Vittoria Italian Blend Coffee 1kg $12.50 @ IGA
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Vittoria Italian Blend Coffee 1kg $12.50 @ IGA
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Would have been great if there were 50 to 60+ example bargains with links.
Although a good price for these particular beans, I find the Woolworths Select beans at $12/kilo to taste better.
Basically the same product I think. Just different brand, but same source.
I'm not convinced. I taste a difference between them, but I haven't blind tested it …
not sure why people complain about the vittoria coffee beans ( might be no hipster value in the brand) i buy the espresso or mountain when on special , put them through the breville grinder , then the sunbeam espresso machine and it’s better than some cafes which charge $3.50 per cup ….. i think it’s how much coffe you put in that matters, i always do double shots in my flat whites.
coffee at home. hard to beat for price. convenience and flavour ….
What settings do you use?
Probably all the way up in Fine setting. I still don't get a decent extraction with these beans. They are terrible. Aldi beans at $11.49/k is the best value. They are very decent beans, definitely not for the coffee knobs tho but really good as an everyday coffee.
18 grams of coffee into the double filter with fine grind …. makes a great cup of coffee .in the morning, a bit strong for before bed though, not sure why people do 8 grams except to save money (15 cents per cup saving).
haven’t tried aldi beans but i might if they are 100% arabica.
sunbeam made the filter holders larger it seems as australians preffer their coffee stronger than europeans and americans, would love to get a 22 gram filter cheap.
"not sure why people complain about the vittoria coffee beans"
Maybe because they don't taste that great. Yeah sure, they're serviceable, but there's a reason the smaller roasters get good business, and not it's not "because hipster"But this is still a good deal, for the price.
1KG is a lot though, and I reckon unless you're a 5-6 cup a day household, by the time you get halfway through the bag, the beans will have lost loads of their flavour and potency.I'm going back to ordering 500g bags, one at a time.
Freeze beans.
I have never tried freezing beans but if you are this would be good advice to ensure you keep moisture off the beans during the freezing and thawing
https://blog.espressounplugged.com/2016/08/15/yes-you-can-st…
There's close to no moisture in a roasted coffee bean so I'm not sure what advantage freezing could have compared to keeping it in an airtight container out if the sun
I bought 3 bags nearly up to a year ago now. Finally getting through the last one now, the flavour has not changed throughout. The beans are richer in flavour by a measurable amount compared to anything else I've ever bought from Woolworths or directly from a Coffee Shop. If it becomes an issue, just freeze the beans to keep them fresh, but with this hot summer we've had, mine have kept beautifully.
I don't what this guy is on about in regards to taste, they're the best tasting bean I've ever had, the richest cup I can make myself, and not bitter at all!
Maybe you aren't grinding fine enough, it makes a huge difference.
I'm guessing that entire post was sarcasm. Please tell me it was.
Year old beans and nothing has changed?Do you chemistry?
p.s. freezing beans is fine so long as you remove the air first. Otherwise the added moisture will kill the beans as fast as straight air will.
I agree with this. I find Vittoria is very bitter and has a terrible aftertaste. Cheap though.
Same here, I do a Double Shot and I grind down the bean to as fine of a setting as my machine has the pressure to push the water through. I grind at about a setting of 13 on my Sunbeam grinder, I would go finer but my machine doesn't have great pressure to work with the really fine grinds. But otherwise the finer you go, the more flavour you're going to get.
"But otherwise the finer you go, the more flavour you're going to get"
There's a lot wrong with that statement. You don't get more flavour, unless you're just talking about the taste of over-extraction which is awful. As your beans age, they require a change in grind settings too. If you grind too fine, you get an over-extraction of bitter mess. It'll likely be dark, with little to no golden crema as well.
Different beans at the same age as different roasts, also require different grind settings. Simply saying you grind finer to get more flavour is wrong.
My coffee journey (and i'm a cheapskate at heart)
Bought a cheap coffee machine with cheap beans and cheap grinder…..why get anything better?
Eventually bought a better machine and couldn't believe i used the old one…never went back….and again got a better one…
Bought a better grinder (the breville) so much better than the last , never going back. Will stay with this until it dies and only then, will get a better one.
Used to get supermarket beans, why get anything else? Cheap and are better than the shops…..until i bought locally roasted.
NEVER EVER going back.
I pay $29/kg and wouldn't ever pay $10/kg for Vittoria or anything else.
Such an amazing difference if you get your setting right on the machineryIt's called upgraditus :D
I think the order of importance is 1) good beans, 2) good grinder, 3) decent machine.
even a cheap machine with good beans and grinder will give you a good cup (frothing not included in this argument)If you like these beans, go for it, just know there's better options out there but you will have to pay for it.
But for me, it's worth it…every time.BEANS
Do have a shelf life for optimum flavour. and it's not that long
Locally roasted have a roasted date on the packet for a reason.
I get about a month out of a kilo after opened.
I know that's too long but i can live with the consequences ;)
but every time i get a new bag it's like heaven all over again.Supermarket beans don't even print the roasted date…for a reason.
Probably past its peak by the time it's left the warehouse.Each to there own, have a good day peeps ;)
"Get in my belleh !"
"even a cheap machine with good beans and grinder will give you a good cup"
100%
I bought a bag of Vittoria coffee and it was fantastic. So bought another and it tasted rubbish. Sent it to Vittoria and said it was rubbish. They tested it and said it was stale and sent me 2 packs. First one was great, second was rubbish and considering sending it back. Go figure.
Who's tried the Vittoria and Aldi coffee, both medium and dark roast? How does it compare since Aldi is always at $11.49?
Vittoria espresso 2 X 1kg for $30
Nescafé blend 43 beans 🤣
Bah, that's just brown and water.
International Roast Caterers Blend? Now that's a meme-worthy cuppah hot brown!
Went to IGA but the price is $16.95.
Good first post OP.