'Proper' coffee

[Ingah]

Recently bought a cafetiere and i was hoping for some recommendations as to what coffee to put in it.

I have my coffee black, with sugar
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[Stelmer]

Oooo now I can help you here...


I have both a cafetiere and an Expresso Machine. In the 4 years i've tried practically every strength 4 and 5 coffee in it. Sainsbury's Continental is one of the best. It's in a lilac packet and comes either ground or in bean form. There's also 2 sizes.

If you're feeling flush, Illy is nice. It comes in a tin and costs around £7. It may be cheaper in Asda, it is on their website. Also Tim Horton's from Canada is nice but at £35+Postage for a kilo of the stuff, it's expensive.

Other brands you will probably like:

Taylors Italian Blend.
Spar's own Italian Blend (I think). It is in a black packet.
Most of the Lavazza range.
Douwe Egberts

Basically most of the stronger ones are nice. Some are quite bitter but if you like stronger, sweet and mellow coffee, the above should be ok. If your cafetiere came without a spoon, use a heaped cerial spoon. Put too much in, it erupts out of the cafetiere...

[mistergixer]

[dogbot]

Go to a proper shop and get beans, then grind 'em yourself using a hand grinder for a consistent, even grind.

Varieties I like:

Mandheling Sumatra
Ethiopian Harar
Sulawesi Toraja Kalossi

All Arabicas and

Timor Arabusta

As the name suggests a Robusta/Arabica mix.

[karoshi]

If you're anywhere near Birmingham for the German Christmas Market, there's a "Coffee Man" stall that sells fresh ground flavoured coffee, usually around £3 a bag which gives you enough for 3 Cafatieres full..

The coffee itself is pretty good but the flavouring oils are excellent, particularly Amaretto, Cherry or Irish
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[Reppyboyo]

Australian Skybury for the win (from Hasbean)

[Minty]

[colin1]

I like aldi's ground coffee arabica beans. Much better than kenco.
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[Mehty]

My boss has one of these in work....

https://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n248/pl3ppp/140.jpg

The capsuals are like 80p each from nescafe, but with sugar and lil bit off coffee mate they'r Lush

personally I like my cafetiere a little more, there's quite a nice 'Tesco's finest' 4 in a black and silver packet. As well as well known brand with grass on it.. but i cant remember what its called [/img]

[ajbsmirnoff]

Once you go to ground, you'll never go back to instant.

[KevTM]

[WannaBeDude]

I drink too much to go real, would cost a good rideout !!
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[Ariel Badger]

Pour ground coffee into mug, fill with boiling water and after 30 seconds stir and the grounds will sink. Perfect coffee.
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[Sam_Y_93]

We use Asda's Columbian Arabica beans, think my mum was buying something else before, but I never look at the packet.

Also, I have been making my coffee less and less milky and really liking it. So I decided to try having it black, don't think I will be going back!
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[Ariel Badger]

No milk, no sugar. FFS you are drinking coffee, why spoil it with contaminants?
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[Mehty]

[Sam_Y_93]

[Dazbo666]

I tend to get the Asda fairtrade beans and grind them at home with my Barista grinder... about 3 or 4 varieties of beans (and ready ground) to choose from, depending on your palate - they have strength indications on them too which helps.

You could also try one of the Starbucks own brands, but in my experience, they tend to be quite bitter, and not always a consistent strength...

As mentioned earlier, the Illy brand is one of the best I've tried so far too
https://www.coffeexclusive.com/products/thumbs/illy_ground_tin.jpg
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[WannaBeDude]

I use brown sugar, but only as a treat, as i don't want to consume 2 bags of sugar a week, so i have to settle for sweeteners.
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[Mr Nice Guy]

[Clanger]

[chrisw]

[ajbsmirnoff]

[mistergixer]

[Radis]

The best coffee in the world is Taylors Hot Lava Java. I get mine from Ocado:

https://www.ocado.com/webshop/product/Taylors-Dark-Roast-Hot-Lava-Java-Coffee/20209011?from=search&tags=|20000¶m=hot+lava&parentContainer=SEARCHhot+lava_SHELFVIEW

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