Discussing coffee on newstalk right now...

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right now... listening...

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Robert Roberts coffee buyer on talking.... hardly a good sign....

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That was crap enough. Briefly discussed a few different regions (Kenya, Sumatra). Mentioned Jamaican Blue Mountain in passing. Total radio filler material. ****ing Robert Roberts, like putting the fox in charge of the hen-house.

dudara

They really tapped into the high end of the market there.

Gran Hermano

Robert Roberts, the experts on how to boil & stew coffee since 1906.
The bane of many a canteen and coffee shop.

brianthebard

I've never heard of Jamacian blue mountain, what's it like?

billyblanks

Its a nice enough coffee that is way over priced, I really dont see the attraction of it....better coffees out there for less money.

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I've never had it, its very expensive, and actually hard to come by. It gained a lot of coverage in the 90s, and was roundly declared the best! However, subsequently it was overfarmed, and a lot of people think the quality has dropped and its now vastly overrated.

hshortt

Bewelys on Grafton St. Have it infrequently, it's about 20 euro for a quarter pound.

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rockbeer

I stupidly bought some Blue Mountain once, from that place in the Powerscourt Arcade. Paid some ridiculous amount for it, about 25 quid for a small bag... no idea what possessed me really. And needless to say it was a total disappointment - nice enough, but in the end you're only paying for the name.

I doubt there's any coffee on the planet that good.

stag39

blue mountain is cheap enough if you buy from the source $17 for 1 pound of beans:)

flavour of blue mountain is so so!!

Sparks

Got to agree with rockbeer, having done the same thing myself. I'll stick to Java and Kenyan myself. Blue mountain isn't bad, it's just that if there is a distinctive taste to it, you need a better pallate than mine to discern it...

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Sparks wrote:

Got to agree with rockbeer, having done the same thing myself. I'll stick to Java and Kenyan myself. Blue mountain isn't bad, it's just that if there is a distinctive taste to it, you need a better pallate than mine to discern it...

You should try some Yemen Mokha Matrar - now that has a distinctive taste.

I'd place it somewhere between cured meat and sour butter.

Sparks

See, this would be the difference between "distinctive" and "good"