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Post by Raffles on Feb 2, 2016 20:38:23 GMT
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Post by RangersBillyBoy on Feb 2, 2016 20:52:17 GMT
In the name of science I've just carried out a controlled experiment. I downed a bottle of 12 year old Glenfiddich followed by three cups of Aldi value coffee. I can confirm that I'm feeling......pished. |
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Raffles
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Post by Raffles on Feb 2, 2016 20:54:38 GMT
In the name of science I've just carried out a ontrol experiment. I downed a bottle of 12 year old Glenfiddich followed by three cups of Aldi value coffee. I can confirm that I'm feeling......pished. It was the coffee, you just don't know what these discounters put in their products to make them so cheap  |
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Post by RangersBillyBoy on Feb 2, 2016 20:56:03 GMT
In the name of science I've just carried out a ontrol experiment. I downed a bottle of 12 year old Glenfiddich followed by three cups of Aldi value coffee. I can confirm that I'm feeling......pished. It was the coffee, you just don't know what these discounters put in their products to make them so cheap You're quite correct Raffles therefore Nisa Dark Roast from here on in. |
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Post by nanotm on Feb 2, 2016 21:09:28 GMT
It was the coffee, you just don't know what these discounters put in their products to make them so cheap You're quite correct Raffles therefore Nisa Dark Roast from here on in. you don't know what the expensive lot are putting in theirs to make it worth the extra you mean, btw lidl cart noir used to be a blend of ersatz iirc it had about 10% coffee in it before the 52% minimum content rules came out, it actually got cheaper after them as they didn't have to add the artificial sweetner to the blend so it didn't taste like the ash scrapped out of a barrel burner mixed with some medium strength acid... on the other hand I prefer to grind and brew my coffee in the machine in the kitchen so I buy ready roasted beans at £7 a kilo (blue mountin) from the same warehouse dealer that the costa chain buys theirs from amazing how I can make that same cup of coffee for les than 25p ..... |
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Post by RangersBillyBoy on Feb 2, 2016 21:14:54 GMT
You're quite correct Raffles therefore Nisa Dark Roast from here on in. you don't know what the expensive lot are putting in theirs to make it worth the extra you mean, btw lidl cart noir used to be a blend of ersatz iirc it had about 10% coffee in it before the 52% minimum content rules came out, it actually got cheaper after them as they didn't have to add the artificial sweetner to the blend so it didn't taste like the ash scrapped out of a barrel burner mixed with some medium strength acid... on the other hand I prefer to grind and brew my coffee in the machine in the kitchen so I buy ready roasted beans at £7 a kilo (blue mountin) from the same warehouse dealer that the costa chain buys theirs from amazing how I can make that same cup of coffee for les than 25p ..... I have to confess that I have a rather expensive coffee machine which makes the Costa ones look like mere toys. I'm a coffee snob. The name Costa(lot) is apt. |
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Post by BrenD on Feb 2, 2016 22:01:59 GMT
you don't know what the expensive lot are putting in theirs to make it worth the extra you mean, btw lidl cart noir used to be a blend of ersatz iirc it had about 10% coffee in it before the 52% minimum content rules came out, it actually got cheaper after them as they didn't have to add the artificial sweetner to the blend so it didn't taste like the ash scrapped out of a barrel burner mixed with some medium strength acid... on the other hand I prefer to grind and brew my coffee in the machine in the kitchen so I buy ready roasted beans at £7 a kilo (blue mountin) from the same warehouse dealer that the costa chain buys theirs from amazing how I can make that same cup of coffee for les than 25p ..... I have to confess that I have a rather expensive coffee machine which makes the Costa ones look like mere toys. I'm a coffee snob. The name Costa(lot) is apt. Ah a fellow coffee snob! I take it you've visited Relish in Wadebridge? Easily the best coffee I've had outside of London. Sent from my X5pro using proboards |
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Post by nanotm on Feb 2, 2016 23:06:51 GMT
you don't know what the expensive lot are putting in theirs to make it worth the extra you mean, btw lidl cart noir used to be a blend of ersatz iirc it had about 10% coffee in it before the 52% minimum content rules came out, it actually got cheaper after them as they didn't have to add the artificial sweetner to the blend so it didn't taste like the ash scrapped out of a barrel burner mixed with some medium strength acid... on the other hand I prefer to grind and brew my coffee in the machine in the kitchen so I buy ready roasted beans at £7 a kilo (blue mountin) from the same warehouse dealer that the costa chain buys theirs from amazing how I can make that same cup of coffee for les than 25p ..... I have to confess that I have a rather expensive coffee machine which makes the Costa ones look like mere toys. I'm a coffee snob. The name Costa(lot) is apt. my coffee machine cost about €45 14 years ago when I lived in Germany, the annoying thing about it is you cant get spares because its never been sold in the UK, you put the beans in the top and water in the feeder next to it and push the button on the front wait 5 minutes (or set to to wake you up in the morning) I bought it back then because the only instant coffee I could afford was the cart noir stuff and its was gouting, however vacu packed coffee beans in Germany were cheaper than instant, when we moved back to the uk I started ordering all sorts of stuff from a webpage for the aforementioned coffe warehouse and despite it now being cheaper to buy kenco I stil use it regularly (at least more often than I drink booze) but I think I have a kg each of blue mountain Nairobi jamacan and a chocolate prailene flavour (almond/hazelnut mix) but I think the supplier screwed up on the last one since its been coming out burnt tasting ..... I wouldn't call myself a snob though but I do know what coffee I like and how I like it, of course when out and about i'll pretty much drink whatever's cheapest I don't do all that nonsense that seems to pervade the coffeshops unles there the only option.... I did at one time have a bean roasting machine but it seems you cant get the raw beans very easily any more so I sold it on ebay to some mug for more than I spent on it despite the thing being over a decade old and well used lol |
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