Fancy a coffee old bean

Advantages: Freshly ground, available in small quantities
Disadvantages: A bit more expensive than other coffees

...I am normally a tea drinker but there’s something about the smell of freshly ground, freshly brewed coffee, isn’t there? It always makes a home feel, well, homely. I was passing Whittard a couple of weeks ago and the enticing dark, smoky aroma drew me in. I think that’s why Whittard tend to have open-fronted stores in large shopping malls! As I browsed, I noticed an amazing bargain. They were offering the Bodum 8-cup glass “bean” cafetiere for £10, when coffee makers of this kind usually cost upwards of £30. I couldn’t believe they could afford to sell it at that price and I quickly snapped one up. Having totted up how much money I’ve spent on fresh ground coffee at Whittard since, however, I can see this was an extremely shrewd piece of marketing on their part. I’ve become...

madamois_elle 10.03.2003 (11.03.2003) · Read review
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Review of Whittard Coffee Beans

₪ Bucking the Star Coffee Bean ₪

Advantages: Smells great, tastes great, perfect finish. Home brew cafe style.
Disadvantages: Caffeine addiction is a terrible thing.

...sealed my hate for the drink. Combine this with the smell of burning straw stubble and the sight of turning black banana sandwiches, it's no wonder I hated coffee and used to feel carsick. However when I got a Saturday job and was about to leave home for University, I decided I should make myself drink coffee for social reasons. I discovered black coffee tasted a bit better than milky, so there began my addiction with the coffee bean. From instant black coffee, I have developed a taste over the years to white and 'proper' coffee. The smell of freshly ground coffee I now perceive as delicious and inviting. Our kids don't like the smell, so it must be an adult thing. Maybe I've grown up at last. Those who know me better may find this hard to believe. We've yet to get a fancy Alessi or similar coffee machine but a simple cafetiere can be...

susie191 23.05.2006 · Read review
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Review of Starbucks Cafe Estima Whole Bean Coffee

Basking in Beans

Advantages: Relaxing Place to Stop Off
Disadvantages: Closes Early

...the lovely coffee smell, fresh and ground beans just seem to give of such a welcoming and warm feeling. The only think which is slightly disappointing is that this shop shuts around 6pm, just when you have finished your expiditions for the day and want to relax with a coffee before dinner and beginning your night entertainment, so this is a slight let down. *****Food and Drink***** The food itself is wide ranged, if not slightly expensive. There are a whole selection of sweet and savoury attributes, from simple Weymouth cupcakes, to chocolate toast and sandwiches. As with the food, the drinks vary in a wide range. Obviously, the speciality it hot drinks, from simple coffee's to latte's, hot chocolates, tea, iced tea - anything you can think of and fancy really. As the staff are so friendly and well trained, they are able to make...

elfbwillow 12.02.2007 · Read review
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Review of Good Bean Coffee Shop, Weymouth

COFFEE SANTOS, BMJ, FRANCAIS, RICA, AND MANY MORE

Advantages: Great tastes, smells and different flavours. Excellent varites
Disadvantages: Nothing (except B M J price)

...As some of you may have noticed I have been away for a quite a while now. I have missed writing, but just haven’t had the time, starting Sixth Form, working, and so much more. I thought I would come back with a bang, writing about what I know best – coffee. Lets get one thing straight – you either love it or hate it. I personally LOVE it. It makes me happy, wakes me up and makes me think straight. It is the best legal stimulant available and there are so many varieties. So this brings me on to what I am writing about – Whittard Of Chelsea Coffee Beans. Have you ever walked into Whittard’s? The smell is amazing, overpowering and (even) stimulating. I get so many people coming into my shop saying “You must love working here – just for the smell” or “It smells so good in here –...

craigy2040 20.10.2002 · Read review
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Review of Whittard Coffee Beans

Great Service, Great Coffee, Good Bean

Advantages: Wonderful service and great coffee
Disadvantages: Location within a bookshop

...Whether I visit the centre of Reading to browse the CD shops or pick up some groceries, my journey is never complete until I have revitalised myself with a coffee in one of the ever-increasing number of coffee shops springing up in the town. Although I have visited most of the outlets at some point in the past, only three or four have had the benefit of my custom in the recent weeks. I consider myself to be a regular in just one of these few. I discovered Good Bean's existence by chance when visiting Blackwell's bookshop, inside of which it is situated. Despite not being slap-bang in the centre of the town, it still manages to attract its fair share of customers. Every credit must go to Good Bean for the excellent customer service provided. The staff treat customers as individuals, and are always polite and friendly. Genuinely...

msg1 13.03.2001 · Read review
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Review of Good Bean Coffee Shop, Reading

Tesco Original coffee beans

Advantages: Why does every other coffee taste worse and cost much more?
Disadvantages: So cheap, Tesco will either double the price soon or delete it!

...Don't waste your time and money on any coffee product from ANY supermarket or shop: simply try "Tesco Original" beans - not, repeat not, the ready-ground variety. They are the cheapest beans by far - £1.28 for, I think 227g -, and took over where the even better "Tesco Colombian" left off (literally deleted from the range - again, NOT the more colourful and expensive "Tesco Colombian Supremo" pack which is anything but supreme - quite nondescript, in fact, especially for the price. The Original beans pack smell glorious when squeezed and sniffed! Even the check-out people comment on the aroma if you do it casually whilst waiting in the queue, and have bags of taste and character without being overly strong. Mind you, we also have the cheapest and best coffee maker ever - the Toshiba Filtermill all-in-one grinder and percolator!...

jewulak2 30.08.2008 · Read review
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Review of Tesco Finest Colombian Supremo Ground Coffee

Sainsburys Caffiene kick Colombian beans!

Advantages: strong, cheap and easy to use
Disadvantages: not great if you are sensitive to caffiene

...COST: £2.25 PLACE OF PURCHASE: Sainsburys WEIGHT: 227g PACKAGING: A resealable brown plastic pouch packaging carries this 227g quantity of Columbian beans. The outside shows pictures of brown coffee beans with a green rectangular label on the front. AROMA: Full bodied and a strong and deep aroma is given off from these Sainsburys own brand 100% columbian coffee beans. Theres nothing quite like a gorgeous sweet yet deep smell of coffee brewing first thing on a crispy cold winter morning. And our choice, the cheap skates that we are in the office, is a Sainsburys own brand beans from the coffees of the world range. At only £2.25 a bag, its really good value for monay as this last 4 of us almost a whole month. But mind you, none of us have particularly strong coffees as we're all a bit concious as to the appearance of our tooth...

mints4merlin 08.10.2006 · Read review
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Review of Sainsbury's 100% Columbian Coffee Beans

Beans, Beans.........

Advantages: taste, price
Disadvantages: not as good as heinz

...Branston Baked Beans................... I am very partial to baked beans on toast (covered in cheese) or indeed I have been known to eat them cold straight from the can either way I have always bought Heinz as they are literally the ultimate baked bean. However as Branston Baked Beans have been on special offer in Tesco's recently (buy 4 for £1) I snapped them up and was pleasantly surprised. The Branston Baked Bean tin design is a lot different from that of the Heinz tin. Of course it still has a picture of some beans on the front but instead of the Heinz green label Branston's is silver and looks just as good as its rival. The beans inside the tin look pretty much the same as Heinz with the thick red/orange sauce and the tin full to the top with beans and juice. The smell again is practically the same only Branston...

newby2 19.06.2009 · Read review
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Review of Branston Baked Beans

BEANS, BEANS, FULL OF BEANS!

Advantages: Cheap and good quality
Disadvantages: No ring pull can lid, sauce runny

...Review of Sainsbury's Economy Baked Beans. As regular readers of my reviews may have gathered, I am living on a very modest budget, credit crunch, early retirement and other factors mean that I do have to watch my pennies, hence my recent purchase of these baked beans! The Product Baked Beans in tomato sauce are a popular dish in many households. We don't actually eat them as an accompaniment to meals, but as a source of protein in recipes. Being a vegetarian, I tend to obtain most of my protein intake from beans, pulses or legumes and the humble baked beans is a quick and easy way to add texture, interest and substance to a vegetarian meal. Not only are they full of protein, they are low in fat and contain valuable dietary fibre. Baked beans also provide important vitamins and minerals, including iron, folic acid, zinc...

brittle1906 23.03.2009 · Read review
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Review of Sainsburys Economy Baked Beans

Bargain Beans

Advantages: cheap, taste and smell good
Disadvantages: Well we all know what too many beans means!

...Always on the lookout for a bargain and a way to save a few pennies I was pleased when I came across a new brand of beans in my local Tesco. Hubby just does not like the value beans so I was buying Tesco?s own brand but as these can in at over 10p a can cheaper I decided to give them a go. ~~OAK LANE~~ Oak Lane are a new brand of foods which Tesco have taken on and advertise as their ?discount brand?. it is available on a lot of products in store and I have personally found every one which I have tried to be of good quality. The price of this brand always seems to match the Tesco Value price. ~~THE TIN~~ The beans come in the standard metal tin which unfortunately does not have a ring pull on top but this is no problem if you have a can opener. The label is wrapped around the tin and is a blue colour and has the Oak Lane...

sewbizzie 08.11.2009 · Read review
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Review of Oak Lane Baked Beans in Tomato Sauce