Has anyone bought from Limini, and if so, what was your experience? They appear to be as cheap as chips, so I have an order arriving today. Be next week before I tuck into them

The coffee although not expensive is well roasted. They have a couple of expensive Loring roasters which roast in a low Oxygen environment.

@"dfk41"#p70722 I used to buy from them quite a bit and enjoyed what I got, I really liked their Brazilian decaf which is quite dark and good for milk based drinks. I might even give them a try again! 😉

My order arrived today. Nicely packaged, not expensive but I thought this label could put a few roasters to shame! Uploading is not working, will do it when it lets me

Decided to try this roaster as I’ve not used them before. Bought 4 different 250g bags, prices are very reasonable.

Just to report back. I bought a 250 gm bag of a limited edition Honduran bean. It was very pleasant did nid not really cut it. I then opened the Rimini blend. It was medium dark and absolutely bang on for my taste buds. This morning I have opened the Limini blend. I had an americano for breakfast without milk but I had the grind too tight. I adjusted it for the 11. am cappuccino and got it nailed bang on. It gave me the nicest milk based drink that I can remember having in a long time. I would say, anyone who enjoys darker roasted beans, especially blends should try them. I know where my future orders are going!

I enjoyed 3 of the 4 bags I got, the one I wasn’t keen on was darker roasted than the other 3 , but I should have known that before ordering 🙄 Just received a kilo of their Colombian, think it was about £23 delivered, will tip that into the hopper on Tuesday👌

> @"Waitforme"#p71362 the one I wasn’t keen on was darker roasted than the other 3 There is a very dark roast for the coffee shops that buy it…for obvious reasons, they are almost exclusively making milk drinks and milk coffee desert drinks. Most home prosumer users probable won't like it, unless they are only into milk drinks.

@"DavecUK"#p71363 This is their in house Limini blend. I ordered the Dark version as well. In milk, once dialled it it is exceptional! I have also had an americano this afternoon and it is right up my street. I have re-ordered today and have bought both versions of ths bean to compare them

@"dfk41"#p71364 interesting David I wondered if anyone had tried the Kata or Liscio as I’m interested in the sweetness described as 4/5. I only have one drink a day and like it to blow my socks off! I guess I just volunteered to try it 🤡 And I did 😎

@"Uncletits"#p71366 I have ordered both of those that you mentioned in the order I placed today. In a couple of weeks we can compare notes!

Limini

Inspector

What’s the roast date on them?

dfk41

Inspector Good question. It is Feb 19th. To our minds many will think that unacceptable. But, taking everything into consideration and the fact I can drink them immediately and they were cheap I do not mind. All of the other offerings that I have had from them have been roasted and received about 5 to 7 days following the order. I will query this with them.

dfk41

Just to update this. I contacted Limini and received an answer along the lines of they saw absolutely nothing wrong with sending out 21 day old beans that had a shelf life of 6 months. I pointed out that a busy cafe might use a kilo of coffee in an hour or a day, therefore the age of the beans becomes of less importance. To a home user, a kilo lasts me a month and in addition, since I am used to receiving recently roasted beans it mucks up my coffee rotation as I always have several beans waiting to be used. I received a slightly sarcastic reply that I am mulling over

MattH

Is that sarcastic - seems pretty helpful if they are happy to maintain customer preferences. Of course it would be good to see if on future orders that is maintained.

I have not tried them before - and I like a proper dark (traditional maybe) coffee and all my drinks are with milk…..

Cheers

Matt

dfk41

MattH I can thoroughly recommend the coffee. They do the Limini blend in two roast levels. If I had ben writing that email to me, I would have used a different approach. To suggest they will send out coffee less than 21 days old to me, means it could be 20 days old and still reflect their agreement. My response was to thank them and suggest if they were putting a marker on my account, to change it to 7 days

Bagpu55

I tried the Christmas blend which was ok and the lisco. The lisco was really darkly roasted and tbh quite a few of the beans were black. No matter what I did it tasted like rubber tyres, I did email them as I thought the roast was off but they replied and said this one was hard to dial in.

dfk41

Bagpu55 Interesting. I have the current Liscio. They must have listened to you as the 2 bags I have tried are roasted just slightly north of medium! I enjoy the taste of the Liscio. Tomorrow I will add a photo to show you the roast level. I found the Limini dark roasted a little too dark, the Limini normal was ok but I do enjoy the Rimini which is a good example of the classic Italian bean

Bagpu55

dfk41 I glad they have it was terrible. I was looking forward to trying it but something wasnt right as soon as i openned the bag, notes of rubber tyre and black oily beans. Hey ho can laugh now, I could drink nescafe after that bag. All part of the experience.

dfk41

The darker one is Rimini and the other Liscio

Bagpu55

Hmm, your liscio is much more even, mine looked like a blend of beans of different colours with some darker than the rimini. I could have sworn I took a photo but cant for the life of me find it. Glad your enjoying them.

dfk41

I settled my differences with Limini. They agreed to put a marker on my account to ensure any coffee sent out had to be less than 7 days post roast. 45 minutes ago, I ordered another kilo of what I find to be a really good coffee, Liscio. The system allowed me to add a note where I confirmed less than 7 days. 45 minutes later I received the dispatch email. The coffee was £25.25 with free next working day delivery by DPD. Cracking service! Initially their traditional Italian style blends got me into them, but the Liscio is just a medium and I can get a very sweet cuppa!

Robti

Anyone had their decaf and can comment on them ?

dfk41

Robti I had some at Xmas and cannot remember now!

dang2484

Robti I think their Brazilian is the best dark roast I’ve had. Works as an espresso or in milk, or Americano. I’d say it’s hard to tell it’s decaf.

The Mexico decaf isn’t quite there for me being a bit lighter roast.

Robti

Well just ordered the Swiss water, will see if any good

dfk41

dang2484 now you mention it, that was exactly how I found them as well

Robti

dang2484

Thanks that’s why I ordered the Brazil beans as I thought from the description the Mexican would be too bland

dfk41

Well, I ordered my beans yesterday afternoon. DPD delivered them at 8.35 this morning. This was Next Working day, free delivery on orders over £25. Can anyone beat that?
Best of all, they listened to me as the beans were roasted on March 18th. I always give prise where due, and unfortunately vice versa

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