Okay... Here goes... bought 250g of Lazzio Il Espresso Whole Beans medium dark roast Uganda Mt Elgon (60%) Columbia Excelso (40%). Roast is lighter more like medium but the bean colour/density/uniformity seems superb. These are actually fresh (purchased western suburbs brisbane 26/3/2013) but the lack of roasted on label and the subsequent best before 2015 is disappointing. As a French press this was sweet and delicious and as an espresso with the temp of the machine at 95 it was good. GO FiGURE! We are lucky here in Australia in that we get excellent quality greens consistently imported, excellent calibur professional roasters generally and access to information that has previously precluded many. These beans a drinking well now! Ill save some for next Wednesday and we'll see how they hold up but I feel as though they are already at least one week old judging by their smell, taste and reaction to then water in the plunger. I've a video of an extraction and a bad picture with flash inside the bag. LISTEN UP ALDI... Well done! Now put a roast date on them, check your supply/storage procedure and you'll actually have a product better than any supermarket! To do all that and maintain consistency I fear the cost will quickly blow over what artisan roasters are charging and given a choice I'd always spend my money with the latter! N.b. My wife didn't like the taste of these at all despite her loving much that is Aldi. Too bright and acidic for is my guess but this is a personal taste not a roast defect. 
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