For Black Coffee, which brand is Good?

I started drinking (black) Coffee only a few months back so pardon my ignorance but I can't fathom why these brands charge such a high price when offline Pure Arabica is available for Rs 500-550/kg. Robusta is much cheaper at Rs 350/kg.

LIMBO wrote:

I started drinking Coffee only a few months back so pardon my ignorance but I can't fathom why these brands charge such a high price when offline Pure Arabica is available for Rs 500-550/kg. Robusta is much cheaper at Rs 350/kg.

Where? 😳

LIMBO wrote:

I started drinking Coffee only a few months back so pardon my ignorance but I can't fathom why these brands charge such a high price when offline Pure Arabica is available for Rs 500-550/kg. Robusta is much cheaper at Rs 350/kg.

Pure Arabica is available for Rs 500-550/kg. Robusta is much cheaper at Rs 350/kg.

where?

Jairaj wrote:

Where? 😳

South Karnataka. @kukdookoo

Edit: One of the three major coffee growing districts. 

Edit2: Price/50kg (but before the fully processed stage) https://cpa.o...n/

@Jairaj

all are bad in india

buy the beens and grind them yourself 

LIMBO wrote:

South Karnataka. @kukdookoo

available online?

woodfield753 wrote:

@Jairaj

all are bad in india

buy the beens and grind them yourself 

buy the beens and grind them yourself

online available?

kukdookoo wrote:
available online?

I had come across some brands on Amazon including CCD being sold for around Rs 650-700/kg. Gauging the quality was difficult (coffee snobs seemed to abound) so I went with offline. 

LIMBO wrote:

I had come across some brands on Amazon including CCD being sold for around Rs 650-700/kg. Gauging the quality was difficult (coffee snobs seemed to abound) so I went with offline. 

can u share link please?local one's give u beans in open packet?

kukdookoo wrote:

can u share link please?local one's give u beans in open packet?

https://www.amazon.in/Coffee-Day-roasted-beans/...

There's another variant selling at Rs 700. 

Sealed packets. Most people seem to buy packets of Robusta blended with Chicory which is the least expensive option. It's good for South Indian filter coffee but black coffee apparently calls for the pure form. Reliance sells a few South Indian brands that range from Rs 300-350/kg. 85% Coffee (presumably Robustsa) + 15% Chicory. 

Davidoff Espresso if you are looking for instant coffee.

LIMBO wrote:

https://www.amazon.in/Coffee-Day-roasted-beans/...

There's another variant selling at Rs 700. 

Sealed packets. Most people seem to buy packets of Robusta blended with Chicory which is the least expensive option. It's good for South Indian filter coffee but black coffee apparently calls for the pure form. Reliance sells a few South Indian brands that range from Rs 300-350/kg. 85% Coffee (presumably Robustsa) + 15% Chicory. 

Is this original ccd?south indian coffee, especially filter one's are not good for on the go as filtration is required.so looking for mix and drink thing.can we get coffee beans at cheaper price somewhere and then crush them ourselves?

The best Indian brewed black coffee I found is Smoky Falls Tribe coffee from Meghalaya. It has an unique flavour and body. Its pure coffee and no chicory.. But availability is an issue. Its available sometimes on Amazon and at the Meghalaya House located at Kolkata and New Delhi. Its very suitable for french press, so even useful on the go, all you need is hot water. I use the Instacuppa french press as it has in-built insulation and can keep hot for about an hour.

A close second would be the Araku Valley coffee. 

kukdookoo wrote:
Is this original ccd?south indian coffee, especially filter one's are not good for on the go as filtration is required.so looking for mix and drink thing.can we get coffee beans at cheaper price somewhere and then crush them ourselves?

It seems so. 

One can get the beans or get it ground. I wasn't sure if my bog standard grinder-mixer would handle it well or not so I go for the latter. I am using the Chalni method! as displayed in the Blue Tokai website. Gonna buy a Moka pot sometime later. 

Blue Tokai is amazing.

But Koraput coffee is OMG. 

bikidas2060 wrote:

Blue Tokai is amazing.

But Koraput coffee is OMG. 

Until a few months ago I wasn't aware that coffee was also grown in Odisha! 

https://www.reddit.com/r/IndiaC...e/ Many Redditors have managed to get the coffee beans delivered directly from the plantations majorly based in Karnataka. 

kukdookoo wrote:

buy the beens and grind them yourself

online available?

there are open farmer markets for that you will have to find some people from other part of india to courer you the beens 

one of my friend gets it for me as he orders for himself and his family he gives me some too they are really good 

love it fresh and smell is mindblowing