Pls recommend ground coffee powder.

[keenklee]

just bought this from supermarket, about $5, got coffee taste but not fragrant, so not so satisfied.

(using coffee filter bag for this)

any recommendations?

IMHO.
How the coffee is made plays a crucial part.

 

[iammole]

is there anyway to tell if the bean are not roasted with butter or margarine?

it's never butter coz butter is expensive and can't take high heat, it's always margarine that's used.

Unless specifically stated no margarine is used, otherwise can safely assumed it's added by default for "Nanyang coffee"

 

[testerjp]

Powder means the bean broken up to thousands of pieces and exposed inside out to oxidise. By a week from grinding it's totally stale and is worth nothing.

And these coffee are those trashy kind that is rossted with margarine, using the lowest of the lowest quality beans. Added with sugar, maize as fillers, msg and other enhancers to cook you a pack of carcinogen.

Besides oxidation, it's also affected by uv light. No decent roasters will put into a transparent bag like that. This bag is at best used as fertilizer.

 

[PiKa]

Lam Yeo uses foiled bags for their artisian blends!

 

[DragonFire]

is there anyway to tell if the bean are not roasted with butter or margarine?

uh use your nose. Beans roasted with sugar and additives have a distinct profile. Our nanyang and vietnamese roasts are all done woth additives. That is one reason why our kopi tastes so different from say a americano or expresso.

 

[Overture1928]

I lazy, prefer already grounded ones where I can buy off supermarket or online Shopee.

If you have spare cash, invest in an electric grinder

Freshly ground beans really hits different. You can also adjust the coarseness to suit your taste.

When I was gifted pre-ground powder, they were good only for the first few drinks. If you insist on using pre-ground ones, then I’ll suggest to give Vietnamese brands a go.

But I think they roasted their beans with cocoa, sugar and some other additives which is why the taste tend to be more consistent ‘cause it has been thoroughly rojak-ed

 

[DragonFire]

Powder means the bean broken up to thousands of pieces and exposed inside out to oxidise. By a week from grinding it's totally stale and is worth nothing.

And these coffee are those trashy kind that is rossted with margarine, using the lowest of the lowest quality beans. Added with sugar, maize as fillers, msg and other enhancers to cook you a pack of carcinogen.

Besides oxidation, it's also affected by uv light. No decent roasters will put into a transparent bag like that. This bag is at best used as fertilizer.

This one btw I put it through my grading sieve to see if I could get something I could brew without a sock, boulders be damned. It is something like 30% by volume microfine dust that passed the 0.6mm holes of my sieve.

 

[Ender]

The best are those grind into powder that included insect parts.

 

[DragonFire]

The best are those grind into powder that included insect parts.

All our ground coffee regardless of grade contains ground insect parts. Any plant based food does. I don’t think there is any detectable flavor profile identifiable though, since the content is probably measured in the micrograms per serving.

I raise you the the best are those grind into powder that have been in the anus of a civet cat.

 

[keewee0415]

Go to Fairprice Xtra at VivoCity Tiong Hoe booth at B2.

You can smell the beans first then ask them to roast and grind to your specifications.

 

[ceestudent]

Go to Fairprice Xtra at VivoCity Tiong Hoe booth at B2.

You can smell the beans first then ask them to roast and grind to your specifications.

You ask people who buy 5$ coffee mixture to buy from tiong hoe? Seriously?
It is like asking bak chor mee eater to eat pasta instead...haha

 

[keewee0415]

You ask people who buy 5$ coffee mixture to buy from tiong hoe? Seriously?
It is like asking bak chor mee eater to eat pasta instead...haha

Let them eat cake no good meh?

 

[zueinder]

Asking for ground coffee recommendation is really ironic. Coffee always improves greatly from being freshly ground. Even chains like Ya Kun and Toastbox try to do this and not pre-grind their coffee in large quantities.

 

[fade_white]

Previously when I was still hardworking enough to brew my own coffee, I got them from nylon coffee roasters.

 

[KPO_SAHM]

just bought this from supermarket, about $5, got coffee taste but not fragrant, so not so satisfied.

(using coffee filter bag for this)

any recommendations?

Nanyang kopi is mixed with corns n margarine! And fried till burnt. I don drink such kopi. I prefer ucc

 

[KPO_SAHM]

is there anyway to tell if the bean are not roasted with butter or margarine?

When u brew ur kopi, u would see a layer of oil. Why don buy ucc?

 

[DragonFire]

Asking for ground coffee recommendation is really ironic. Coffee always improves greatly from being freshly ground. Even chains like Ya Kun and Toastbox try to do this and not pre-grind their coffee in large quantities.

Well I have to admit even as I am a coffee snob, I do keep pre-ground coffee around because time is needed for good coffee to be made, and sometimes life and poor planning doesn't allow the time to baby a brew. My preferred cheap and easy pre-grind is a blue can from Key. Available in NTUC I believe. Or was it Donki. Not recommending to TS because the taste is completely different from Nanyang.

Shhh. I even have instant coffee sticks for the most desperate of times. I found this rather pricey brand called Avalanche which makes passable instant coffee. Especially so that they are diabetic friendly. I can't drink any 2-1 or 3-1 ordinarily.

 

[ceestudent]

Btw, this product ingredients is 50% coffee powder, 50% (maize, sugar and margarine). No wonder it is only 10$ per kg... cheapest coffee bean is around 25-30$/kg. what you can expect from coffee powder with main ingredient only 50%?
See from here: https://www.coffeehock.com.sg/products/2898-coffee-mixture?variant=52088356503712

Yes, kopitiam use this with sock. But you need to see the amount of coffee they used per cup. It is way more than just 1 small sachet. Some more the kopi maker will extract it few times.

 

[zueinder]

Well I have to admit even as I am a coffee snob, I do keep pre-ground coffee around because time is needed for good coffee to be made, and sometimes life and poor planning doesn't allow the time to baby a brew. My preferred cheap and easy pre-grind is a blue can from Key. Available in NTUC I believe. Or was it Donki. Not recommending to TS because the taste is completely different from Nanyang.

Shhh. I even have instant coffee sticks for the most desperate of times. I found this rather pricey brand called Avalanche which makes passable instant coffee. Especially so that they are diabetic friendly. I can't drink any 2-1 or 3-1 ordinarily.

Huh? Electric grinder how expensive? You ok boh?

 

[DragonFire]

Btw folk here should give chicory coffee a spin. In WW2, coffee was limited and often chicory root was used as a substitute. I've always been meaning to order in a batch to see what it really tastes like.