Spiller & Tait Signature Blend

These are legitimately 5 star coffee beans! Now I’ve had them I won’t be switching anytime soon. I am used to spending around £17-18 for 1kg of coffee beans anyways, but for a slight increase of a few pounds the increase in quality is so noticeable! These beans are perfect if you want your coffee to give you more oomph without the jitters you get from cheaper caffeine. Worth every penny, they grind easy, they smell just right and taste amazing!

I’ve been buying these beans via Amazon Subscribe & Save since May 2020 and I wanted to provide some data points to help you decide whether they are right for you. 1. Roasting. The roasting is fairly light: there is consistently no discernible oil on the outside of the beans. IMHO, this is good, as it means the ground coffee doesn’t adhere to the grinder (in my case a quite old Dualit burr grinder). I appreciate this because it means less mess. 2. Freshness. In other words, time from roasting (reported as “Roasted: Month/Year” on the packet) to delivery. This was one of my major concerns before going down the subscription route. Data for 12 deliveries over the course of nearly 2 years is as follows: Zero months from roast to arrival: 0 occurrences. One month from roast to arrival: 9. Two months from roast to arrival: 1. Three months from roast to arrival: 1. Eight months from roast to arrival: 1. All others zero. The major outlier is obviously the eight month delay. However I have to say even in that case the beans were perfectly ok, just maybe without some of the subtler caramel/vanilla type aroma (see below). 3. Quantity and frequency of delivery. I like to make a 1 litre cafetière of medium strength coffee every morning (using about 30g of beans, coarsely ground). A 1kg bag lasts me almost precisely a month at this rate of consumption. I say almost; I end up skipping about one delivery per year as I have excess beans. So probably it’s about 11/12ths of a kg per month. Anyway this is within the margin of variability due to having more, or fewer, visitors; being away, or not, etc. Using almost exactly one bag per month makes the Amazon Subscribe and Save purchasing option very convenient. 4. Consistency. All the properties of the beans described here have been consistent throughout the nearly two years I’ve been buying them. 5. Flavour. Becoming subjective now, but I find a well-balanced blend without acidity or excess bitterness from over-roasting. There are caramel/toffee, vanilla, dried fruit and light spice and tobacco notes to the aroma. Probably to a greater degree because there is a blend of beans, the flavour and aroma evolves significantly as a cafetière of coffee steeps.

Update 4: So my latest batch of this coffee (ordered April-22) was roasted Nov-21. It tastes OK, but not too happy about the dates as this is in no way classed as "Freshly roasted" by anyone's standards! Dropping 1 star simply because of this. Update 3: so I’ve now tried a few different beans and simply cannot find anything that performs as consistently as this. It is excellent coffee. I’ve also updated how I make mine where it’s 2 heaped tablespoons per mug. Frothing the milk I no longer cold froth first, just go straight for hot froth. Also don’t add the sugar to the milk, add it to the cup, pour the coffee on, stir it and add in the frothed milk. Perfect 👍 Update 2: so tried the 4 bean sample pack and while the coffee was nice, I still prefer this overall so will be sticking with this from now on, great coffee. Update: so I’ve now tried one that was the highest ranking/most popular on Amazon at time of purchase (Lavazza Rosso) which is cheaper, and it is not a patch on this. Taste is so subjective I fully appreciate that and don’t get me wrong, the Lavazza is OK, this however is just a different level. For me anyway. I’ve since purchased the 4 bean sample pack from spillers just to see if their signature blend is indeed the best of the lot. Will report back. Original review: This has been my first venture into doing my own bean coffee at home after this lockdown kicked in and after a few trial and errors and some tweaks, I think I’ve got it sussed for my liking. Either that or I’m just getting used to it. I don’t have scales (yet) so I’m using tablespoons to try and measure out 3 level spoon fulls into a blender. I grind the beans in the blender (NutriBullet with milling blade) for 7-8 seconds which gives a medium fine grind. I pre-heat the french press then pour all the grinds in to the press and just less than half full it with water that’s off boil (about 90°) and stir and leave for 3-4 minutes. On to the milk, I pour about 250ml of milk into a frother, add 2 sugars and cold froth the milk twice then hot froth it. I then pour a generous amount of the coffee into the bottom of the mug and layer on the frothed milk and I end up with a big mug of something between a latte and a cappuccino and it’s fab

Makes for a really good cup of cappuccino. I will purchase again

Finally a coffee that tastes like coffee. I have been trying many different brands And many were either not fresh enough to get the most out of the beans. These have an oily look and seam very fresh they produce a rich crema with a powerful taste. For those who like that kick these are great

Good tasting coffee is a subjective matter. I read several reviews and took a risk. While it would not rank in my top 3, it was drinkable and on the whole decent. It was less smooth than I was expecting and took a cpl more scoops to get the strength I like. All the same it did what I needed for the morning - wake me up!

Nice everyday coffee, bought at the discounted price. Pleasant taste, well ballanced not too strong/weak & not bitter

I’ve been buying the signature blend for some years now and have recommended to others who are also now hooked. I like the distinctive, smooth, slightly caramely, nutty taste and for me it is the best all round blend. I have used lavazza, Illy and many others but I prefer this. If you are an espresso purist you might prefer their espresso roast but to me it makes a good espresso if you keep it short and strong, so many people seem to think an espresso is a kind of Americano in a small cup rather than the first few sips of intense liquid from the beans. The signature blend makes the perfect cappuccino full of flavour and the caramel flavour comes into its own, without the need for added flavourings and sprinklings of god knows what. My one criticism is that recently there does seem to have been some inconsistency in the blend, some bags are perfect but occasionally you do get a bag which has a slightly burnt tinge and lacks the characteristic flavours that make it so good. I’ve only noticed this in the last six months and it doesn’t happen very often but it is annoying. Luckily it’s still very drinkable and we get through a bag fairly quickly.

Arrivato per tempo, un giorno in anticipo. Il caffè è buonissimo, estremamente dolce e gradevole, con note di caramello, nocciola e cioccolata tipiche dell'espresso italiano, senza lo sgradevole amaro che si incontra facilmente nelle tostature medio-scure (e scure) come questa. L'estrazione soddisfacente, densa e cremosa fa pensare che i chicchi siano stati tostati effettivamente, come promesso, poco tempo prima della spedizione, e questo su una piattaforma come Amazon non è affatto scontato. Basandomi sulla mia esperienza, rapporto qualità-prezzo eccellente.

Está bien. Acidez un poco excesiva y los aromas de tostado no están del todo logrados. Es demasiado caro para lo que termina siendo, en realidad. Las cosas como son y esto es lo que hay.

Ich habe diesen Kaffee zum ersten Mal bei Amazon UK bestellt und nun festgestellt, dass er auch hier erhältlich ist. Nun fragt man sich vielleicht, warum jemand Kaffee in England bestellt? Ich probiere gerne neue Sachen aus, die man nicht an jeder Ecke in Deutschland kaufen kann, also warum nicht auch Kaffee. Und was soll ich sagen? Ich finde ihn wirklich klasse. Egal ob als Espresso oder als Crema, pur oder mit Milch, einfach toll! Nicht zu bitter, nicht zuviel Säure und ein tolles Aroma. Ich trinke ihn aus einem Saeco-Vollautomaten, er soll aber auch für alle anderen denkbaren Zubereitungsarten gut geeignet sein. Und was auch toll ist: Er kommt frisch geröstet nach Hause (am 11.02.17 erhalten mit Röstmonat Februar). Zwar soll man ja Kaffee auch nicht zu frisch trinken, man sagt aber auch, dass er drei Monate nach Röstung an Aroma verliert. Und bei normaler Supermarkt-Ware kennt man das Röstdatum meistens gar nicht. Fazit: Wer einen guten Espresso / Kaffee zu schätzen weiß, macht hier definitiv nichts falsch.

No es disponsible para 4 meses!

ottimo