General coffee thread

Foxhound5366 said:
Middle Eastern visitors are chasing good local coffee ... while the Americans are, what? Sitting in the McDonalds drivethrough for some burned filter coffee (a real taste of home)?

I'm still amazed at how much bad coffee you get, even with restaurants. I'd love a massive James Hoffman-style scientific expose on local coffee quality, because places don't seem to understand the simple basics of "maybe don't buy your coffee beans in bulk at the same time as your toiletpaper". Like what's even the point of your super fancy espresso maker with its five parallel brew groups, if you're feeding Koffiehuis into it?
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Strictly speaking no such thing as good or bad coffee.

It's all subjective taste. If it tastes good or good enough, it's good or good enough.

And not everyone is a coffee connoisseur, the same way not everyone is a wine connoisseur or an audiophile, or a Mac user.

That explains why the coffee you find disgusting is pleasing to so many others, and why so many don't bother with better coffee because it simply is not on any list of their priorities :)
 
Just received what I can only describe as the most unique coffee I've tasted. Many might not even call it coffee, the flavour is so different. It's fruity and spicy. Really good.

Wild, probably the world's rarest coffee, grown right here in SA.

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I don't do caffeine so it's fantastic to find a coffee I can have that's naturally low in caffeine - without any processing. It's just roasted.
The beans are tiny by comparison to other blends and the flavour is unique... not cheap but lekker stuff!
 
Nice medium to light roast and delicious

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Arabica for comparison - the Racemosa bean is probably the size of a lentil. Alot more work to harvest kg for kg.

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@RedViking you'll enjoy these and if ever the doc tells you to slow down with the Caffeine, this is a good way to start.
 
Some interesting facts about Coffea Racemosa:

- Naturally low in caffeine
- Very low yield with tiny beans, making it the rarest coffee on the planet. It takes six trees to produce the same weight of coffee as a single Arabica tree.
- Highly drought resistant
- Instead of traditional chocolate or fruit notes, it has a unique taste profile. Cups often feature wild aromas like lavender, basil, mint, and eucalyptus.
- Because it fights off diseases and drought so well, farmers have cross-bred it with Arabica. This creates hardier hybrid plants like "Aramosa"
- It is native to a tiny coastal strip in southeastern Africa and is a protected species in South Africa due to its rarity in the wild.
- There are estimated to be only 15,000 cultivated trees in existence worldwide
- The global annual harvest yields only about 350 kilograms of coffee. This entire global output is roughly what a single busy neighborhood café goes through in a few months.
- It sells internationally for upwards of R2,000 ($100+) per 60g–80g bag, placing it among the most expensive luxury food items on earth.

I can tell you I paid alot less by buying direct as a local and for personal consumption only.
 
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JerryMungo said:
Just received what I can only describe as the most unique coffee I've tasted. Many might not even call it coffee, the flavour is so different. It's fruity and spicy. Really good.

Wild, probably the world's rarest coffee, grown right here in SA.

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I don't do caffeine so it's fantastic to find a coffee I can have that's naturally low in caffeine - without any processing. It's just roasted.
The beans are tiny by comparison to other blends and the flavour is unique... not cheap but lekker stuff!
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Unaffordable. Will give it a skip. You must be high to pay the price just to avoid caffeine. But dont mind trying if someone offered a cup. Looks interesting. The price though.... Eina!
 
RedViking said:
Unaffordable. Will give it a skip. You must be high to pay the price just to avoid caffeine. But dont mind trying if someone offered a cup. Looks interesting. The price though.... Eina!
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You have no idea what it costs, how can you call it unaffordable?
R300 for 200g is not that bad.
Sure it's a bit more expensive, but you pay for exclusive and yes, it has a unique flavour profile i've not found in Coffee before.
 
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JerryMungo said:
You have no idea what it costs, how can you call it unaffordable?
R300 for 200g is not that bad.
Sure it's a bit more expensive, but you pay for exclusive and yes, it has a unique flavour profile i've not found in Coffee before.
Jumping the gun a bit there?
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It was 3am. I googled. It said R2000 for 60g from Truth Coffee. That was 3am though. I can imagine I went back to sleeping dreaming about normal coffee.
 
RedViking said:
It was 3am. I googled. It said R2000 for 60g from Truth Coffee. That was 3am though. I can imagine I went back to sleeping dreaming about normal coffee.
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You were up at 3am thanks to the caffeine. You need Racemosa. 🤣
Am loving the flavour profile. So unique.
 
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