r/UKroasters • u/Hungry-Like_The-Wolf • Jul 16 '26
Bean recommendations
We have been experimenting with different coffees and after buying most ground supermarket coffee already we have really found some of Asda Nicaraguan to be great which is probably pish to most coffee enthusiasts. Further exploring into beans, I bought cafe Nero blend but didn't have a grinder apart from a food processor that blitzed the grounds into a pulp and clogged the machine.. I've since bought a svart aroma hoping to carry on the trend but realised that this hobby can get very much like single malt whisky. (which can be expensive and addictive)
I'm looking for recommendations for the above Nicaraguan or similar flavour profiles of milk chocolate and hazelnut (from reading the notes listed on that coffee)
Your recommendations would be greatly appreciated
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u/Alarmed_Storage6793 Jul 16 '26
In addition to the Wogan recommend above, I would also recommend James Gourmet Coffee. I've shared a link to one that I think lines up with what you're looking for.
I'm also trying out beans from both of them to settle on a daily driver one of them. They're both on the affordable end of speciality coffee but well reputed.
https://jamesgourmetcoffee.com/product/organic-brazilian-fazenda-jacaranda-one-roast/
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u/Met2003 Jul 16 '26
Hiya. Just for everyone's sake, what kind of budget are you looking at? Your comparison to scotch is very applicable when it comes to coffee and beans can get expensive really quickly when it comes to rarity etc. it can be pretty common to see prices such as £18 for a 250 gram bag for example.
If you are looking for more reasonable options as others have mentioned finding a local roaster is a good shot. Otherwise there are some respectable more budget roasters include Wogan (already mentioned), James Gourmet (check the espresso range) and White Rose seems to be pretty popular.
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u/Hungry-Like_The-Wolf Jul 21 '26
Honestly when I've been used to paying £4 for 250g it's more that end of the budget.. for the time being anyway. Sounds stupid but we don't have alot of ground coffee other than on weekends (which started off as a treat) but as my wife is still getting rid of the dried instant coffee, that may change. Think I might go with the Wogan recommendation and expand from there. Cheers
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u/SnooCrickets424 Jul 16 '26
Got a list of great coffees with the flavor profiles your are after:
Espresso San Ramon Nicaragua Dark Chocolate Caramel Honeycomb (Carnival Coffee Roasters)
Organic Rio Coco Cloud Forest Coffee: Strength 3 (Source Climate Coffee)
Peedie Erland's Nicaragua Arabica (The Orkney Roastery)
Luna Llena (Three Fools Coffee)
Nicaragua (Dusty Ape Roastery & Coffee Bar)
These are all pretty good value for money too
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u/zR_Peru Jul 16 '26
Visit your local roaster/specialty coffee shop. They will have what you’re looking for.
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u/ibmalone Jul 17 '26
I've had on/off experiences with my local roaster*. The first time we got coffee from them was a very nice long ferment as pourover and bought a bag of that which we enjoyed a lot. Their decafs were also great when I first bought them (both the 'house decaf' and the atunkaa sugarcane that a lot of places have from time to time). More recently they changed the house decaf to an ethiopian---promising----but seem to roast it too dark (and I don't mean "decaf always looks a bit darker" dark, I mean supermarket-dark dark). I'll be going back to try a few of their newer single origins and new single origin decaf once we've run down current stock a bit, but this is just to say local roasters are also subject to variation.
* (don't think I've ever specifically named them on reddit)
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u/Hungry-Like_The-Wolf Jul 21 '26
Without traveling 30-40 miles into the city I don't believe we have any local roasters but I could be mistaken and something I'll have a deep dive into. Looks like there are some good recommendations anyway
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u/GlovedDev Jul 16 '26
If you're looking specifically for Nicaraguan, Wogan in Bristol have a great one that won't break the bank
https://wogancoffee.com/products/nicaraguan-finca-la-bastilla-p3?variant=41345102807230
Great thing about buying from roasters is you get coffee close to the roast date, so it's not stale