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Awaiting the lurking coffee mongers to comment about how freshly roasted they are… :P Still a good deal for lavazza coffee IMO
Way longer ago IMHO. No vacuum packing either. Hard to justify these when you can get guaranteed freshly roasted offer like the Bay Beans ones for just a few dollars more. And lets face it, will be better coffee quality too. Lavazza is one of the better BIG co's but is apples with oranges. :-)
Possibly is a decent deal for folks who only buy supermarket coffee. :-)
Good fresh-roasted coffee beans are expensive - this is three-quarters of the price of the cheapest beans available on Bay Beans.
The Lavazza Beans Qualita Oro are the best off-the-supermarket-shelf beans you can put through your coffee machine. I've never tried this Crema E Aroma before.
Either way, I wouldn't get through more than a single kilogram before the "best before" date of 30 August 2013. Theres the reason for our bargain there.
Best before dates with coffee (unless it's instant) are a bit of a joke. Really they're only to indicate when the foodstuff is 'safe' to ingest. As no coffee roaster with any integrity would say longer than 3-4 weeks should pass between roasting and consumption of the coffee……I'm sure you could safely ingest it for maybe years later but is that the 'best before'? :-/
So I'd take this with a serious grain of salt as I'd be pretty confident these are VERY long in the tooth beans roasted quite a while back……which is not conducive to a pleasant cup.
Please note I've specifically NOT negged this deal as well it's ok on paper and it does depend what you're after in a coffee but IMHO if you're looking at whole beans rather than instant you're clearly SOMEWHAT interested in a decent taste hence I'd recommend trying to find a nearby roaster who you can buy small lots from on demand e.g don't buy more than you can consume in ~2weeks, to ensure max. flavour/peak taste. But that just my 2c. :-)
No, best before has nothing to do with safe to eat.
They are purely when the manufacturer thinks the food's taste is below a certain level such that the majority of customers will rate their product negatively and have a negative commercial impact.
Use by dates are more about safety.
But even then both are a crock. Use bys can be ignored within reason. Best befores can totally be ignored.
Now with coffee, I've never seen any double blind tests but certainly for a lot of people the roasting date is important. And if you are one of these people I'm sure the above is very relevant.
But the manufacture believes for most people 'who are normally their customers' this coffee is good until 30 August 2013.
Occasionally you can get a decent coffee from Manna Beans for $25/kg delivered. And it will beat this coffee any day or night.
You can buy 10-day old stale bread for 50c a loaf.
Yes it's cheap. But is it good?
That's roughly equivalent to this deal.
sweet! big croutons
These are usually available somewhere week to week for $20 a bag, with a much better use by date (slightly more fresh) so not really a deal.
Seems weak…. 2/5 on strength…. and its prob roasted like half year ago.