GeekKopi wrote:
Desperate for coffee yesterday I went to a new (under new management) local just down the road to grab some coffee. The previous owners had proud Mary coffee but the new guys had Di-Manfredi from Sydney. Never heard of them so I grabbed a bag of the Classico blend of arabicas and robusta. What can I say. Classic blend, smooth, heaps of body and chocolate. Medium roast. Very impressed.
I have often got myself in big trouble for telling the truth, especially as the truth doesnt always suit everyone's agenda (you know the deal...."...they cant handle the truth.." etc etc etc.). The truth in this case if memory serves correct, is this "brand" comes from within the big v's range of products (or used to), gasp horror, and is usually used in cafes or restaurants portraying a certain "image"..... These days it is not coffee politically correct to note that often enough, FAQ offerings from some "commodity" roasters as branded for a better quality market, can make quite acceptable / reasonable drinking blends (in our predominantly milk coffee market) and are only mucked up (same caveats as usual) if treated / made badly or are on the way to being stale. With all the carry on over over "specialty coffee" these days, people tend to conveniently forget that, so I am glad you enjoyed it and have given your honest opinion 😉 Of course, how large commodity roasters get these brands into "cafes or restaurants protraying a certain image" in the first place, is another story and doesnt have to have anything to do with quality, most often its actually about sales politics. Let your taste buds do the talking.
