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I don't like drinking milk or have a big sweet tooth so can't even fathom drinking multiple of those things a day.
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I don't touch them either. Ridiculous levels of sugar.I don't like drinking milk or have a big sweet tooth so can't even fathom drinking multiple of those things a day.
I don't touch them either. Ridiculous levels of sugar.
Same with "sports drinks". Defeats the purpose; do a workout, consume a sports drink and put all the calories back on again.
Even (natural) fruit juice has too much sugar IMO, rarely drink that either..
and food colouring..Sports drinks are a marketing winner. 'Electrolytes! Isotonic!'. It's mostly sugar and water.
I like to order a medium latte from the Macca drive through while my kid sleeps in the back of the car
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Spot on. Everyone get a moka pot.Get a moka pot, I love waking up and making coffee with it.
I use aldi coffee in a Sunbeam machine and its bloody good and cheapI use them at home with what ever supermarket ground stuff I can afford at the time. I usually buy Vittoria Evo, Oro or Mountain Grown, because they're often heavily discounted to 15 to 20 bucks a kg, which is good for any half-decent coffee. Some coffee snobs will say that all supermarket coffee is crap, but f'ark, fancy stuff can cost 2 or 4 times as much, or even more.
Yeah - whilst I prefer my local roaster’s coffee, it’s not four times as good as what I can get at Aldi for a quarter of the price.I use aldi coffee in a Sunbeam machine and its bloody good and cheap
ALDI, Black Bag Roasters has invested time creating sustainable coffee products to ensure every coffee bean has been sourced responsibly and ethically. This means that all of the Lazzio and Just Organic coffee that is supplied to ALDI is either Fairtrade or UTZ Certified.Yeah - whilst I prefer my local roaster’s coffee, it’s not four times as good as what I can get at Aldi for a quarter of the price.
That said, the price of coffee is way too low. Anything ethically sourced is going to be a lot more expensive than what you can get at the supermarket.
Honestly, I don’t really rate certifications like that. They’re better than nothing, but coffee is a really labour intensive crop and the commodity price a bean fetches is nowhere near enough.ALDI, Black Bag Roasters has invested time creating sustainable coffee products to ensure every coffee bean has been sourced responsibly and ethically. This means that all of the Lazzio and Just Organic coffee that is supplied to ALDI is either Fairtrade or UTZ Certified.
Really? Which brands?
Not just farmers who produce coffee beans.At the end of the day you have to look at the price on the bag, and I can’t imagine the farmers who produce Aldi’s beans are getting anywhere near a fair price.
You really think that some little roaster is going to deal directly with farmers ???Honestly, I don’t really rate certifications like that. They’re better than nothing, but coffee is a really labour intensive crop and the commodity price a bean fetches is nowhere near enough.
At the end of the day you have to look at the price on the bag, and I can’t imagine the farmers who produce Aldi’s beans are getting anywhere near a fair price.
I think the only way to be comfortable that your coffee is really, genuinely ethically sourced is to buy it from a roaster who gets it direct from the farmer.
Ive got a different version of that but havent used it for years,it made a good coffee thoughAs well as having stainless steel reusable pods for my machine, am thinking of buying this for an alternative
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Direct trade is a thing. You will probably find that it is the way most fourth wave roasters source their beans.You really think that some little roaster is going to deal directly with farmers ???
The major difference is commodity vs non-commodity prices. When the product is fungible, the producer is at the mercy of the market’s lowest price (which in the case of coffee is punishingly low).Google UTZ and Fair trade and then tell me how the little roaster is going to ensure his product is fairer
The major difference in price between the little guy and the multinational is buying power not a better price to the farmer.
Agree terroir is important but Australias great coffee reputation like its wine is based on blends of different varieties with different roasts/fermentations from multiple regions to get a complex taste and good balanced depth of flavour.Direct trade is a thing. You will probably find that it is the way most fourth wave roasters source their beans.
The major difference is commodity vs non-commodity prices. When the product is fungible, the producer is at the mercy of the market’s lowest price (which in the case of coffee is punishingly low).
I'm the first to admit that specialty coffee can be a bit of a wank, but it rejects the idea that a bean is just a bean. This means that farmers can build the reputation and value of their coffee (similar to how a vigneron in France can build the reputation and value of his grapes).
A fourth wave roaster who buys via direct trade from specialty producers is not only cutting out the middle man, but paying a higher price to ensure provenance and quality. I feel that is a better and more sustainable industry model.
It does unfortunately mean that the hip pocket nerve takes a bit of a jolt when the bag hits the shelf. But I would say that is because supermarket coffee is fundamentally underpriced compared to required production efforts - not the other way around.
Aldi had Brazilian single origin for $11 a kilo last time I was there.How much is Aldi coffee?
You can usually find locally fresh roasted stuff for $25-30/kg.
I think ours is about $40 from Merlo.Aldi had Brazilian single origin for $11 a kilo last time I was there.
By comparison, my local roaster’s Brazilian single origin is $44 a kilo. It’s good, but it’s not four times better.
On the other hand you know exactly which farms they sourced it from, when it was harvested, what the production method was, and so forth.