Coffee Posts

Union Roasted Rwanda Maraba

Union are London-based coffee roasters who have been around since 2001, and are now fairly readily available in supermarkets. Many of their coffees are sourced under their "Direct Trade" model, sourced directly from the farms and cooperatives – while this is more of a rule than an exception in premium coffee, it's nice to see ...

Suntory Boss Silky Drip

The sheer number of different canned coffees available in Japan is breathtaking. It's all the more surprising when you consider that there are only really 3 or 4 companies making them. Suntory are one of my favourites - not only do they make some cracking whisky, but their vending machine coffee is among the ...

Extract Coffee Roasters Original Espresso

I have to confess that I'm not sure where these beans came from; Extract Coffee are based in Bristol but I'm fairly sure I've never visited them and don't recall how the coffee came to be in my cupboard! Still, as they're the folks who provide the coffee for Bristol Beer Factory's delicious Mocha Stout, I ...

Waitrose Kwonggi Mountain

I've learned more geography in the last year or two of writing about coffee than I ever did at school. The Kwonggi Mountain Range is, according to the packet, located in Papua New Guinea. The only problem with this new knowledge is that I'm not convinced it's true. There's no mention of any Kwonggi ...

Lavazza Qualita Oro

I have a slight blind spot when it comes to Lavazza. I know that they claim to be "Italy's favourite coffee", but unfortunately I've mostly seen their name outside pubs. Now I love pubs, but if there's one thing that no pub ever seems capable of doing, it's brewing a decent cup of ...

Bewley's Gold Roast

Since I've been reviewing coffee from Irish producer Bewley's, I've noticed that they are now stocked in our local Waitrose. While I'm certain that my reviews are not entirely responsible, it does at least mean they are more easily available than before! This is Gold Roast, a coffee on the weaker side of my ...

Waitrose Monsooned Malabar AA Coffee Beans

I usually buy coffee pre-ground, which no doubt coffee purists will tell me is a terrible thing, but frankly life is too short to be messing about grinding coffee myself. There are, of course, exceptions to every rule. If an interesting coffee is only available in bean form, or if I need it to ...

Clipper One For The Road

Clipper are a company better known for their teas – indeed, the company is more properly called "Clipper Teas" – but they have a small range of both ground and instant coffee available too. This is their One For The Road blend, a strong coffee from the Americas. It is, apparently, a coffee with ...

Cherizena Ethiopian Yirgacheffe

When I started review coffees here, it was from a position of substantial ignorance. Although I'd been drinking more and more of it, thanks to our work coffee club, trying a new coffee was always a bit of a leap into the unknown – especially as virtually every brand claims to be "rich, ...

Bewley's Rich Roast

A return to Irish producer Bewley for today's coffee, and it's interesting to see how different coffee companies provide information to their drinkers. As I mentioned in earlier reviews, Puro go to remarkable lengths to let you know what's in their coffee – not just the country they're from, but right down to the ...