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It's funny the things people like about stuff with flavour. Personally hate anything that ever lived in the sea (or river for that matter). But love modern medium roast coffee with the fruit flavours and a hoppy ale for that matter. Still if you ALL liked fresh roast beans from far off lands you'd drive up the prices, so as you were, carry on.
I normally buy beans and fresh grind for every brew. However, Carrefour ran out of of any whole beans so I bought a packet of their own brand Ethiopian ready ground stuff that was the equal cheapest option.
Absolutely fantastic stuff!
I feel like I'm cheating by ignoring a posh Rancilo grinder but the stuff just tastes better.
The roasty charcoal stale smell of Costa/Starbucks is grim though.
Costa and Starbucks coffee is completely different. Are you sure you're a coffee gourmand? 😉
I honestly don’t know how the likes of Costa, Starbucks etc do it. Their coffee is rank (to me anyway) Really bitter and dishwatery at the same time.
They are both medium quality coffees but they certainly aren't dishwater. Especially not Starbucks as it's really dark. Did you accidentally order a really weak drink without realising it?
For me, the thing to drink at Costa is a cortado as the milk (which is whole by default) rounds out the rather uninteresting fruity taste of the espresso. In Starbucks, my choice is a latte with whole milk (which you have to ask for) - the creaminess goes really well with the astringency. Or the Frappucinos, which are lovely drinkable desserts 🙂