"Got a cafetière a few weeks ago and I'm loving the difference in taste and quality compared to instant.
Anyone got any favourites or recommendations for grounds to go for?"
Enjoy! I got a sample/advent calendar of coffee to try different ones. Then found a company called coffee link. That does a subscription |
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"My dear chap I'm sitting here right this moment quaffing my favourite coffee, served from my piping hot Bodum™ Cafetière.
Let's hope @JoeBeans doesn't sêê this...!  "
I am inevitable |
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By (user no longer on site) 35 weeks ago
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Ok OP *cracks fingers*
I love that you've found something you enjoy and a cafetiere is a great starting point! I would actually recommend buying a hand grinder and buying whole bean because coffee is a fresh product and can stale as soon as it's ground! So what might taste good on the 1st and 2nd day, won't taste good on the 4th or 5th so you're robbing yourself of the delicious taste for the whole bag!
Until then, look for any independent coffee shops near you that sell beans and they'll happily grind them for you if needed. Alternatively, you can get an online subscription which I've never done and buy it ground, but with the time of shipping, the taste would definitely be compromised.
Good luck and hope you enjoy whatever coffee you buy  |
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"Ok OP *cracks fingers*
I love that you've found something you enjoy and a cafetiere is a great starting point! I would actually recommend buying a hand grinder and buying whole bean because coffee is a fresh product and can stale as soon as it's ground! So what might taste good on the 1st and 2nd day, won't taste good on the 4th or 5th so you're robbing yourself of the delicious taste for the whole bag!
Until then, look for any independent coffee shops near you that sell beans and they'll happily grind them for you if needed. Alternatively, you can get an online subscription which I've never done and buy it ground, but with the time of shipping, the taste would definitely be compromised.
Good luck and hope you enjoy whatever coffee you buy "
I did this several years ago when I was so incapacitated that grinding my own beans was out of the question. It was fine for a few days then rapidly went downhill  |
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"I did this several years ago when I was so incapacitated that grinding my own beans was out of the question. It was fine for a few days then rapidly went downhill "
It was such a mystery when I first got into coffee and when I found out that it was an actual fresh product that needs to be stored properly to keep it fresh, it was a real "holy crap" moment  |
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"I did this several years ago when I was so incapacitated that grinding my own beans was out of the question. It was fine for a few days then rapidly went downhill
It was such a mystery when I first got into coffee and when I found out that it was an actual fresh product that needs to be stored properly to keep it fresh, it was a real "holy crap" moment "
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I vacuum-seal my coffee in chromium-lined coffee bags, Joe. The antimicrobial properties help seal the flavour. |
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I'd be tempted to buy Lidl's as well if you're currently experimenting?
The French is smooth, the Italian quite punchy.
Less expensive way of discovering where your tastes lie, and then, once you know, spend a fortune on some even higher quality equivalents. |
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"I did this several years ago when I was so incapacitated that grinding my own beans was out of the question. It was fine for a few days then rapidly went downhill
It was such a mystery when I first got into coffee and when I found out that it was an actual fresh product that needs to be stored properly to keep it fresh, it was a real "holy crap" moment "
Sadly at this point I was fully aware, just didn't have free hands for grinding at this point (was on crutches and quite unstable). It was very, very sad  |
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"I'd be tempted to buy Lidl's as well if you're currently experimenting?
The French is smooth, the Italian quite punchy.
Less expensive way of discovering where your tastes lie, and then, once you know, spend a fortune on some even higher quality equivalents."
A slightly more expensive way to do this would be to go to a really snooty cafe - the kind where they offer pour overs and you get to choose from a variety of coffee beans (some even give you cards to note flavour notes).
This does open up the rabbit hole, because this shows the potential of coffee.
But it'll also be a very clear indication of what you like - acidic, chocolatey, etc in terms of flavour notes, and possibly even what roasting and processing methods you like or don't like (things like natural can be pretty polarising). |
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By (user no longer on site) 35 weeks ago
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"I did this several years ago when I was so incapacitated that grinding my own beans was out of the question. It was fine for a few days then rapidly went downhill
It was such a mystery when I first got into coffee and when I found out that it was an actual fresh product that needs to be stored properly to keep it fresh, it was a real "holy crap" moment
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I vacuum-seal my coffee in chromium-lined coffee bags, Joe. The antimicrobial properties help seal the flavour."
That's amazing! I have something called and Airscape which is a steel container with an inner lid that you push down to displace the oxygen and another lid that goes on top |
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"I'd be tempted to buy Lidl's as well if you're currently experimenting?
The French is smooth, the Italian quite punchy.
Less expensive way of discovering where your tastes lie, and then, once you know, spend a fortune on some even higher quality equivalents.
A slightly more expensive way to do this would be to go to a really snooty cafe - the kind where they offer pour overs and you get to choose from a variety of coffee beans (some even give you cards to note flavour notes).
This does open up the rabbit hole, because this shows the potential of coffee.
But it'll also be a very clear indication of what you like - acidic, chocolatey, etc in terms of flavour notes, and possibly even what roasting and processing methods you like or don't like (things like natural can be pretty polarising)."
Now looking to see if this is offered near me. It sounds lovely! |
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By (user no longer on site) 35 weeks ago
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"I'd be tempted to buy Lidl's as well if you're currently experimenting?
The French is smooth, the Italian quite punchy.
Less expensive way of discovering where your tastes lie, and then, once you know, spend a fortune on some even higher quality equivalents.
A slightly more expensive way to do this would be to go to a really snooty cafe - the kind where they offer pour overs and you get to choose from a variety of coffee beans (some even give you cards to note flavour notes).
This does open up the rabbit hole, because this shows the potential of coffee.
But it'll also be a very clear indication of what you like - acidic, chocolatey, etc in terms of flavour notes, and possibly even what roasting and processing methods you like or don't like (things like natural can be pretty polarising)."
Seconded on this! |
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I love a coffee
Not quite beans/grinding stage but I get pods from odd coffee co that would otherwise be rejected for sale and I have a dualit thing that turns the aluminium pods inside out for recycling
I really like the bags that you fill to a level as the quality of coffee in them is brilliant.
For instant I like an Italian style/blend |
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I think I'm going to try to renew my coffee love this year. I know naff all about it, but it brings back memories of my gran (who was a coffee snob). We'd go into town and she'd pick out beans to be ground down, and we'd go off with her bag which she stored on her kitchen wall in some contraption you pushed a button into to release an amount into her French Press. This was all well over 35yrs ago now, but thinking about it I can still recall the smells in the shop (which no longer exists)  |
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By *zero OP Man 35 weeks ago
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"Ok OP *cracks fingers*
I love that you've found something you enjoy and a cafetiere is a great starting point! I would actually recommend buying a hand grinder and buying whole bean because coffee is a fresh product and can stale as soon as it's ground! So what might taste good on the 1st and 2nd day, won't taste good on the 4th or 5th so you're robbing yourself of the delicious taste for the whole bag!
Until then, look for any independent coffee shops near you that sell beans and they'll happily grind them for you if needed. Alternatively, you can get an online subscription which I've never done and buy it ground, but with the time of shipping, the taste would definitely be compromised.
Good luck and hope you enjoy whatever coffee you buy "
Oh nice! I'll look at grinders |
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By (user no longer on site) 35 weeks ago
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"Oh nice! I'll look at grinders "
Yes! If I could recommend, pleasure don't buy a cheap £20 electric one from Amazon, they're shit! Pay a little more for decent hand grinder which can be around £50. |
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"Got a cafetière a few weeks ago and I'm loving the difference in taste and quality compared to instant.
Anyone got any favourites or recommendations for grounds to go for?"
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Foundation (Coffee Roasters) is by far and away my favourite online coffee supplier based in Cornwall-ticking all the boxes on variety, origin and strength, including bags/beans/grounds, super-reliable quality and additional underpinning groovy ethical/ethos and company values. Delicious. You know you're worth it.... : ) For those "about to run out of supplies moments"/or just maintaining a more economical reserve supply in the FRIDGE! (for the less picky drinkers within family/friends): if buying from supermarket- Id go for Lavazza. xx |
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"I'd be tempted to buy Lidl's as well if you're currently experimenting?
The French is smooth, the Italian quite punchy.
Less expensive way of discovering where your tastes lie, and then, once you know, spend a fortune on some even higher quality equivalents."
I quite regularly buy Lidl’s Kenyan blend, it’s got a lovely fruity note to it that I just can’t get enough of. |
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By *ady LickWoman 35 weeks ago
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Love my coffee. We have Lidl's Kenyan or Colombian ground as our daily it's really good but always have a Sainsburys speciality one on the go as well. Sometimes we'll treat ourselves to some from a lovely independent coffee shop in town.
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"Got a cafetière a few weeks ago and I'm loving the difference in taste and quality compared to instant.
Anyone got any favourites or recommendations for grounds to go for?"
I think Braithwaites in Dundee do a mail order service. These guys have been selling tea and coffee for 150 years. The range is immense. |
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"Also OP, I would recommend checking out James Hoffmann's French Press technique. That may help
https://youtu.be/st571DYYTR8?si=hpWN9qlkwI8soJ1Z"
Lol just watching his review of a £33 hand grander!
I got a 1zpresso grander, grinding whole bean fresh is a game changer |
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We only buy beans and grind them ourselves - the freshness is so much better with beans.
Coffee will depend on your taste so I wouldn’t recommend anything but the stronger the better for us.
Pret coffee is incredible but there’s been a shortage in production so they put selling bags on hold.
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By (user no longer on site) 32 weeks ago
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"Also OP, I would recommend checking out James Hoffmann's French Press technique. That may help
https://youtu.be/st571DYYTR8?si=hpWN9qlkwI8soJ1Z
Lol just watching his review of a £33 hand grander!
I got a 1zpresso grander, grinding whole bean fresh is a game changer"
Within an hour of that video being released, pretty much all the Kingrinder versions had sold out on Amazon! |
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"I prefer instant.
In fact i'd go as far as to say the cheaper and nastier the coffee, (to certain people) the more i like it.
Motorway service station vending machine coffee, best around "
The ones with those cheap beige plastic cups ? Klikpak or something? |
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By *essTTWoman 32 weeks ago
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"Got a cafetière a few weeks ago and I'm loving the difference in taste and quality compared to instant.
Anyone got any favourites or recommendations for grounds to go for?"
Check out whittards they have some AMAZING coffees there |
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