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All images shown in the links above were shot using an Iberital L'anna hand fill machine, an Iberital MC2 grinder and Happy Donkey Classic Italian Coffee Beans.

Customer Feedback:

  • "Anyway, there can be no doubt your Italian blend is just *sexual*. I've never had coffee this fresh .. or this good. Even in Spain or Italy."
  • "have tried lots of other beans but keep coming back to these. Get a lovely rich shot with perfect balance between smooth/caramel and acidic/woody tastes, and the crema is always off the charts"
  • "This coffee is better than the L*****a we've been using, and it's cheaper"
  • "wow thanks for the coffee it works a treat in my Gaggia i'm very happy now, will be in touch"
  • "our customers love it"
  • "It's really good, i'm selling more now and am getting more regular customers every day"
  • "you were right it is really good, we haven't had a single complaint since we started using it"
  • "just a note to say thank you so much for this fantastic coffee, it's exactly what I was looking for"
  • "just want to thank you for a speedy delivery of my classiic italian coffee beans which taste fantastic from my rancilio machine i will get these again for sure thank you"

Italian coffee beans.

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Many say that the best Italian Coffee Beans to use are those blends composed from beans of several different origins as opposed to just a couple. We agree with that statement and we spent a long time getting the blend for our Classic Italian beans exactly right.

The requirement was for a high bodied blend with a medium acidity and a good after taste, an easy to use and satisfying full bodied and rounded flavour.

A coffee that was easy to work with, after all let's face it, as much as we would all love to have the time to spend getting absolute perfection from our machines by adjusting the grind according to humidity and temperature levels, it is not always practical, so it's excellent to have a blend which can still taste great and deliver a fantastic shot if the variables are not 100% correct.

It is nice and often preferable to be able to work with a coffee that is not over demanding, ever find yourself constantly adjusting your coffee grinder to get a decent result? You will not get that with the Classic Italian blend.

This is a coffee blend which always returns a great shot of espresso and a fantastic Crema layer, a coffee that had forgiving qualities that one could comfortably drink at any given time of the day.

Happy Donkey Classic Italian coffee beans will work well with any machine be it domestic or commercial.

The beans are supplied in 500G bags, no matter how much you buy so that you don't have to open a full Kilo bag, that's very advantageous because it means less coffee is exposed to air, coffee beans have oils which evaporate at room temperature, so in an ideal world, it is best to only grind what you believe you will be using in the next 3 hours or so. Once opened, Beans should always be kept in a sealed container placed in the fridge to help keep them fresh.

Research.

Initial research revealed that we needed to get a good blend and a mixture of both Arabica beans and Robusta beans. Arabica beans are typically smooth in taste, whilst Robusta beans are renowned for their high caffeine content.

Cheap Robusta beans can produce a harsh and over acidic taste once extracted, so care had to be taken to choose the correct Robusta, one which wasn't harsh, one which would compliment the Arabica and combine to create a satisfying taste without over taking or hindering the tones and smooth flavour that the we knew the Arabica was capable of.

The Arabica used is grown in South America, whilst the Robusta is grown in Africa. Typically Arabica beans are grown at higher altitudes than Robusta beans and are considered to give a better flavour.

The Arabica plant is a deep rooted plant and it is self pollinating, Arabica is found in small bushes taking around 8 months to grow to maturity, Arabica beans yield less beans per square foot in comparison to Robusta and are consequently more expensive.

Robusta Beans grow on a small tree which can measure as high as 10 Metres tall, the Robusta plants have a shallow and rounded root system and are typically grown in Africa and south east Asia.

Try Our Coffee.

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If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us and we will do our best to help you.

Read more customer comments and a bit about Italian coffee drinking culture in the second part of this article: Click Here