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Feb. 13th, 2015 06:42 pm(Because my life is endlessly fascinating).
Among her Christmas gifts, S. received a sampler pack of coffee: 9 neat little cardboard boxes, each with a pretty picture of an animal on the front, and each containing a little pack of Whittar's coffee. It wasn't an uwanted present, exactly: she does drink coffee. But she doesn't drink that much of it, and, confronted with our breakfast brew when she stayed over after a concert recently, she offered to pass it on.
Rather than face the unknown every morning at breakfast (not to mention that the diferent packs come in different strengths from 1 to 5, which - well), I have been blending the samples with our usual (Traidcraft high roast) coffee. We are now halfway through the pack, and several of the blends have been very pleasant, but the winner so far - the only one I thought actually improved our regular coffee - is the Monsoon Malabar.
I'm sure it's just coincidence that it's also the strongest so far.
No, I won't be making it a regular addition to my coffee habit. I just checked Whittard's website, and it's more than double the price of my usual coffee - and if it is fair trade, it's keeping very quiet about it. But I'm enjoying the experiment.
Among her Christmas gifts, S. received a sampler pack of coffee: 9 neat little cardboard boxes, each with a pretty picture of an animal on the front, and each containing a little pack of Whittar's coffee. It wasn't an uwanted present, exactly: she does drink coffee. But she doesn't drink that much of it, and, confronted with our breakfast brew when she stayed over after a concert recently, she offered to pass it on.
Rather than face the unknown every morning at breakfast (not to mention that the diferent packs come in different strengths from 1 to 5, which - well), I have been blending the samples with our usual (Traidcraft high roast) coffee. We are now halfway through the pack, and several of the blends have been very pleasant, but the winner so far - the only one I thought actually improved our regular coffee - is the Monsoon Malabar.
I'm sure it's just coincidence that it's also the strongest so far.
No, I won't be making it a regular addition to my coffee habit. I just checked Whittard's website, and it's more than double the price of my usual coffee - and if it is fair trade, it's keeping very quiet about it. But I'm enjoying the experiment.
