MattH - I’d take that list with a couple handfuls of salt.
Union, Pact, Origin… they are definitely NOT on my top 10 list. But hey, taste is subjective. 😉
Bean guide - all roasters in one place
My top 5 in no particular order - Foundry, Blackcat, Crankhouse, DarkArts and North Star.
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MediumRoastSteam And thats another reason to post it - I would much rather take suggestions from here - where people have tried it.
My brother bought me a selection from union so just starting on those now.
@LMSC I have been looking at your sheets - very helpful to get an idea what I may like to try next !
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LMSC Crankhouse Colombian Jeremiah Cordobah. Delicious! 😁
Great value too!
Crankhouse, Colombia, Wilton Benitez Granja Paraiso ’92 anaerobic natural orange Bourbon. Delicate, light sweet citrus, balanced by a slight filmy character (maybe what’s driving the ’jasmine/icing sugar notes?), pretty clean, hints of rustic notes in a few brews, overall very enjoyable but may not for anyone looking for bold flavours (or a bargain at £11.00 per 100g), I gave it 7.8/9 over 8 drip brews.
5 days later
Anybody seen any 1kg bean deals for milk based drinks?
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Can definately recommend Foundrys Archangel Bolivia. Definately got better with a good rest but its like half coffee half orange, really sweet and lovely with milk, standard espresso or americano.
Bagpu55 Yep! That’s a good coffee! I’m still munching through the bag I ordered.
MediumRoastSteam In my mind I really like it as its not loaded with differing flavours, just a few really good ones that I can actually taste. My brains not working over time to figure them out.
Ended up with Horsham as I had some credit left haha
Dog and hat should be here soon 😁
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I only have milk drinks but it’s often assumed that you need darker beans to go with milk but I prefer more medium roasts with some acidity still present. I think it’s difficult to recommend specifics as we all have different tastes
That said, I really enjoyed some beans I got cheaply from Rave recently, so much so that I’m going to buy a full kg once I’m through my current stock. I wouldn’t have bought them if they hadn’t been cheap but they’re the best I’ve had for a long while. Conversely, I bought a couple of bags from another roaster recently which sounded good but have both been really disappointing.
4 months later
Death wish coffee beans my good man
Cuprajake The Odd Coffee Company? The coffee is perfectly good enough for milk based drinks and great value
I had black cat chocolate point last time but it was a bit roasty I ordered some North star Brazilian this time round but that may be the last from them for a while
Has an email the Brazilian is going up 40% and the others 20% in price, that makes a huge difference over the 1kg bag which was £26.
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Grahamsphillips might give that a whirl given I’m medium milk based . Gather they don’t have the actual roast date on them if it’s repackaged?
3 months later
My favourites - all fairly local to me - are:
Pharmacie: mostly micro-lots so you buy, drink and then move on to something else.
Cast Iron
Coffee Real
Liquid Spirit
14 days later
blackcat now roasting twice a week, and dont forget FORUM15 for discount
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