This is exactly what you want from a strength 5 coffee – tons of flavour and a real caffeine hit – but you do need to treat it carefully. If you over do this one and spoon up one too many, you’ll end up with a cigar-laden ash tray that no amount of sugar can […]
Sainsburys Espresso Coffee Read Post »
This was a huge £7 in our local deli – so we’re obviously expecting big things. Unfortunately there is nothing special about this “micro-lot” coffee. There is no depth of flavour at all – it’s just utterly mediocre. That doesn’t mean it’s horrible – we all liked it – but there’s nothing more you can […]
Grumpy Mule Finca Las Cochas Colombia Coffee Read Post »
Rombouts have really raised their game lately. From just have one pack on the shelves they’ve gone all Illy-cool and started producing these tins which started out at a fiver a pop (f*ck OFF!) but you can now pick them up at 2 for a fiver, which is a bargain – being that they are […]
Rombouts Ethiopian Moka Sidamo Coffee Read Post »
First things first – we don’t like to be told when to have our coffee. So we made this “morning” coffee in the middle of the afternoon, just because we can. The top of this one is really filthy dirty – loads of swirls of powder and oil – which us Judges actually don’t mind […]
Douwe Egberts Morning Americano Read Post »
The initial smell of this coffee bodes well – the lemony twang you expect from a Kenyan – and I don’t mean a marathon runner. But this is a strength TWO – which as we all know, means weak as hell. There is no such thing as a strength one – the scale starts at […]
Whittard Kenya Coffee Read Post »
We don’t often get coffees that come from this far flung part of the world (Tesco – Sidcup). They claim fruity on this one – but no, it’s not. But that doesn’t make it a bad one – this is just a damn fine cup of coffee with no whistles and bells. No lemon, no […]
Tesco Finest Papua New Guinea Coffee Read Post »
I could barely get this one down due to eating my own f*cking words at the same time! Starbucks = corporate shit. Colombia = coffee shit. Those were my words up until now. The Starbucks bit you can understand – glossy chain coffee shops selling just a “house blend”, staffed by minimum wagers. They may […]
Starbucks Medium Colombia Coffee Read Post »
As Wacko Jacko said, minutes before keeling over in a drug induced haze, "This is it". The best Grumpy Mule there is. This one is impossible to f*ck up – evey time you pour this little beauty into the cup your legs are gonna be quivering, barely able to take your weight, in anticipation of […]
Grumpy Mule Organic Espresso Seasonal Blend Coffee Beans Read Post »
This has restored our faith in the Grumpy Mule – and Latin coffee – which for us lately just never seem as good as the Africans. We’ve had a few of these – and there’s been no cock ups on any of them. Easy to make and forgiving on that early Monday morning shaking […]
Grumpy Mule Organic Brasil Fazenda Santa Terezinha Coffee Beans Read Post »
Despite all the bold claims on the back of the packet that this is “Bursting with delicious citrus notes” it’s not quite true. OK it does have a lemony twang to it – but somehow it just tastes a bit cheap – like stirring a spoon of Lift into an averagely drinkable coffee. It’s still […]
Marks and Spencer Kenyan Coffee Read Post »
