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Dorset Coffee Company Enorga Papua New Guinea

Pulled out of the bag after Juror Fry’s trip to the west country. The smell out of the bag is barely noticeable – it could be jar of Mellow Birds. Even the smell from the cup is under whelming. But the finished product comes into its own. It looks like a cup of hot chocolate and the right amout of bitterness comes through. Is there a slight citrus twinge? Not sure – could still be the after taste from this morning’s fairy liquid. Tasty indeed – Judged at 7/10

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Carrefour Grand Classique Coffee

Another French cheapy… 1.50EUR a pack. The smell out of the pack is definitely only one and half Euros worth – the smell of value coffee. But the taste is not that bad – it IS drinkable. Not in a lick your lips kind of way – but you would certainly glug it down on that winter ski trip in your chalet without too many complaints. Judges rating, a workman-like 5/10

Carrefour, France

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Sainsburys Taste the Difference Ethiopian Sidamo Coffee

Ok so it’s mid afternoon and we had a few to choose from and got suckered in by the “fruity” description Mr Sainsbury had given it. The powder was a grade darker than the cheapo Lavazza we had this morning and the smell on opening was fine indeed. On delivery the smell is, well, fruity YES! lemon-like infact – as though you had just washed your cup with a dose of fairy liquid and not bothered to rinse it out. So, unappealing….possibly. But the taste, well, the citrus tint does give it a lively edge. Not sure where the apricots came in – they must be still in the packet. Interesting. Judges rating: 7/10

Ethiopia, Sainsburys, Strength 3

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Lavazza Il Mattino Coffee

Lavazza has always been a judge favorite as the quality big brand coffee. This was a French bought cheap version though – well under 2 Euros a pack. The powder is a very light brown – which is always worrying. It’s definitely strong but tastes very dry, with the “cheap coffee twang”. I can’t believe that there is such a thing as a sub-standard Lavazza so we’ll re-make it with only four spoons and see what happens. Initial rating 5/10

France, Lavazza

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Maison du Cafe Ma Tradition Coffee

There is no “strength rating” on this, a French coffee. Only the English it seems are obsessed with such vulgarities. The French just buy the coffee. Anyway – it’s quite brutish. Very dry and metallic, with a bit of an after burn. Not ideal – in fact the aftertaste builds for the next half an hour until you feel like your tongue has been replaced with an aluminum ingot.– needs downgrading from 5 spoons. Judged at a miserly 3/10

France, Masion du Cafe

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Union Hand Roasted Sumatra Takengon Coffee

We were expecting the world from this for some reason. While it’s not a bad brew, something was just not right. It doesn’t seem fine, yet we ended up with a very powdery cup that had that dry, metallic taste. It smelt divine though – the whole building smelt like a coffee grinding mill. For now, we’ll give it the benefit of the doubt and hope the error was in the making! Judge rating (7/10)

Strength 5, Sumatra, Union

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Sainsburys Basics Fairtrade Coffee

For the sake of comparison we ended up with this one, and my God it has tested the review scale. There is no other word to describe this than disgusting – or possibly poison. It has the smell of a burnt out building and tastes as bad as eating the contents of an ashtray from a cigar smoker’s convention. We couldn’t finish it – in fact we could barely start it. One mouthful was enough to bring on an instant gagging reflex. The acrid aftertaste was so severe that even a cup of decent stuff to try and wash the taste away had no effect and it just dragged that down too. Avoid at all costs. Judges rating 0/10.

Sainsburys, Strength 3, UK

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Taylors Lazy Sunday Coffee

This kind of tells you that Taylor’s extended “it goes up to 6” strength scale only really has 4 grades, as this is graded a 3 and there can’t be anything weaker. It almost tastes like one of those perverted “hazlenut” concoctions – sickly and insipid. This should be reserved for young children and old ladies. The lowest judge rating so far – 3/10

Strength 3, Taylors, UK

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Just Coffee Reviews

The Coffee Judges review coffees that they can easily get their hands on and can make without too much hassle at work in a cafetiere. No poncy coffee machines, five grand Gaggia’s or foaming milk. Read the reviews, have a taste of them yourselves and rate them out of ten. If you’re feeling verbal, leave a comment.

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Taylors Guatemala Cloud Forests Coffee

Ok I think we may have over done this one trying to bounce back from a hideously weak thing this morning. Bitter indeed, but with a slightly metallic after taste which I’m putting down to the excessively heaped 5 spoons that went into the two cups. We’ll give it another go but make sure we don’t over egg it next time.

Guatemala, Strength 4, Taylors

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