Best Coffees

I bought these pods late last year, I used the rest of my nespresso pods on a nespresso machine I had owned for 5+ years with no problems. Days after… Read more

starting to use the urban brew pods, my machine stopped working. After contacting Nespresso, they stated that their machine is not compatible with any other pods despite what other suppliers may say on their website.

If you read the terms and conditions on the website, Urban Brew say the information provided is inaccurate and you need do your own research into the compatibility of their product. It's just misleading information and has cost me nearly $500 to get a new machine.

Lovely Australian grown and roasted coffee – Lovely Australian grown and roasted coffee, been ordering whole beans with the house roast online for a year now. Price is fair considering the… Read more

product is all Australian made. Coffee is delicious. Shipping is fast, with a lovely hand written card. My go-to!

This beans, I’m referring the 1 kilo pack, you grind and pair it with the FAEMA E71E machine and a good “barista”, the BEST in Sydney!

Feel Sad for CCD – Sadly CCD I believe has gone out of business, I can't get through to them on any of their Telephone numbers. I liked their coffee and have been getting the Indian coffee for years. Show details

I love this coffee so much that I buy about six of them when they’re on special at Coles -unfortunately Coles now has not got it in stock -and I… Read more

really want to buy it and keep having it as my favourite coffee. It really is a beautiful smooth instant coffee. Please don’t stop making it stocking it.

Melitta Blue Mountain Style available at my local Coles but often sells out as it appears on shelf because it is so good. Have had guests comment on… Read more

the coffee and start buying it too when they can find it. It is not overpriced and consistent quality, and the perfect grind for filter. Either the shop staff or another person regularly covers shelf position with another more expensive inferior brand.

I’ve been using Lor coffee pods for years and used to have a very small cup with one pod. Now I’m using two pods and it tastes really watery. I use the black one intensity. 12 after I finish the box, I won’t buy it again. I’ll go back to buy nepresso Show details

Great consistency – Great consistency in each pack I’ve purchased. Really good tasting coffee. Show details

Absolutely a fantastic coffee ☕. The first time I tried this Coffee ☕ was in a wedding event. You can literally pick up this coffee from Victoria's… Read more

Basement for literally $ 15 for 250g beans. That's literally 1/1/2 kilos for $90. You'll not find this cheap in the supermarkets. So a kilo is literally $60. Also you can literally get a pack of 12 250g beans online for $153, that's literally $12:75c a tin. You'll never find this value in supermarkets. That's literally $51 a kilo.

Agree with Simon Above – i used to drink the columbian reserve but when they stopped making it i tried there Black it was like they had taken perfectly good coffee and… Read more

cremated it. I tried the reserve blend as Well as their signature brand. Quality average and inconsistent, all very disapointing. So im now drinking Victoria, Mountain Grown.

Taste like smoke, bushfire. Zero coffee aroma whatsoever. The worst coffee been ever. I cant believe it's allowed to be on the shelf. I wish I read some of the review before I pay for it. Complete waste of money. Show details

worst coffee beans ever, no taste no coffee smell, most expensive first time tried and last one regretted my money.if there is less than one star then that is what it deserves. lots of money thrown in the bin Show details

Sealed empty pods - faulty with no coffee - avoid this brand – Third time I purchased these pods in bulk from catch.com.au. This time several of them are empty - no coffee or just a dusting inside the sealed pod… Read more

rendering them useless. Quality control appears to have crashed. I attempted to locate the manufacturer to inform them - they appear to have rendered themselves "uncontactable" on their website, not updated since 2011. Based on this and the decline in quality, my advice is to avoid this brand.

Pretty good coffee and used to be my go to at $20 and under. At $24, it's no longer great value. You can spend a bit more and get better coffee when they're on sale. I only get this when there are no other sales on, which is pretty rare.

First time I tried Jed’s 4 coffee beans 1kg bag at Coles on sale for $28. A great tasting coffee. Yes, it is a dark roast, but it’s not bitter.… Read more

Instead it has a ‘deep’ flavour that lingers on your palette. The caramel notes are there, but it’s subtle. These days I find some brews have too many other flavours, and you soon lose interest in it. Jed’s 4 has an authentic coffee taste, at a humble price.

Capsule foil cover doesn't puncture well – I've been using this capsule on my Nespresso machine for about 10 months. I noticed that my capsule bin and tray keeps getting filled with water. … Read more

Sometimes when extracting coffee from the capsule, clear water comes out for about 2 seconds before actual coffee is dispensed. I think the foil covering of the capsule may be too thick and does not get punctured/penetrated well on first use.

So, why the coffee may taste great, the capsule does not perform as well as the Nespresso capsule.

I hope Coles can improve on this so that I can continue to use these capsules.

I have been using Lavazza Oro coffee for many years but of late the quality has gone down. There was a time when the aroma of freshly brewed coffee… Read more

would permeate the kitchen. Now there is no aroma. There was a time when the taste of the coffee would be like gold as the name on the wrapper suggests but no longer. Unfortunately, I purchased a 4 pack which I'm now contemplating throwing out. I am unsure if this is simply a bad batch of coffee beans or if the company has sourced cheaper coffee beans, but it no longer is the " GOLD" standard of coffee.

Try Ebay – I have recently bought some from E bay, It was great to having this coffee for my breakfast. I also trying Boundi, it also great coffee  Show details

Such a disappointment – From the Aurora Prima bean to the base level Cafè bean this has to be the most disappointing brand l have purchased. No flavour at all. Show details

Flavour and aroma is addictive – I only drink coffee straight: no milk or sugar, and the subtle flavour of Gloria Jean's Hazelnut ground coffee is truly delicious. It is not overly… Read more

sweet and definitely not harsh or bitter, and the aroma also adds to the pleasure of your coffee break.

When I am nearing the end of the pack I will use 50/50 with ordinary ground coffee to make use I don't run out completely.

It is not always available in every store, so I buy extra packs for a friend who also enjoys this delightful coffee.

The Best – hands down the best, have been buying it for years. Low in acidity and rich in flavour, I drink it black with 9g of coffee per mug and none other comes close in taste.

Perfect Blend – Visited Cliffy's in Daylesford and loved the coffee. Bought a kilo on line. Currently enjoying.

Hard to fault for the price - best supermarket 'quaff' coffee – I typically buy - and would always recommend you do too - beans from a local roaster. But if you need to save money or are out of coffee, this is… Read more

the best supermarket one for the price that I've tasted. It's not bitter or burnt like darker roasts, and is more in line with the Vittoria Oro flavour, just in wholebean form. Obviously not surprised to see it's made at the same site as Vittoria, whose premium brands ask double the price. Lavazza might be slightly better when on special - but this one is reliably there for you if you need it.

Why did Coles perfect blend go :( – I have tried many blends of coffee over the years and to my taste the Coles blend WAS far and away the best l have ever used. Why on earth did they drop it and introduce a bitter dark roast? Please please bring back your old blend, it was so perfect! Show details

I'm extremely disappointed with this product! It was my go-to ground coffee for a number of years but then it became too expensive for me to buy.… Read more

When a friend bought me a surprise packet for Christmas, I was delighted. I opened the packet and have been using it while trying to enjoy it. I shall be getting rid of it because it has lost so much of the beautiful essence of the coffee I used to enjoy each morning. I am even more disappointed knowing that this is an Australian brand ~ shame, shame, shame!

Bought a pack of the smooth. If I were to describe it in words it would be "slightly burnt". Other than tasting slightly burnt, it has no other flavours. Avoid.

Best Decaf Coffee! – After trying out the different brand of decaf organic coffees, I concluded that Republica Decaf is the best in the market. You wouldn't know that… Read more

you drink a decaf coffee as the taste is on par or even better with the normal coffee. To top it off, it is also organic. This is the only coffee I buy now.

Illy is perfect for super autos - review of three bean types below – Illy is one of the few 'supermarket' brands that can be trusted to deliver a reliable, smooth and bitter-free espresso in cup with a decent amount of… Read more

freshness.

First up - if you have a local roaster you love, don't expect to be blown away. If howver you are sick of sour-tasting espresso from home equipment when the notes say things like 'chocolate and berries' but it comes out as raw lemon, then Illy is likley a better choice. Their lightest roast is termed 'medium' but is darker than a boutique roaster would go. This makes the coffee more soluble and likely to release its flavours, resulting in a nice cup in any home machine - particularly a super automatic. I have an admiration for companies that produce amazing coffee while catering for the lowest denominator. There is no elitism or snobbiness - they want as many people as possible to enjoy their product.

Bitterness is a coffee tasting issue on the other end of the specturm. If sour is underextracted, then bitterness is is to do with overextraction. A comon mistake people make is to keep their pod or coffee brewing for AGES when 20-30mls is all you need with Illy. Add a second shot if you need more oomph for a milk drink. But do not keep it running. Then you'll enjoy your Illy.

The three blends I tried included: Classico, a mediuam roast; Intenso, a dark roast; and Brazil, a single-origin bean (more on this later in the review).

Each had its own distinct profile on my Delonghi Magnifica Evo - the Classico is the great all-rounder. Orange notes, cocoa notes, and a smoothness make this drinkable and floral but with the body you'd expect from an Italian espresso. This is a great coffee any time of the day.

Intenso is dark and therefore even at the lowest temp setting resulted in some bitterness in cup. As the name suggests, this is for people who genuinely like darker roasts. I recommend pulling this as a ristretto ('restricted') which is about half the volume in cup and on the lowest temperature setting your machine allows. What you get is something nutty, dark choc and aniseed finish. Not for everyone and if you prefer ligher roasts this is NOT for you at all - but there is still an art to what Illy has done here, one just has to know how to brew the best out of it. From what I'v read online, Intenso is the Illy 9-bean Classico blend taken darker in the roaster. I'm not sure how true that ius as the two blends are distinctly different. I wouldn't say this is the 'dark' version of Classico - it tastes so different.

The Brazillian bean is a single-origin, not a blend. Blending is a popular technique for building unique tastes that cannot be achieved by single origin beans. However this comes at the expense of truly amazing journey -and in my own experience home roasting beans you really do fall in love with each region's offerings. The Illy Brazil blend is INCREDIBLE - it has a cocoa start and sweet finish. This is 'the one' for me as it is so easy to drink and enjoy, and has even encouraged me to pick up some of their Guatemalan single origin to sample that. It is also quite versatile as a longer coffee.

Now for the cons: the Classico can at times taste a bit flat. Illy's vaccum sealed cans are the best packaging one could hope for - I find 1kg of beans stales easily even when put into specific coffee storage canisters. Having it in 250gm lots and in tins with a one-way-valve is genius. But the Classico more than the Intenso and the Brazil just tasted a bit muted in a way that only coffee sitting on the shelf for a while could. This seemed to change from tin to tin, so perhaps I got a dud. Later tins were better and wow, just wow, the Classico is a distinctly beautiful blend when it fires! The 'Melbourne sours' stand no chance.

Yep - Illy is 'up there' if you take your time to brew it properly. More so than Lavazza and Vittoria for sure. I would wait for sales or specials and stock up.

For what it's worth, my favourite coffee bean by far and away is the Number Six Blend by Melba Roasting. It's roasted locally and much fresher and even more affordable when Illy is not on special - so this is another con: the price of Illy.

Recommendation? Add Illy to your rotation of coffee beans. Grab the Brazil and Classico for sure when cheap. Only go Intenso if that's your thing.

Dirty dishwater – Coffee offers variable creama from rusty brown to frothy dirt brown. Scent is fairly pungent and unpleasant. Taste is strong with aspects of wood and earthy flavours. Not what I would call a good combination. Show details

more corn and chemicals than coffee – The flavour of this "coffee", comes from a host of artificial chemical flavourings. It also has a high percentage of roasted corn to give it its dark… Read more

colour, and also contains roasted soy beans, which makes it cheaper to produce, as soy beans are twice the weight of coffee. Maybe try asking why this company refuses to export whole beans, and will only export powder.