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  • Smith St - Black Friday 60% extra free.

Just got this through on email….Smith St are adding 60% to their kilo bags…1 ton sale, until sold out apparently.

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Anyone tried their coffee? This is about 38% off, but I’ve never tried them before so went for Craft House Coffee yesterday at 35% off, as I’ve tended to enjoy their coffee.

    I’ve had their coffee previously but am passing on this offer, 1.6kg is just too much of the same bean, I like to swap about a bit.

      Yes, it’s too much of a leap of faith for me. If the deal had been for 40% extra on the 250g bags, I’d have given this new-to-me roaster a go.

      1.6Kg of an unknown coffee is a bit of a gamble even from a favourite roaster, and, as you say, a change of coffee every now and then is good.

      rivergo1d just finishing a bag of Dark Peak that I really like.
      Tempted by the offer but also think it’s too much in one go.

        Their coffee is good and we like them at home. Won’t take this offer for reasons cited by Waitforme!

          I’ve enjoyed everything I’ve had from them. I’ve just bought a 1.6 kg bag of the Chazez. I’ve also bought a KG of 3 other beans over the last few weeks and have close to 2kg in the freezer already. I’ll be mixing these up for sure and think I’m good for the next few months now.

            dutchy101 You have nuts with coffee purchase mate! Enjoy them and let’s know what you find! 😊

              8 days later

              I ordered from them. Arrived today, No degassing valves as far as I can see, on over 3kg of coffee…

              I rang them this week to query one or two things. They just put a best before date on and do not put a batch date so no one has idea as to when they were roasted. I have never had a problem with their stuff but I thought a batch or identification number was mandatory so stock could be traced?

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                dfk41 interesting. I bought three bags from them. 2x*500g and 1×250g. They definitely had a roast date, but now that you say that… I’m not sure!

                Edit: for whichever reason I kept one of the bags, the 250g one. It has a “best before” label. On mine it has: “09 Nov”, presumably the roast date. “250g” which is the net weight, and the “02/23” which presumably is the best before date.


                    dutchy101 - can you take a photo of the “best before” label? Even though he label reads “best before”, are you sure it doesn’t have both?

                        09th Nov roast date there

                        Decent De1pro v1.45 - Niche Duo - Niche Zero - Decent is the best machine ever made -

                        MediumRoastSteam

                        Not now. Its in the bin. Decanted the coffee into vacuum bags. Not too worried to be honest - they’ve always been good from past experience

                          Just checked my bags, and they DO have a roast date of 29th November on them, as well as a ‘best before’ of 02/23 and the 1600g marker.

                          Interesting that the smaller bags come with degassing thingies.

                          capuchin - thanks.

                          dfk41 rang them this week to query one or two things. They just put a best before date on and do not put a batch date so no one has idea as to when they were roasted

                          So to put an end to it, looks like whoever informed @dfk41 was wrong, as they do place a roast date on their bags. 👍