This is another good Percol, despite yet another cold “garden seed” packet design. It tastes consistently good all the way down the cup too – there’s no build up of bitterness. But then again this lack of any kind of aftertaste makes it taste a little shallow tasting. When it’s gone, it’s gone. A respectable […]
Percol Honduras La Tigre Rainforest Coffee Read Post »
Lavazza have done the business with this one. It’s strong but mellow and that espresso taste lingers in your mouth in a nice way. Not only that, it’s easy to make – every cup came out well, no matter how shaky the hand measuring out the spoons. Even the packet exudes quality and continental sophistication. […]
Lavazza Espresso Coffee Read Post »
This is the best Percol we’ve had so far. There’s nothing really to make it stand out and talk about – no aromas or notes as they claim on the packet. But it just delivers on smooth, full flavour with a pleasant lingering coffee after taste. Every cup we made was consistantly good – you […]
Percol Rainforest Organic Colombia Arabica Coffee Read Post »
This is a Percol Big Boy. It’s a strength 5 so we’re fumbling with the packet in excitement. In the end it’s come out good, but my God it was a lot of work to get there. By which, I mean the first three cups all failed for one reason or another – too weak, […]
Percol Fairtrade Italiano Arabica Coffee Read Post »
We can’t knock this one just for being half strength can we? It does clearly say it’s half caffeine on the side of the packet. For a coffee that’s been through an industrial process, it’s still got a lot of flavour and you wouldn’t really know it had been mucked around with. It starts fine […]
Taylors Take It Easy Coffee Read Post »
The folks at Percol came up trumps and delivered the Judges a box of freebies – one of every single Percol. (Thanks Niomi!) This is the first then of a Percol Marathon we’re going to have to do over the next few weeks. First things first – when you see all of them together you […]
Percol Fairtrade and Organic Latin America Arabica Coffee Read Post »
Let’s get to the point. It’s awful. Which is a shame as the packaging looks good – just the way we like it. But the smell is of ashtrays and the taste is like eating an egg box that’s been used as an ashtray. There’s no depth of flavour at all either – you really […]
Morrisons Fairtrade Italian Blend Coffee Read Post »
After our last illy scoring a 9/10, this one was stacked up to be even better. I mean, it’s a dark roast this time, which must equate to a strength 5 on the usual coffee strength scale. It’s been a problem though, as usual with espresso super-fine grinds. If you do it as you’d normally […]
illy Espresso Dark Coffee Read Post »
We’ve had this one a while and put off the making of it. Why? The packaging. My God it’s dull. We want our coffees to draw us in with silvers and golds and feel all continental-like, but this one looks like a packet of grass seed. When we finally do crack it open, it does […]
Sainsbury’s So Organic Peru Coffee Read Post »
This is a real bad boy. It’s ground super espresso fine, which means it’s very hard to get your weights and measures right. So much so, the first two of these we had were as fierce as a Tiger with it’s manhood in a vice. Don’t go near it. But despite the skull cracking power, […]
Marks and Spencer Espresso Coffee Read Post »
