I'm a bit of a coffee 'purist' and I like to grind my coffee before brewing it to preserve taste, texture, etc.
If you really are a purist, you should go to the site and check out the fresh coffee beans.....I get my beans from here and roast them myself......The Sumatra and Ethiopion beans are delicious!
I arrived in Poland 3 weeks ago and I found that the price of coffee beans is more dear than instat coffee. (in Oz is the other way round)
People make coffee at home by pouring boiling water over ground coffee beans and serve it in a glass. (sugar optional) It is not that bad however it is no cappuccino.!!!!
best instant coffee is Nescafe Gold! cost25 PLN for 200g .
Today I have visited a specialty store of coffee, tea ,and fruit teas they bousted that their coffee is imported from Netherlands and it is pure Arabica however I looked at the beans and they looked like robusta beans to me.Hmmm
The coffee sold in my local shop (blah blah blah, going on about the U-flipping-K again) in the Polish section is the same as the other ground coffee for sale in the same shop, only with Polish writing on it. Both of them are Douwe Egberts, so I'd rather not touch it. Still preferable to any instant coffee.
Coffee Polish-style isn't as good as using a stove-top coffee machine or percolator, but if you don't have fine-ground stuff to use, it works a lot better.
go to the site and check out the fresh coffee beans
I hang my head in shame, as I don't roast my coffee beans... Would like to though, which would involve buying an all-in-one coffee machine. Tx for the link; looks awesome! I've never seen anything THAT detailed, down to the pics of the places. Will definitely try it out.
I'm a coffee roaster living in Poland and sell my beans wholesale and retail. I roast fresh green coffee for each order and am happy to mail bags to anyone who would like, or we can meet in Krakow. I have a 12 Kilo Probat roaster that allows me to roast a variety of single origin beans, which I import, to their potential. I love coffee and can talk about it forever. Please write me at John@KelleranCoffee.com and I'll hook you up with a great stash.. Don't mind the lame site I have, what you see it just a place holder. Drink on.
once i saw this movie & they drank alot of coffe & it was nescafe lol well that had nothing to do with the question but go to abunch of diffrent places that sell it & find the cheapest, but make sure the place isnt out of the way because if your gonna get coffee that like 1 cent less than the other but is 10 km away its not worth it!
If there is one thing you won't be short on it's good coffee. How the hell can you be a coffee purist and WANT to drink Nescafe? LMAO ... there's much better here.
Lodz will be getting a good coffee shop in about three months, in Scheibler's old factory... roasting in house, quality beans... come in for a good cup and ask for Jay. We will chat beans and brews in store, vodka and beers outside.
The pocket financial cost of nescafe is pretty clear from the postings above. Maybe also take into consideration whether that is a fair price for the producers of the commodity. Nescafe have a fair trade option now but I haven't seen it on sale here in Warsaw. It is still hard enough to source fair trade coffee in Poland. FairTrade coffee is a better deal for both the producers - who get a more stable income and social premium to invest in health and education projects, in addition to the advantages it has for the consumer - the quality of the coffee is better (they choose the beans more carefully) and don't use fertilisers.
Nestle has been one of the longest boycotted food producing companies due to consumer concerns over their baby milk scandal. This might put you off their products.
If you wanna get FairTrade coffee in Warsaw shop at Żółty Cesarz or ask your local retailer to stock FairTrade coffee. I think there is a shop that sells it in Złoty Tarasy also.
OR - Stand in the aisle beside my Polish girlfriend tomorrow at 6pm in Żółty Cesarz and you will see somebody Polish not buying Goldblend but FairTrade coffee!
OR - Stand in the aisle beside my Polish girlfriend tomorrow at 6pm in Żółty Cesarz and you will see somebody Polish not buying Goldblend but FairTrade coffee!
lol. She's obviously way more cultured than my ex was - who complained about the coffee in Costa, and couldn't wait to get home for cup of Gold Blend!!!! :)
Fair trade coffee is still really expensive here, whereas in the UK, Germany and Ireland it's fairly on par with other good coffees.
I refuse to buy Fair Trade anything - on account that you can clearly see that the retailer is including a nice little bit of 'extra' profit in there on account of calling it Fair Trade.
retailer is including a nice little bit of 'extra' profit in there on account of calling it Fair Trade.
Fair Trade isn't run by the retailers - it's an independent certification! Fair Trade products are (slightly) more expensive because the people at the bottom of the chain get a fair deal/aren't exploited children/have safe working conditions/are allowed to join unions...
yip, the retailer doesn't have the right to call any of their produce 'Fairtrade' cause it's a brand mark.
To delphiandomine:
Retailers may claim to have 'Fair Trade' products but you will just have to judge that by asking them questions about the source, conditions of work, etc. I think retailers mark up their products with a standard percentage of the wholesale price, so don't think they are making a higher percentage profit per item of 250g 'Fairtrade' coffee compared to Nescafe Gold Blend. Also, many retailers, or at least the shop assistants, who stock Fairtrade in Poland don't have a clue what it is. It's just another brand of organic coffee too many and thus the price is not inflated compared to other goods.
Fairtrade is independently certified and the chain of custody is available for anybody who bothers to look. Delphiandomine, I wouldn't rule it out for the reasons you outlined. It's a charity-producer initiative and market-driven response to solve or at least alleviate a grave problem for farmers who sometimes experience crippling downward price fluctuations of their cash crops.
I'd encourage you to have a look at the Fairtrade Poland website if you are interested in following up the topic more.
