a bit pricey but quality stuff

[saggel]

Turkish or Greek here... but not that often!

[tupacboy]

where's the love for a turkish coffee?

[Lascaux]

oh no i only bought from monmouth, and then got some teas for my pops from algerian. point me out some nice coffees in algerian tomora!

definitely going to jj's to pick up a lusi sometime tomorrow, other than that im freeeeeeeeee
hmm
meet in soho? then to fox then to boisdale? that makes sense travel wise

[Big_T_UK]

Where am I meeting you at 2 tomorrow then? You still have my mobile, USE IT! LOL

So you have already done the Algerian Coffee shop, I will strike that off the list for tomorrow. LOL.

T.

[Lascaux]

treated myself to a few small packets of single origins

some Guatemalan finca la perla
El Salvador finca la fany
ethipoia yirgacheffe and some colombian and bolivian i cant remember the name of
the colombian is rather nice for espresso

some great teas in the soho shop, got some oolongs and orange pekoe. cigar palate cleansers

[Nuno Sa]

Well my favourites are:

- Fortissimo Lungo - Have one at breakfast every day, although my breakfast is usually at 14 PM.

- Duls?o of Brasil

- Colombia?s Rosabaya

- India?s Indriya

- Ristretto

- Roma

- Arpeggio

- Special Club 2009

I have not tried the flavoured coffees yet, but i?m not too curious about them since i live the strongest aromas.

[Big_T_UK]

I love the Special Club but I get the impression it is a "Bovril" type thing, you either LOVE it or HATE it. I love it, many of my friends hate it, odd.

I have stocked up on this one as it will not be around long.

This years three limited edition became available last week. The apricot is not good. The gingerbread is overly flavoured. The chestnut cream is yummy though. I am NOT a fan of flavoured coffee at all. I drink The Indriya and the Special Club almost exclusively but the chestnut cream will get a look in now and again.

T.

[Nuno Sa]

Got a Nespresso coffee machine as an early Christmas present for my wife, i have to tell you i got surprised with the quality of the coffee and the variety of aromas, the Special Club 2009 Singatoba Indonesian coffee 100% made of Ar?bica Blue Batak is excellent.

[Big_T_UK]

Lascuax, god why didn't you ask me? I can send you beans from Redroaster if you like?

Also, The Algerian Coffee shop in Old Compton Street, Soho has some excellent beans.

I have been looking at home roasting also but one of the family members HATES the smell so a bit of a no no currently. When I can afford it I will get one of the home roasting machines and use it in the garage, but too expensive currently.

T.

[monkey66]

you can roast coffee in popcorn roasters, it's just not very good.


Spot on Lusi!

its astounding how quickly coffee looses flavour, and just how terrible all coffee is in the supermarket compared to freshly roast, freshly ground. i was really into my coffee at last edinburgh fringe. they have a great little roaster called artisan roast that was my mecca. kept me going the whole festival and the quality was astounding.
sparked my interest off agian the other day when i had a cup of excellence in monmouths, i was buying top coffee in supermarkets and its pisswater compared to that...

sadly when im out teaching at schools i havent got the equip to make some nice coffee so i thermos it, and it makes all coffee taste crap

that roaster is on my christmas list now!

[Lascaux]

its astounding how quickly coffee looses flavour, and just how terrible all coffee is in the supermarket compared to freshly roast, freshly ground. i was really into my coffee at last edinburgh fringe. they have a great little roaster called artisan roast that was my mecca. kept me going the whole festival and the quality was astounding.
sparked my interest off agian the other day when i had a cup of excellence in monmouths, i was buying top coffee in supermarkets and its pisswater compared to that...

sadly when im out teaching at schools i havent got the equip to make some nice coffee so i thermos it, and it makes all coffee taste crap

that roaster is on my christmas list now!

[Robusto]

I can't add anything expert here.

All I'll say is that I bought a couple of vacuum packs of Cuban coffee back for the hell of it and that flavour has got me back into drinking coffee.

I drink volumes of Assam tea, so this coffee thing is pretty unusual for me.

I'm a bit of a latte whimp, but I do find a large latte goes very very well with a good cigar.

[TomUfer]

wow
how complicated is the roasting process? do you just oven roast or over the hob?

I use an appliance built for roasting beans. It is not hard at all. In fact once you start, you'll be spoiled forever!