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Post by speedysteve on Apr 25, 2023 20:33:39 GMT
Just needs a shot of caffeine for a perfect drink!  That one has caffeine, = it was perfect - it was the Grounded beans, not the decaf ones I showed roasted and drink in the afternoons. 😉 |
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Post by julesd68 on Apr 25, 2023 22:48:21 GMT
Just needs a shot of caffeine for a perfect drink! That one has caffeine, = it was perfect - it was the Grounded beans, not the decaf ones I showed roasted and drink in the afternoons. 😉 Doh - I need to read more carefully ... |
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Post by user211 on Apr 28, 2023 5:58:04 GMT
If you want to try something interesting, check this out. Was given this by the manager when I left the Oriental Jade hotel in Hanoi. TBH I thought I'd chuck it in the bin. However I knocked up a cup using the supplied hardware yesterday and it tastes like no coffee I have ever had. Far from it. I actually like it, though. It comes out thick and smooth with just a couple of teaspoons worth and a couple of runs of hot water. You just have to try it to understand it. It's so different I can't say whether you would like it, but Google it and it is available here. I am going to explore more Vietnamese stuff especially from beans for espresso / lattes. The stuff I drank at various places in Vietnam was fairly shite TBH, including egg coffee. This isn't.  |
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Post by user211 on Apr 28, 2023 6:23:42 GMT
BTW get number 4. The hotel was serving number 5 for breakfast. I wasn't keen, but I did ask them where it came from as the post-it shows. Photo in last post isn't clear. Sang Tao 4 (Trung Nguyen). The energy coffee that changes life so it says on the packet.  |
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Post by julesd68 on Apr 28, 2023 11:32:01 GMT
Love this!
Good to go out of one's coffee comfort zone sometimes...
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Post by user211 on Apr 28, 2023 14:34:58 GMT
It's the completely alien deviation from what you expect coffee to taste like that gets me.
Curious stuff. I wonder why it is just so different. Need to research it.
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Post by speedysteve on Apr 28, 2023 17:25:01 GMT
It's the completely alien deviation from what you expect coffee to taste like that gets me. Curious stuff. I wonder why it is just so different. Need to research it. Hehe, trying chewing green coffee beans, like the goats the monk first observed and kicked the whole thing off..🙂 |
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Post by user211 on Apr 28, 2023 20:26:05 GMT
I just stepped into the time machine to go well before I existed. Seems pretty normal. Apart from goats eating green beans.  |
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Post by julesd68 on May 10, 2023 9:35:55 GMT
Freshly delivered!   |
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Post by Tim on May 10, 2023 20:53:12 GMT
Nice, never tried Wogan - definitely my type of bean though
Pass them often though, so maybe I should?
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Post by julesd68 on May 11, 2023 9:07:41 GMT
I'm drinking the Honduras and very nice it is too, with a mouth filling buttery & oily character, rich, slightly decadent ...
I don't buy from Wogan often as they don't seem to change their range much and I like to try new things, but no doubting the quality.
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Post by MartinT on May 11, 2023 9:41:38 GMT
I'm laughing at what a decadent coffee might taste like? |
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Post by julesd68 on May 11, 2023 9:57:22 GMT
I'm laughing at what a decadent coffee might taste like? decadent dec·a·dent : characterized by or appealing to self-indulgence - a rich and decadent dessert - the hotel's decadent luxury |
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Post by Tim on May 11, 2023 12:25:57 GMT
I don't buy from Wogan often as they don't seem to change their range much and I like to try new things, but no doubting the quality. I used to do that a lot, swap about, and had a HasBean subscription for awhile plus one off's from loads of different places - made my head spin eventually, so I don't do it any-more. I drive past Wogan when I go to gigs in Bristol and keep thinking . . one day I'll stop? So I think next time I go over I will.
I like the sound of "they don't change their range much" factor |
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Post by julesd68 on May 11, 2023 14:02:59 GMT
I don't buy from Wogan often as they don't seem to change their range much and I like to try new things, but no doubting the quality. I like the sound of "they don't change their range much" factor Lol! I won't give an unqualified recommendation anywhere as coffee is such a personal thing ... Bit like mains cables. |
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Post by user211 on May 11, 2023 18:13:24 GMT
I'm drinking the Honduras and very nice it is too, with a mouth filling buttery & oily character, rich, slightly decadent ... I don't buy from Wogan often as they don't seem to change their range much and I like to try new things, but no doubting the quality. I'm currently on the Honduras which I think I got a slightly below the usual standard this time. Still pretty good, though. Had it many times before. This one impressed me the most recently:  |
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Post by Tim on May 11, 2023 18:38:28 GMT
Funnily enough user211 that's the one I've decided to try first. Columbian beans have been my favourite for sometime now. |
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Post by julesd68 on May 11, 2023 19:54:50 GMT
Columbian has been traditionally my favourite too but I find it very difficult to acquire the style and quality I like so have been branching out a bit in that continent ...
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Post by user211 on May 16, 2023 0:00:16 GMT
Vietnamese is a massive branch.
So weird it's not true compared to trad coffee.
TBH I am not sure it really is coffee it is so far from what we are used to in the UK.
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Post by Tim on May 16, 2023 6:57:23 GMT
Columbian has been traditionally my favourite too but I find it very difficult to acquire the style and quality I like so have been branching out a bit in that continent ... Peru is often my second choice after Columbia |
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