premium crema & espresso available.. price seems ok, anyone tried it thoughts?
What does crema have to do with age of beans?
No argument against buying locally, I just didn't think there would be any difference to crema
I don't know the science of it but it has a substantial difference. You will be lucky to get much crema from anything in the store.
I notice the crema drop of significantly from a fresh 1kg bag with a roast date of three weeks ago. (Perfect brewing age).. At this point the crema is gushing out of the spout. Overflowing. It only goes down from there. Towards the end of the bag the crema has well and truly dropped off.
For that price much better going to Aldi. At least they are fresh enough
Had a terrible experience with Aldi organic coffee this morning, stale as and smelt terrible.
Take em back they will refund it.
As far as supermarket brands go, Harris is one of the best. I usually go with either Harris or Lavazza.
Both are better than Vittoria. 100% avoid Aurora. I haven't tried Aldi yet.
My wife buys the ground Vittoria mountain grown when it’s on sale for ~$15/kg and find it better than Lavazza, haven’t tried Harris yet. But that’s probably not saying much as I also enjoy Robert Timms espresso bags when I go bush.
Buy an aeropress for the bush
For coffee plebs like myself the coffee bag can’t be beaten in the bush - bag in cup, add recently boiled water, drink when cool enough.
I would like to try a cup made with an aeropress to see just how good it is but at ~$0.17 a cup I am pretty happy with the bags, besides I’ve heard of a number of people saying aeropress is not as good as they were hoping, I think even you said similar ;)
Recently tried Bean ground & drunk fairtrade organic coffee from Coles. It was superb for supermarket stuff, vacuum packed and very fresh.
nice find on a good coffee bean..
this is my go to supermarket type coffee and used for yrs..
my delonghi makes bloody good coffee using these and usually grab bags for about $18 on sale at woolies/coles so this is cheap.
The Harris variety I like best is the Harris Signature which I notice is not offered here. It is only available at Woolworths, not even Coles. Harris is a good supermarket coffee for its price. Naturally down to personal opinion, I find the Espresso too dark-roast and the Gold too mild. The Signature (described as dark and nutty) seems to strike a good compromise.
Woolworths also sometimes give targeted offers for Harris coffee - a recent one was 1100 pts($5.50) for 1kg - making the price $11.50/kg.
In any case, this is still a good deal.
Harris is not awful.. yet most large brand commercial beans are roasted many months ago by the time it hits your coffee machine. Likely exhibiting minimal crema, lax taste and aroma.
Best to just buy local, preferably from your cafe (beans) if they will allow it. Most will if you ask and some even give you their wholesale-ish rate.