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Jamaican Blue - worth it?

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mrs quoad

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RIGHT.

So Whittard sell Jamaican Blue medium roast beans at 10.80 per 125g.

Is it remotely worth it? Has anyone actually tried 'em? The shop person (exceedingly nice) told me that only a tiny fraction of UK beans are Jamaican Blue, hence the cost. But that doesn't mean they're worth it...

Anyone?

Ta!

mrs q.
 
I have bought it in the past and my sister bought some back from Jamaica once for me

personally I am not that much of a coffee expert to really appreciate it but it was nice but I don't know if itwas so much nicer for the price

perhaps you should just get a little bit to try
 
Jamaican blue ------ heard of it????? (HV)

Yeah (Izz)

Worth it? (HV)

no (mumbled by Izz)

No???? (HV add querying inflections)

NO!!! (Izz)

(i am not deaf, yunno!!! just a little hard of hearing when people MUMBLE
 
If you get it, get it from hasbean instead. They are fresher. Whittards aren't that fresh unless you buy green of course and roast yourself.

My last batch from hasbean was roasted 2 days before I got it. I can definitely taste the difference now I've had that batch a couple of weeks, not as up to scratch.

I take it you grind yourself too? Otherwise, I really wouldn't bother.

Haven't tried Jamaican Blue though - don't think I could bring myself to spend that much!
 
Vintage Paw said:
If you get it, get it from hasbean instead. They are fresher. Whittards aren't that fresh unless you buy green of course and roast yourself.

My last batch from hasbean was roasted 2 days before I got it. I can definitely taste the difference now I've had that batch a couple of weeks, not as up to scratch.

I take it you grind yourself too? Otherwise, I really wouldn't bother.

Haven't tried Jamaican Blue though - don't think I could bring myself to spend that much!
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Ooo, yes I grind own.

And I've JUST spent 150 quid on a home roaster - but it's for my sister's wedding, ha.

*runs off to look at hasbean* :)
 
Yes, it is nice enough coffee but no, I don't think it is worth paying that sort of money for & there are a fair number of ethical/exploitation problems as well (past thread on here). Only one of the brands of Blue Mountain here is anything like fairtrade.

Personally, I'd suggest a nicely roasted Jamacan or Columbian bean instead. Much the same body & acidity but a fuller & more distinctive taste for a lot less money.

Also see if you can track down a local roaster who will probably have pretty freshly roasted beans, instead of a chain like Wittards, whose beans are always a bit bland & uninteresting IMO. Probably been sitting on a shelf too long?
 
If you can get it buy the Hawaiian hgh mountain, it is absolutely beautiful. But that price for Jamaican, no, it is over priced. It is, however, very good.

There is a place on Steep Hill in Lincoln that does some of the best, and widest range, of quality coffee. They do mail order, and I think they are called Pimento.
 
Liking this thread :) Particularly the shop suggestions :)

Will return to it at work when I've got a bit more time to piss around :o
 
I should not have looked at Hasbean. All sorts of coffee-related bits. bobs & beans that I really do need to live without! :eek:

Prices are good for coffee tho. :)
 
Jamaica Blue Mountain is a fantastic coffee, however I'd usually add it to a mixture of Guatamalan Maragogype Elephant Bean and maybe some kenyan.

I wouldn't drink it on it's own as it's a bit much....
 
The man at my Whittards said the premium priced coffee was so expensive because the Japanese domestic market is so huge that this demand bumps up the prices, ie. it's a marginally nicer coffee, but you are paying a high demand price rather than for a better bean.
 
pogofish said:
I should not have looked at Hasbean. All sorts of coffee-related bits. bobs & beans that I really do need to live without! :eek:

Prices are good for coffee tho. :)
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Ah, my work here is done :)

(just don't go and spend an afternoon perusing coffeegeek.com)
 
My housemate brought some back a couple of months ago and was telling me how nice it was. I was not particularly impressed tbh. Strong and tasty but not a great deal of depth to it. For 11 quid I'm sure you do better with something else.
 
pogofish said:
You... Evil.... Sod....! :mad: :eek: :cool: :D
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*curtsies* :D

It's their fault I felt the need to buy an extreeeeeeemely expensive grinder instead of a nice cheapo one (the coffee has been cracking though)
 
Short answer: No.

Long answer: It's an alright coffee. Impressively smooth, but lacking any real character. It's the sort of thing non coffee drinkers like. The price is mainly due to scarcity of supply, rather than the actual quality of the bean. If you like that sort of smooth, soft flavour, then the Hawaiian stuff is much the same at a lower price.
 
Vintage Paw said:
*curtsies* :D

It's their fault I felt the need to buy an extreeeeeeemely expensive grinder instead of a nice cheapo one (the coffee has been cracking though)
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I've been staring longingly at a $500 roaster :o There's absolutely no figging way I could afford it, but hey :D

Chz - TY! That's pretty much where my thinking was. *potters off to look at Hawaiian beans* :)
 
I'm now wondering about getting a coffee roaster shipped over from the US...

Looks like $199 for what Amazon / Whittard're charging £150 for.

And they've got a cheaper $110 version too! That does virtually the same!

Gosh.

Gosh gosh gosh.
 
mrs quoad said:
Ooo, yes I grind own.

And I've JUST spent 150 quid on a home roaster - but it's for my sister's wedding, ha.

*runs off to look at hasbean* :)
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I've got a home roaster. It's called the oven.
 
mrs quoad said:
I'm now wondering about getting a coffee roaster shipped over from the US...

Looks like $199 for what Amazon / Whittard're charging £150 for.

And they've got a cheaper $110 version too! That does virtually the same!

Gosh.

Gosh gosh gosh.
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It's a slippery slope my friend, a slippery slope :o

You'll be realising your current grinder is shit soon, then wanting to upgrade your coffee machine. Then you'll be watching barista videos. Then you'll be snarling as you walk past places like Nero's or Starbucks, casually spitting at their doorway.
 
If you buy smallish quantities of beans from a local roaster, you should be geting them pretty fresh-roasted anyway, Indeed, for popular beans like Columbian, IME you often get them more or less straight out of the roaster, so I'd question the need to go quite that far. However nice it may be ultimately! :D
 
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