I?ll never drink instant again? (Other Coffees)

Member Name: Scough

Product:	Other Coffees
Date:	07/07/04 (382 review reads)
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Advantages: Yummy fresh coffee, Convenient, Affordable

Disadvantages: Hard to find, Not much choice, Have to open with care!

If you prefer the taste of cafetiére or filter coffee, but hate all the hassle involved with making cafetiére and filter coffee, you need coffee bags. I discovered these little bags of joy thanks to my friends and I have not looked back since. Now I?m not promising you that they make coffee as good as cafetiére or filter coffee. One of my friends swears blind that coffee bags are not as good as cafetiére or filter coffee, but then he has always been a bit stuck up. I personally think they are and either way coffee bags are a million times better than instant coffee.

[DISCOVERI NG COFFEE BAGS]

I first discovered coffee bags while travelling around California; I had just arrived in L.A. and was greeted with a nice cup of coffee at the hostel made by my friends who had arrived a few days before me. They had previously been shopping in a supermarket called ?Vons? and one of the things they had bought was ?Vons? own brand regular coffee bags. It was a very nice welcome after a long flight. I brought a box of the bags back home with me and they proved very popular with my family and friends, especially my sister who is addicted to coffee. I was worried that once I had run out I wouldn?t be able to buy them again in this country. But then I found Lyons Fresh Coffee Bags in Tesco, a pack of 18 bags costing only £1.99 ? that?s less than 12p a cup!

[ABOUT LYONS COFFEE BAGS]

Lyons Fresh Coffee Bags 18 Pack 125g

The bags come in a nice medium sized dark green box with white and gold writing on the front, back and sides, with the top of the box proclaiming ?Coffee Perfection Since 1904?. On the front of the box there is a little
tab you can rip off in order to dispense the individual bags one at a time. The bags are individually wrapped in little foil sachets so that they retain their freshness. You have to be careful while opening the sachet; otherwise you might tear the bag inside and spill ground coffee all over the floor. The actual coffee bag looks like a giant round tea bag, contains fresh ground coffee and smells absolutely gorgeous. All you have to do to make a nice cup of fresh coffee is place one bag in a cup, pour on freshly boiled water, leave it to brew for 3 minuets, or longer according to taste, and stir. After it has brewed, squeeze and remove the bag and enjoy a nice fresh cup of coffee. It?s a bit like making tea and you can leave it black or add cream, milk, sugar or whitener according to preference. Personally, I like to add vanilla coffee syrup but then that?s just me. On the side of the box it claims to be a smooth, medium strength coffee with a rating of 3. I?ve found that there isn?t much choice in the supermarket when it comes to coffee bags and Lyons is the only brand I have found in this country. On top of that they are usually located on the bottom shelf and I?ve often found the box to be a bit dusty when I?ve picked them up, but don?t let that put you off. They are far superior to instant coffee in a way that I will never drink instant coffee again, ever... I just hope that Lyons continue to make them!!

[NUTRITION AL INFORMATIO N]

Typical values per bag (7g)
Energy ? 50.1KL/12KAL
Protein ? 1.1G
Carbohydrate ? 2.1G
Fat ? 0.8G
Sodium ? 0.0006G

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