Coffee people - Hasbean Ozone

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joneve

Offset said:

I know everyone has different tastes - especially when it comes to coffee - but Rave were our suppliers for our pub business and I really didn't like it.  Then again, I like Starbucks - so what do I know?!

I don't like all their offerings to be fair - but their roasts are consistent. 

Starbucks is awful though  

exocet

joneve said:

Offset said:

I know everyone has different tastes - especially when it comes to coffee - but Rave were our suppliers for our pub business and I really didn't like it.  Then again, I like Starbucks - so what do I know?!

I don't like all their offerings to be fair - but their roasts are consistent. 

Starbucks is awful though  

I've been using Rave for a couple of years. I've liked most of their offerings when used with Aeropress. I started out with ground beans then moved to whole bean when I got a burr grinder. 
Earlier this year went the whole hog and got an espresso machine. Since then I've struggled to get "great" results from any of the Rave whole beans. I generally go for medium / dark roast (Fudge #5, Espresso #4, Colombia El Carmen #50). I work to a 1:2 ratio but find that whilst I can get reasonable espresso for Americano - (best results by pushing extraction to beyond 30 seconds with 1:2.5 ratio), none of them produce an espresso that works very well with milk based drinks). I find the taste is unpleasant or is completely masked by the milk. 
I'm still learning though!!

Revolutions

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Shark_Eyes

I mostly get my coffee from Le Bihan (https://www.blowingdandelion.co.uk/le-bihan-coffee), as they're a short walk from me and I was friends with the owner. Their Columbian coffee is my classic 'good' coffee, nothing too fancy, not too basic and if you really fuck up the brew it's still a good tasting coffee. Their chocolate and cakes are exceptionally good too so maybe just throw some of that in too.

My decaf choice is Kofra coffee in Norwich (https://www.kofra.co.uk/coffee) it actually smells and tastes like coffee, and their Joy coffee has a real stonefruit taste to it which I personally love.