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Coffee - talk to me
« on: May 11, 2010, 12:15:27 pm »
So at the weekend i finally got round to getting me a coffee percolator having drank instant for a long time and fancying the idea of just walking to a coffee pot rather than standing waiting on a kettle  :pomppomp:

now i'm normally a simple nescafe drinker, 1 spoon, not too strong.... however when i reached the coffee section in Sainsburys (fish out of water in this shop i'm normally a Tescoburys man  :laugh:) theres so much choice  :chicken:

not wanting to spend a fortune in an uneducated way i decided to buy the Sainsburys 'All Day' coffee... and OMFG  :sick:

supposed to be 1 spoon per cup of the stuff and it tastes like syrup, so i diluted it down and just about managed it yesterday. Now today i thought i'd be smarter and use 1/2 a spoon per cup and.... OMFG  :sick: just tastes like weak syrup now  :chicken:

I know instant is different, i like the taste of percolated too... but can anyone recommend a decent coffee that isnt going to make my teeth squeak and make my taste buds recoil?

This isnt the point where you recommend some deep evil columbian crazy coffee btw  :grin: i'm after something mild and easy to drink

only rule is that it has to be Fair Trade  :happy2:

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Re: Coffee - talk to me
« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2010, 12:40:27 pm »
I drink the taste the difference Columbian fairtrade at work and quite like that, Ive just bought the all day one but not tried this yet so will let you know what I think this afternoon  :happy2:

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Re: Coffee - talk to me
« Reply #2 on: May 11, 2010, 12:45:29 pm »
I drink Illy. It's not Fair Trade certified but they are a very ethical company pursuing a policy of sustainable, green coffee cultivation. They don't source Fair Trade simply because they cannot guarantee the quality.

If you are massively bothered about it there is a lot on the Internet about their stance on Fair Trade.

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Re: Coffee - talk to me
« Reply #3 on: May 11, 2010, 12:51:10 pm »
The reason i'm pro fair trade would take a very long time to go into tbh, its not just coffee for me

billions are made and the workers in poorer countries where items i consume see nothing of it.

coffee just joins my list thats all  :happy2:

i'm also a tree hugging energy lightbulb using vegetarian too..... but i drive a V6 so that balances it out  :grin:

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Re: Coffee - talk to me
« Reply #4 on: May 11, 2010, 01:20:20 pm »
The reason i'm pro fair trade would take a very long time to go into tbh, its not just coffee for me

billions are made and the workers in poorer countries where items i consume see nothing of it.

coffee just joins my list thats all  :happy2:

i'm also a tree hugging energy lightbulb using vegetarian too..... but i drive a V6 so that balances it out  :grin:


Fair trade! US Marines died* so we could get slave-labour imported bananas damnit! I'll be damned if I'm going to eat politically correct ethnically harvested free farmer green organic produce***!



*Interesting story this. During the 1920s and 1930s, the US Marines invaded almost every single central American country, at the behest of the United Fruit Company and the International Banana Consortium, to ensure favourable trading rights for bananas, a hot topic in those days**. The local people were mostly enslaved and made to farm bananas, coffee, cocoa, and other cash crops and the United Fruit Company essentially became the de facto government, owning the land, workers houses, railways, post offices, telephones and telegraphs, et cetera, subjecting the native peoples to terrible brutality and hardship, particularly so in Columbia, Ecuador, Guatemala, and Honduras. Look up Banana Republics and the Banana Massacre if you're more interested.

**In the 1920s, Bananas harvested in Central America could be sold in New York or Europe for upwards of 1000% profit.

***These are not necessarily my views and I might actually drink fairtrade coffee and eat fairtrade bananas myself. Maybe.

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Re: Coffee - talk to me
« Reply #5 on: May 11, 2010, 01:21:25 pm »
starbucks own ground coffee mate. fairtade i think and great in me cafetier
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Re: Coffee - talk to me
« Reply #6 on: May 11, 2010, 01:43:46 pm »
The reason i'm pro fair trade would take a very long time to go into tbh, its not just coffee for me

I'd probably agree with you on all counts, however just because Illy do not use Fair Trade certified coffee does not mean they don't conform to the Fair Trade ideologies. They do for instance claim to pay 30% more for their coffee than the US average, far more than the Fair Trade price.

It's slightly foolish to presume that just because a product is not Fair Trade the producers are being ripped off. It's not always the case.

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Re: Coffee - talk to me
« Reply #7 on: May 11, 2010, 01:50:07 pm »
The reason i'm pro fair trade would take a very long time to go into tbh, its not just coffee for me

I'd probably agree with you on all counts, however just because Illy do not use Fair Trade certified coffee does not mean they don't conform to the Fair Trade ideologies. They do for instance claim to pay 30% more for their coffee than the US average, far more than the Fair Trade price.

It's slightly foolish to presume that just because a product is not Fair Trade the producers are being ripped off. It's not always the case.

i agree dude, the products in my cupboards all have various ethos's attached

on of my more interesting facts regarding fair trade can also be applied to cornish potatoes

the price is forced right down for the local farmers, the madness being the transportation costs. ie potato grown, harvested, transported out of cornwall for packaging, send to a distribution center, transported back to cornwall to fill a local supermarket shelf. the fact that potato may have been grown in the field opposite is hilarious!

i've bought all of my veg and fruit direct from the farmers for this reason for a long time, they have a good ethos here that they share their produce with each other down here so that they can all operate farm shops with equal stock regardless on what they grow, cut out all the middlemess and the money goes straight to the farmers

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Re: Coffee - talk to me
« Reply #8 on: May 11, 2010, 02:03:23 pm »
I find most Italian coffees acceptable.  Colombian just too harsh for me.

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Re: Coffee - talk to me
« Reply #9 on: May 11, 2010, 03:20:45 pm »
The Nespresso system is awesome.  You'll probably think the machines are expensive but John Lewis often have good deals on.  The capsules will normally work out at about 27p per cup.

Also currently £40 cashback from Nespresso.

Fair Trade, dunno to be honest but I don't let things like that rule my life.

http://www.nespresso.com/uk/en

http://www.johnlewis.com/Search/Search.aspx?SearchTerm=nespresso

Edit - Just realised you already bought the Percolator  :signLOL:

 
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Re: Coffee - talk to me
« Reply #10 on: May 11, 2010, 03:36:54 pm »
^^^ Stu is right, Nespresso FTW  :laugh: :laugh:

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Re: Coffee - talk to me
« Reply #11 on: May 11, 2010, 03:46:23 pm »
Just tried the all-day long stuff, found it rather similar to the columbian fairtrade I mentioned so that probably wont be up your street either, I drink mine either black or with very little milk and like the strong taste so I might not be the best to recommend a good coffee.

All the Sainsburys ones have ratings on them so maybe next time go for a lighter one.

Good luck  :happy2:

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Re: Coffee - talk to me
« Reply #12 on: May 11, 2010, 03:58:50 pm »
I only like Italian style, so illy and Lavazza would be your mainstream ones. Taylors of Harrogate do many good ones too. I like bitter and chocolatey, as opposed to sweet and fruity.

Maybe get some samples of different types and see what you like, they're as varied as wine.

Fairtradiniess though, I don't know, maybe they do some? I'm not that arsed to be honest. Although I do go as far as to buy pretty much everything I need in my village, we have a great butchers/bakers/greengrocers/hardware shop/deli etc. with most of the food coming from the local farms/producers. But then I have weird things like not buying anything from Israel. I guess we all have our causes.
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Re: Coffee - talk to me
« Reply #13 on: May 11, 2010, 04:31:35 pm »
same here mate..... i dont buy french knowingly
apples cheese... na ha nope nope nope
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Re: Coffee - talk to me
« Reply #14 on: May 11, 2010, 04:48:34 pm »
I'm not an instant Coffee fan but as instant goes this stuff is a revelation!!  :party:

http://www.starbuckscoffee.co.uk/starbucks-via/