Coffee - Value, Shop's Own Or Brand Name?

lady_isa

Brand name for our house, but its generally what been on offer at Morrison - kenco, gold blend, Douwe Egberts most of the time.

do you have a Semi Chem near you? Our local one sells Nescafe 200g for £1.99 on special atm for £1.69.

CAFCGirl

has to be Ringtons for me

I work there so get 50% discount but I was also invited to a coffee tasting with different brands and even in blind tasting still picked out Ringtons.

Plus it is ethically sourced couldnt get much better for me

ivyleaf

Has to be Kenco Really Rich or Carte Noire for me - the Sainsbury's version of Gold Blend isn't bad though. I've tried every Fairtrade instant coffee on the market but I just haven't liked any of them, even though I was determined to!

Katgoddess

I like Morrison's and Lidl's Gold Blend freeze dried coffee. It's much cheaper than normal nescafe and tasted better. So downgrade to own brand freeze dried - you might like it! I have never tasted Nescafe Gold Blend. I'm scared I won't buy anything else ever again....

We drink Sainsbury's own brand at work which tastes fine. They sell their own brand stuff in the big tins which works out cheaper as well.

I prefer to drink fresh coffee from the likes of Starbucks, Costa, and even McDonalds. I don't drink or smoke, and this is my one vice. One day when I have a big kitchen I will buy a proper coffee machine.

Tam_Lin

Morrisons Gold Blend is good; we always keep a jar in the allotment shed.

embb

I buy Nescafe and wont compromise lol.....I've tried loads of other ones and they all taste blah!

beemuzed

Afraid we don't like the taste of the cheaper coffee brands - and I have tried disguising by decanting into older jar! I think this is one where you have to go by your taste buds - as in most things really! I'm a great fan of trying cheapest and then upgrading until we find something we like. Bit like decaff - I have a friend who swears there'e no difference in taste - me I could tell blindfolded whether coffee's "leaded" or "unleaded"!

THIRZAH

I only really like Nescafe Blend 37 or the stronger ground coffees anything else just tastes insipid to me. My DDs both keep a small jar of Blend 37 in for when I visit.

I've tried Fairtrade coffee on several occasions-we have it at church- but it just doesn't taste the same.

sassi

DEFINATELY has to be Nescafe....i've tried just about every brand, and when i've been really strapped for cash, have bought tesco value or asda smart price....i could hardly drink it....Tescos Own one is just about drinkable...but none of the value ones.

As mentioned above, Nescafe is available at Poundland etc, but these are mostly foreign, or so i have found, and i don't think they taste the same.

trigger2

asda currently have douwe egberts Continental gold Le Cafe 200g for £3.78 or two for £5 until 8th may. I've never tried this - i take it it's good from the comments here