A couple months ago I was contacted by the lovely people at Cafe de Cuba and Fixx Coffee who had noticed that I drink a lot of coffee. Anyone who know me, knows I love my coffee. Love it.
Anyway, the team at Cafe de Cuba asked me whether I would be interested in reviewing some coffee – a new Organic coffee and a decaf that they were introducing to their lines. Of course, loving coffee as I do I jumped at the chance.
A couple weeks later I arrived home from work one day to find a fab hamper with a bag of Really Good Organic Coffee, a bag of Decaf coffee, and a sample bag of CHA teas, as well as a tin of CHA Pure Green Tea.
The Really Good Organic Coffee is just that. Really Good.
“Well balanced and extremely smooth, with subtle vanilla and chocolate flavours. Sourced from small Peruvian farms averaging less than two hectares in size, our coffee beans meets internationally defined organic standards”
At first, I found the coffee a little bitter and strong for my liking, but I think that was more to do with my “heaped” serving spoon quantities. The coffee is great. It is really smooth coffee and I really enjoyed it. It is available from the Cafe de Cuba website in 250g bags of either roasted beans or roasted and ground coffee. It is priced at €8.50 per bag.
Now, I have always been reluctant to order decaf. I would rather order nothing than have decaf in the past. However, I was pleasantly surprised by this coffee. I have drank a number of cups of decaf that have been watery, tasteless or just plain nasty but this decaf from Cafe de Cuba tastes really like good coffee. It is 99.9% caffeine free, which complies with EU standards. I have found it perfect for my mid-afternoon coffee break without it affecting my sleep. Which is always good. Again, it is available in 250g bags of roasted and ground coffee, or roasted beans. The roasted and ground coffee retails at €8 while the roasted whole beans are on special at the moment for €7.
The two coffees I was sent were mostly brewed in the cafetiere while I made a couple of the Really Good Organic brews in my moka pot. Both were great but the moka pot, as you can imagine was really strong. A lot stronger than I would usually drink and I had to water it down quite a bit. You may need to play around with the serving sizes to get the strength of coffee you want.
As well as coffees, Cafe de Cuba are also the exclusive distributors of CHA teas. The flavour varieties are all real teas – not infused, and have naturally extracted flavours in pure form. I can personally vouch for the Mango flavour which smells amazing, and has a hint of sweet mango about it, without it being overpowering. The CHA teas are for sale from the Cafe de Cuba website and are €6.50 per tin.
Overall, I loved all the products that I was sent by Cafe de Cuba. The bags of coffee seem a little pricey for drinking every day (especially in the quantities that I drink them in) but I do plan on picking up a fresh bag of each next time I am in Dublin to have in the fridge. Especially the decaf.
Cafe de Cuba have a great selection of gift packs at the moment on their website that would be perfect for the coffee and tea lover in your life this Christmas. They also ship worldwide and have a handy guide on their homepage letting you know when to get your order in to ensure delivery before Christmas. Why not mix and match the different coffees and treat yourself to a cafetiere while you are at it.
Enjoy,
Orls
I was sent a the coffees and tea above free of charge by Cafe de Cuba for reviewing purposes, but the opinions are my own.
