The Judges are back! After a two and a half year enforced break we’re here again – and what better way to start than with the whole Lidl offering – of which this is the first. What have we been doing for so long you may wonder? Well, a few technical issues meant the website […]
Lidl Guatemalan Deluxe Coffee Read Post »
The beans of this coffee are huge and so pale and dusty they look like they’ve been sitting around since the war. So for the first cup we ramped it straight up to five spoons as it just looked like it needed it, but it still ended up just too weak. So for the second […]
Make Decent Coffee Guatemala Antigua 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 »
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 »
The first thing you notice with this one is the aroma – it’s leaping out of the cup to put it’s hands around your throat. In the cup it looks velvety and chocolatey – there’s no way you can leave this one to get cold. This is a strength 4 buts it’s packing a mellow […]
Whittard Guatemalan Elephant Coffee Read Post »
This Kopi coffee we got with the full info sheet – and man do they love their coffees. Read the blurb below if you don’t believe me – this is the care they put into describing just one coffee. Our problem with it has been the coarseness of the grind in the pack we bought. It’s really […]
Kopi Guatemala Finca Santa Clara Coffee Read Post »
Percol have gone and done it with this one. It’s a bog standard strength 3, the packaging is the usual Percol awfulness and yet it’s bloody marvelous. Every time, without fail, it’s come out punchy, smooth and satisfying. Even a child could make a good cup of this one – unlike that Waitrose one of […]
Percol Guatemala Arabica Coffee Read Post »
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 […]
Taylors Guatemala Cloud Forests Coffee Read Post »
