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May 2023
9:08am, 11 May 2023
22,913 posts
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Red Squirrel
I like Robusta luckily. We also had it in Laos. Saw quite a few hand written signs saying Arabica Robusta.
When I first started visiting Greece, I mad sure I asked for Greek coffee (usually Brazilian Papagalos brand), made in a briki. The other thing on offer was ena Nes!
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May 2023
1:58pm, 11 May 2023
3,081 posts
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tipsku
Tchibo had a nice, strong Arabica Robusta blend that was called Kraftpaket, i.e. power package. It was the strongest coffee they had but they discontinued it. I like blends like that. Their current Arabica Robusta blend 'Black & White' is close to the Kraftpaket but not quite the same. When I switched from ground to whole beans, it changed the game, I really like it now. Black & White is € 9.99 per kg when on offer, 12.99 normally. That's 8.68 and 11.28 pounds respectively.
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May 2023
2:50pm, 11 May 2023
2,941 posts
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Steve NordRunner
I'm enjoying a nice Kenyan today - a new bag supplied by my subscription service, from April roasters in Denmark. . It's not quite as acid/citrus as SLs usually are - very pleasant.
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May 2023
3:40pm, 11 May 2023
103,454 posts
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Hanneke
I tend to find Kenyan coffee too acid and citrussy. That one sounds good.
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May 2023
3:47pm, 11 May 2023
21,084 posts
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larkim
I need someone to make me a good cup of coffee with those sorts of flavour notes to see if I actually like it. I've bought lighter roasts / more "third wave" style coffees in the past and tried to like them, but they just taste "wrong" to me; not like coffee at all! Maybe it's a down-side to refusing milk or sugar, or maybe it's just that my taste buds prefer really different coffees to what the current trend is (when I report on various coffee forums that I positively enjoy a cup of Starbucks Americano I get roundly condemned!).
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May 2023
4:17pm, 14 May 2023
3,107 posts
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tipsku
I guess Starbucks doesn't give flavour notes for their coffee beans. If they did, you could look specifically for those.
I had espresso beans from a local roasting facility, Cycle Roasters, 100% Arabica from Guatemala, beans from 3 different locations there with caramel, hazelnut nougat, plum and dark berries as flavour notes. It's a lovely blend for my moka. Tchibo doesn't provide flavour notes for their standard coffees, like the Black & White, only for the local roaster blends. My palate isn't trained enough to say what the notes would be for my favourite 
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May 2023
4:22pm, 14 May 2023
20,930 posts
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flanker
I can tell what I like and don't like, but when I try to identify what flavours are in it I have no idea. I often struggle even to apply broad categories.
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May 2023
2:15pm, 18 May 2023
22,928 posts
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Red Squirrel
Found myself in a strange town …. Had to go for a chain - Coffee Mark One - iced latte. Just about serviceable. Nice view of extensive roadworks. 🤪
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May 2023
4:57pm, 18 May 2023
22,930 posts
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Red Squirrel
At same town, 50% of the women I saw walking around looked like Penelope Wilton!
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May 2023
7:39pm, 18 May 2023
2,959 posts
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Steve NordRunner
They were probably Wilton carpetbaggers.
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