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The UK coffee community. Lets get some coffee talk going. (self.coffee)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by GreatAlbatross to c/coffee

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What a lovely afternoon. I don't even have the heating on.

I'm running out of coffee.
There are only so many days I can run the grinder, hoping the pitch doesn't suddenly rise, indicating the house is now caffine-free. *

Does anybody have an absolute favourite that I must try?

I have a bag of light-roast on the way, though I'm now interested in trying some higher roasts and blends for "day-to-day", when I just want a little break and a simple coffee, rather than a "taste the fruitiness" moment.

* Ignoring the wall of tea where I've bought it, had 2 pots, then forgotten about it.

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[–] ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Try the coffee from roasters local to you. They roast and taste coffee with tap water similar to yours.

It supports local businesses, and you negate one of the hardest brewing variables water. Trying to standardise water is such a waste. Deionised water and third wave packets or buying bottled water is a terrible brewing experience, expensive and awful for the environment.

They will likely have house roasts selling more traditional blends, mainly to local coffee shops. They will also have lighter roasts that will change through the year as they get different beans.

I like this approach, as I've found popular roasters in London don't make good coffee in Scotland. We see the same thing with tea blends. Every supermarket stocks local blends for standard tea.

[–] GreatAlbatross 1 points 8 months ago

Thankfully, I do! The bag winging its way towards me is so local, it probably has the same accent.
It's a single origin though, so that's a good shout trying a blend.