The first thing to note about this one is the large grains – you can’t stack up a big spoon of this stuff – it just slides straight off. It’s almost as if after grinding it they washed it, which can’t be good. It smells slightly ashey too. But on making this at our usual […]
Starbucks Medium House Blend Coffee Read Post »
Like all Austrian coffees, it comes in a block like a house brick and has been roasted long enough to have gone to hell and back. Dark, deep and meaningful, we love it. But you’ll need balls the size of watermelons to take this one one. 7/10
Julius Meinl Jubilaum Mahlkaffee Coffee Read Post »
This says “Light Espresso” on the packet – and they mean it. It also says it’s fruity in flavour – but this judge didn’t get any of it. Not fresh fruit served in the Guatemala rain forest anyway – maybe a waft of tinned fruit cocktail served in a Little Chef. It’s all just a […]
Climpson and Sons Guatemala Blend Coffee Beans Read Post »
A limited edition Taylors – one of our favourite coffee makers. This is a good one – easy to get right, and fully of zesty flavour whether you make it strong or weak. The first one we had was weakish, but the tangy-ness really shone through, so we spooned it up and then up again […]
Taylors Zambia Terranova Coffee Read Post »
The Baron is a real mash up – 4 different types of coffee blended together. Is that for flavour or just a way of using up all the leftovers in the bottom of the bag? Hank had the first couple of goes at this one and it lived up to its name: Baron as fuck. […]
Climpson and Sons The Baron Espresso Blend Coffee Beans Read Post »
It’s 10 past nine and there’s still nothing on the table… “I’m going to brew up” I say.. “NO – i’ll do it” shouts Hank, grabs the Climpson’s bag and off he trots. He’s got an obsession with these little brown paper bags, of which we’ve got four. In his head he’s already loving it […]
Climpson and Sons Climpson Estate Kenya-Led Blend Coffee Beans Read Post »
The beans for this Mule are big and light – and smell divine. We almost ate them straight off the spoon. Now The folks at Grumpy Mule clearly state this is an all day, strength 3 coffee, which doesn’t normally sit well with the Judges’ sensibilities. But we’re going to give it a go anyway. […]
Climpson and Sons Brasil Daterra Estate Coffee Beans Read Post »
We love the packaging on these Climpson coffees – they look like they’ve been bagged out there on the farm. Nothing fancy – just a brown paper bag and label with some better than usual blurb – plus the date is was actually roasted – the 6th Jan in this case. “Plunger lovers in mind” […]
Morrisons The Best Fairtrade Guatemalan Ground Coffee Read Post »
These Morrison Coffees are always hard core killers, and this is no exception. We made this as normal and it was just way over the top. A bitter, filthy dirty brew. This could only be at home on a building site being drunk by hardened, crack-showing navvies who would probably even dunk a biscuit in […]
Marks and Spencer Colombian Coffee Beans Read Post »
We picked up two M&S’ers at the same time and the other one – the Luxury Italian – was bleedin’ awful. Because this one looks so similar, in our heads, this one was going to be shonky as well. But hang on!! We were wrong!! This one has a real citrus twist to it – […]
Marks and Spencer Luxury Italian Coffee Read Post »
