Coffee Posts

Double Irish Coffee

Irish Coffee has to be the perfect drink for a blog dedicated to beer, coffee and whisky; a sweet, whiskey-augmented coffee with cream floating on it that looks more than a little like a beer! To celebrate Saint Patrick's Day, I've decided to push the Irishness up to 11, by making this Double Irish ...

Taylors Take It Easy

It's fair to say that I'm a bit of a caffeine addict; I know it's not exactly good for me, but as with everything else that isn't good for me I find it hard to resist. It's not helped by the fact that my day job industry (I'm a programmer) is largely fuelled ...

Taylors Rich Italian

I'm used to coffee being sold on the origin of the beans, so I was momentarily confused when I first saw this weeks coffee. Italian coffee? Do they have the climate? This is Taylors Rich Italian, and of course reflects the Italian style of roasting and blending, rather than where the beans were grown ...

Taylors Fairtrade Organic

While I applaud the principle of both fair trade and organic food production, there's a part of me that worries when those are the only attributes used to describe a product. Taylors are a premium mass-market brand, and they're pretty ethical too – while not everything is under the Fairtrade banner, all their coffee is ...

Cherizena Monsoon Malabar

Back to Cherizena this week. I usually buy my coffee ground, but my collection from Cherizena is in bean form – this is probably a Good Thing, as it's taken me a while to work though it all. This is their Monsoon Malabar, a premium coffee that is, apparently, 'dried in Monsoon winds'. This ...

Whittard San Agustin Colombian

It's another cold Monday morning – if that doesn't cry out for some coffee, I don't know what does! This is Whittard's San Agustin Colombian, a medium roasted coffee. The grounds look to be quite dark for a medium coffee, which for my strength-favouring tastebuds is a good sign. The aroma, too, is dark ...

Taylors Cafe Imperial

Back to Taylors this week, and back to the medium side of their range. This is Cafe Imperial, a strength 3 blend that has been served in Betty's Tea Rooms for over 40 years. The grounds have a surprisingly rich roast aroma, but still light with a fresh, tart citrus fruit undercurrent. Brewed, the richness ...

Cherizena Old Brown Java

This week sees the return of Cherizena, the coffee suppliers I encountered last year at the Abergavenny Food Festival. This is their Old Brown Java, which has been aged for two years before roasting. I'd never really thought about the ageing side of coffee production, and if nothing else this coffee has inspired me ...

Whittard Ethiopian Yirgacheffe

I love how educational this blog can sometimes be; until this morning I had no idea that there was a town in Ethiopia called Yirgacheffe (also spelled Irgachefe) and now I know that it's an important coffee producing centre, thanks to Whittard! This is their Ethiopian Yirgacheffe, a medium roasted coffee with a mid-brown colour ...

Taylors Hot Lava Java

As I've mentioned before, our former work coffee club is a big fan of big coffee, so it's no surprise that this week's coffee has managed to become something of a regular. Talyors Hot Lava Java is a strength 6, "high caffeine" coffee. The grounds themselves aren't as dark as you might expect, but ...