Psst...Fancy A Hit Of Pure Colombian? (Kenco Purely Colombian)

Member Name: kenjohn

Product:	Kenco Purely Colombian
Date:	11/07/02 (184 review reads)
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~ ~ This addiction of mine to caffeine, or more specifically to the caffeine found in coffee, is really starting to go beyond the pale.
Since discovering the joys of Kenco “Really Rich”, (thanks to a brilliant opinion from Keith/snappy) my consumption of the damned stuff has increased to the point where I am now rarely to be found without a mug of it within easy reach. I’ve even bought myself a large flask that I keep in the boot of my taxi, so that I no longer have to suffer the indignity of having to drink the muck that they pass off as coffee in some of the garages and small cafes around my home city of Dublin.

~ ~ One evening recently, I noticed the coffee jar was running a bit low, so I asked my wee lass (she’s eleven) to pick me up another jar at the local Spar supermarket. (she was off to buy one of her favourite Barbie comics) She arrived back to tell me that she couldn’t find any Really Rich, but that she’s bought me a jar of “new” stuff. My immediate reaction was not one of unadulterated pleasure.
“What muck has she come back with now”, I thought. “Please God, don’t let it be that awful Maxwell House rubbish!”
But no. It was Kenco coffee right enough, but a blend I hadn’t noticed before, called “Purely Colombian”.
Never a fella to be accused of being afraid to try something new, on went the kettle, and a (strong) brew was quickly prepared.
Well folks, it may have been bought by accident on the first occasion, but never again, as it is now firmly ensconced in the ‘mad cabbies’ favourite list when he does his shopping.
This coffee is quite simply delicious! A true nectar straight from heaven! (Sorry, make that Bogota!)

~ ~ A bit of background now.
Despite the fact that it has taken me all this time to discover it, Kenco Colombian coffee has actually been around since 1995, when it was launched alon
g with Kenco’s other “single country of origin” blends from Kenya and Costa Rica.
In 1998, it was re-launched under its present marketing banner of Purely Colombian.
What this means, simply, is that the coffee beans used in its production are all sourced and bought in Colombia, a country renowned as having the almost ideal climate for the production of good coffee. Not only this, but Kenco are currently contributing 10 pence from every 100g jar of coffee sold to the WWF, (World Wide Fund for Nature) which goes towards improving the lot of poor coffee growers back in Columbia.
Colombia actually produces no less than 12% of all the coffee grown in the world (second only to Brazil). The coffee grown in Colombia is exclusively “Arabica”, which is recognised as being probably the highest quality grown anywhere. It is also all “washed” before it is sold on, a process that gets rid of many of the impurities and acid in the beans, thus helping to release the true flavour of the coffee.
Kenco then “freeze dry” (as distinct from roasting) the beans, a process that they believe gives the coffee a richer and fuller flavour. (You wont catch me arguing with that!)
Kenco Purely Colombian has a slightly more acidic taste than their “Really Rich” blend, and a little more bite, but it still tastes absolutely wonderful, and slips down the old throat like pure silk.

~ ~ It comes in a brightly coloured glass jar, and thus far, I have only been able to find it in 100g size. The first jar that I bought cost €3.99, (£2.50 Sterling ) which is quoted on a label on the top as being a “Special Trial Price”. Since then, I have been paying €4.63 (£2.90 Sterling) in my local Tesco, so it is a little more expensive than the Really Rich blend that sells at €3.67 (£2.30 Sterling) for the same size.
But it is well worth the difference, in this lad’s opinion. <
br>I haven’t given up the Really Rich though, which I still think is terrific, and now drink either/or of the two different blends as the fancy takes me.
No ingredients list to report to you with this product folks, as it is what it says on the jar.
100% pure Colombian coffee.

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Now I suppose I’ll have to get my hands on a jar of their Kenyan and Costa Rican coffees as well! (ops to follow)
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