Boil in the bag coffee??? (Lyons One Cup Fresh Ground Coffee)

Member Name: honey000

Product:	Lyons One Cup Fresh Ground Coffee
Date:	19/08/09 (88 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Taste great - reasonable price, ethical company

Disadvantages: not as cheap as instant

I am addicted to coffee having loved the taste as long as I can remember,but being pregnant I have had to cut down the amount that I drink so am limited to one cup a day.

With that in mind I decided to try out these Lyons one cup fresh ground coffee sachets / bags. They are available from most supermarkets, (Asda, Tesco, Sainsburys) and are priced in my local shop at £1.89 for 18 bags.

They come in both caffeinated and decaff versions (which is brilliant as I can have the real one to wake me up and a pretend coffee with my chocolate fix later in the day!)

Lyons try to market themselves as a Rainforest Alliance company which means that they make responsible decisions about their coffee growing locations and also pay the farmers a fair wage for the products. I don't feel that Lyon's prices add too much of a premium for this fact, but would be willing to pay a little more for fairtrade coffee so that is a definite benefit.

Use
The best thing about these bags is how easy they are to use. They come in individual foil wrapped packs so you just open the foil and pop the bag into a cup. Add boiling water and allow to steep for 3-5 minutes. Add milk and sugar if you like! I find that it helps to squeeze the bag with a spoon to make it stronger.

Taste
I was a bit sceptical about the idea of a coffee bag but this really does taste like cafetiere coffee - the bags are much larger than tea bags so have real ground coffee in them. The coffee is a 3 out of 5 for strength on the Lyons scale but seems fine to me!

Benefits
These are much cheaper than buying a filter coffee at a coffee shop - compare around 10p a mug to £1.50+ and you have a bargain. The best thing is that as they are individually wrapped you can take one to work with you and it beats the machine coffee that we have at my work!

The decaf ones taste just as good as they real ones too which is nice for those of us that love our coffee taste but cant have too much caffeine!

Definitely one to try.

Summary: I won't go back to instant coffee