How do you choose your filter coffee

I_luv_cats

I was getting bored of Lavazza, having tried Taylors Lazy Sunday, Asda's Columbian and there is so much choice, I have now gone for Taylors Rich Italian.

Any suggestions around £2.50 to £3.00 a pack.

blackmidnight

I just buy whatever is on offer as long as it's strength 3 or above. At least that way you get to try lots of them and it gives you some variety

hamilet

Always go for Sainsburys 'Taste the Difference' - Paupua New Guinea Sigri Estate, strength 4, or Guatemala Genuine Antigua, strength 3. At the moment on offer of 2 for £4.00. Both are extremely good.

itsmeagain

I buy whatever poundland, 99p shop or home bargains have above strength 3

Bronnie

Trial and error, until I eventually discovered my favourite
Percol Colombian. It was BOGOF in Tesco a few weeks ago, but I'm going to run out this week!
I was chain-drinking Instant coffee a year ago. I got rid of the Instant and bought myself a one pot cafetiere. I now savour one cup of delicious coffee each morning and that's it. As it's a bit more of a faff to make than instant, I've managed to wean myself off the habit!

sniggings

hamilet wrote: »

Always go for Sainsburys 'Taste the Difference' - Paupua New Guinea Sigri Estate, strength 4, or Guatemala Genuine Antigua, strength 3. At the moment on offer of 2 for £4.00. Both are extremely good.

I 2nd that!

bcl999

I_luv_cats wrote: »

I was getting bored of Lavazza, having tried Taylors Lazy Sunday, Asda's Columbian and there is so much choice, I have now gone for Taylors Rich Italian.

Any suggestions around £2.50 to £3.00 a pack.

I buy Lavazza for my espresso machine, can you use it as a filter coffee too? Does it turn out very strong?

foreign_correspondent

I bought a load of the italian filter coffee from ASDA that was 50p a 500g pack!!

newlywed

I buy Tesco filter coffee with the red stripe - strength 3 I think. Lovely not too strong cuppa.

I tried co-op fair trade and found it a bit harsh so went back to the cheaper Tesco one. £1.39 for 227g

I buy lavazza for espresso though - lovely.

tommyx_2

Any reccomendations for beans for my bean to cup coffee machine. I have currently got some starbucks house blend - offer at tesco. The Sainsbury own brand espresso beans are good. Cant really justify the cost of Illy and have been using the Lavazza red for a while but got bored. I am sooooo gflad i spent the extra on the machine and not got one with pods as the price per cup is soooo reasonable. Any suggestions on what to try next....

~Chameleon~

The best filter coffee I've tasted so far is Carte Noir and anyone who has been here for coffee always compliments and asks what it is. I think it's about £2.60 a packet, so not ultra expensive either.