Coffee Disappointment

[Marley's Ghost (Imbiber of Spirits)]

I understand Heinz do a good value version, apparently readily available!

[Just One More]

They're too sweet

[Miss Creant Commander of the picklement and baking BAb(Hons)]

Just realised I've run out of beans 
They're increasingly hard to come by at a reasonable price 

Con get Nick to do a Tesco order and don't pay him.

[Pastis]

I have replenished with Sainsbuggers Fairtrade Continental 

[Snoopy]

Hope their coffee is good ..... personally I won't buy anything with "Fairtrade" on it. Biggest con since the South Sea Bubble.

[Pastis]

It's good, and the best price bean there 

[Snoopy]

I'll forgive you for buying quality but not Fairtrade.
Ever wonder how they can guarantee "A FAIR PRICE" to the bean farmer and yet still sell it at the lower price? 

[Pastis]

Guatemalan agricultural workers earn around £2.00 a day.  On a coffee farm I've been to they sold bags of coffee beans to the tourist market for around 30 Quetzals ... that's about the price you'd pay, guess where? Sainsbury's, which amounts to around the daily wage of a farm worker. The one's who are benefitting are the farm owners; I imagine little of Fairtrade's alleged 10% trickles down to the workers. That said they've probably got continuing employment. 

[Snoopy]

'Cactly 

[Grumpmeister]

I was sent the link to this earlier and have just had a look. 200% more caffeine? Ok I admit I'm curious now. 

http://www.deathwishcoffee.com/index.html

[Steve]

I was sent the link to this earlier and have just had a look. 200% more caffeine? Ok I admit I'm curious now. 

http://www.deathwishcoffee.com/index.html

, good one



But they want $25 just in shipping cost  so for now I will have to rely on the old double dose of Alta Rica for stunning coffee wheeze

Will see if I can get some next (and probably last) time in USA (May)

[Grumpmeister]

I did check on Amazon just on the off chance but no luck there either. 



I can't even get Dark Side roast either now as Thinkgeek have stopped shipping any of their caffeinated products overseas. 

[Just One More]

Starbucks have now started doing decent strength coffee so I've been in there a couple of times recently. The water quality certainly makes a difference as the same drink ordered here and back in Ipswich has a noticeably different taste.  Plus if you are making proper coffee at home you will use blends and roasts that you know you like. (for me Guatamalan Antigua, Hawaiian Kona, or Brazillian Yellow Bourbon - civet is too bloody expensive).

One other thing I've noticed about Starbucks lately is that they have started asking for your name when you go in, this just means when I'm in a queue and they ask the guy in front I have an overwhelming urge to shout "Don't tell him Pike". 

"I Am Spartacus!" Starbucks Prank - Movies In Real Life (Ep 9)

 

[Barman]

Starbucks have now started doing decent strength coffee so I've been in there a couple of times recently. The water quality certainly makes a difference as the same drink ordered here and back in Ipswich has a noticeably different taste.  Plus if you are making proper coffee at home you will use blends and roasts that you know you like. (for me Guatamalan Antigua, Hawaiian Kona, or Brazillian Yellow Bourbon - civet is too bloody expensive).

One other thing I've noticed about Starbucks lately is that they have started asking for your name when you go in, this just means when I'm in a queue and they ask the guy in front I have an overwhelming urge to shout "Don't tell him Pike". 

"I Am Spartacus!" Starbucks Prank - Movies In Real Life (Ep 9)

 

[Grumpmeister]

Was in Truro the other day so I thought I'd drop on to my regular coffee shop to stock up....






...its now a cathedral shop selling christmas crap.