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"big brand poor coffe avoid!"

"it’s very bitter and the beans are kind of oily or wet they stick to the packaging and because of that it doesn’t go down well to the grinder in the coffee machine"

"i am extremely disappointed and now one £350 coffee machine down and sitting with 5 bags of coffee beans that i will need to throw away"

"i was a bit afraid about the quality of the beans after reading the reviews but i shouldn't have"

"even with a course grind they deliver inconsistent weights of ground beans as some areas of the package appear to be drier than others"

"i suspect that they are well past their best and have begun to degrade pretty badly"

"damaged product arrived"

"i am extremely disappointed and now one £350 coffee machine down and sitting with 5 bags of coffee beans that i will need to throw away"

"horrible flavour and smells gone off"

"but i expected a darker taste"

"i've now experimented with most of the amazon whole coffee bean products and sadly most of them are not worth bothering with"

"ok i don't collect loyalty stars but with the lockdown my gold card will expire before things get back to normal : my one concern is their oiliness i like a dark roast for my espresso but i'm noticing i need to clean sticky residues from around the discharge chute"

"only realised the date once i had opened a bag tasted disgustingly old even once ground"

"extreme oil beans"

"they often taste pretty foul as extraction is so inconsistent"

"waste of money"

"the sales listing should give the buyer more information about the product they are purchasing"

"it's just a few extra minutes each week nothing serious but i hope it doesn't totally gum up the m c time will tell"

"even with a course grind they deliver inconsistent weights of ground beans as some areas of the package appear to be drier than others"

"there does seem to be some variability with a tendency towards too much bitterness or even a slightly burnt flavour but overall it's a very good coffee especially when on an amazon offer"

"for starters they are super oily they need a very course grind as anything finer causes the espresso to over extract"

"however they are not espresso beans"

"bitter and to expensive"

"the product date on the bags were 03 06 2020"

"one thing though its not at all acidic like some beans i've bought they are very greasy though and i find i have to clean the machine more more often since using these"

"ok i don't collect loyalty stars but with the lockdown my gold card will expire before things get back to normal : my one concern is their oiliness i like a dark roast for my espresso but i'm noticing i need to clean sticky residues from around the discharge chute"

"but these beans just are not right"

"you know that lovely smell you get when you first open grind coffee it's not there"

"for the price its great however the taste is so varied its crazy"

"they were produced in september 2019 so they are not exactly fresh!"

"the coffee machine has a way of setting the strength higher and that is not even enough 👍"

"roughly 6 weeks to expiry so not that long"

"taste is ok and quite like in a starbucks store but i dread to think the damage these will cause my £400 machine if i put any more through"

"these ones are very greasy and the ones purchased from starbucks are not!"

"i’ll never buy again"

"i won't be buying these again"

"returned for refund although the 3 4 of the bag sucked out of the hopper with the vacuum cleaner have gone in the bin so do not despair if you pick my returns up in a "warehouse" deal"

"i knew there was something wrong as soon as my bean to cup tried to brew its first cup with them"

"the ones in the local supermarket to me seem to have a good year on the date before use so maybe these are old stock trying to shift?"

"these are the worst coffee beans i have ever purchased and i have definitely went through a lot"

"i usually buy coffee beans by the kilo but they can go dry over the month"

"in fact they are sometimes so sticky that the beans get stuck together and won't even drop into out of the bean filler and into the grinder"

"though very bitter"

"it is the worst coffee bean i have come across"

"i was so impressed with the taste of the coffee that i bought a bag of beans to try in my bean to cup machine and i haven't been disappointed"

"really bitter tasting coffee"

"as you can see from other photos the roast is incredibly uneven leading to a mixed flavour"

"just about the worst espresso i've ever had from these"

"leaves a sour aftertaste"

"mediocre beans"

"they don't stand up to being used alone as they lack aroma and have a thin taste i use a proper posh bean to cup machine "

"burnt nasty tasting inconsistent roast"

"sweaty beans unpleasant taste"

"oily due to oxidation and causing staleness in addition to this they are roasted and burnt"

"i've bought a fair few brands of coffee beans from here and these taste rather bitter"

"the taste is terrible and the body and after taste even worse"

"pretty awful"

"i would keep it on my shelf just because i feel guilt free drinking a lot of it but it is poor coffee overall"

"got as a replacement bean for a cheaper decision"

"this is actually the second time i’ve purchased them and i wasn’t overly impressed the first"

"i've been grinding coffee beans for years now & pelican rouge are by far the best coffee beans i've come across for some time excellent strength & flavour with a smooth caffeine rush to get you fired up on the slowest of mornings"

"have tried many and can't take most supermarket own brand rough taste and that feeling they are coating your teeth"

"hi guys i have bought various pelican rouge coffee beans over the past couple of years and not had a problem with any until now my latest delivery has no flavour or strength at first i thought my grinder had packed up but having ground the coffee manually as well i still have the same problem its so weak it has a good date on it but for some reason no flavour the beans do not have a aroma either i guess i may have received a bad batch"

"i returned this"

"bland weak blend coffee with no flavour or body"

"have had to turn the grind to a little coarser on my delonghi bean to cup machine so that it’s not over extracted and bitter"

"sure everyone likes different things but if you are usually drinking premium coffee such as kimbo don’t waste your money on this"

"i felt ill for hours after drinking this"

"cannot fault this product"

"hi guys i have bought various pelican rouge coffee beans over the past couple of years and not had a problem with any until now my latest delivery has no flavour or strength at first i thought my grinder had packed up but having ground the coffee manually as well i still have the same problem its so weak it has a good date on it but for some reason no flavour the beans do not have a aroma either i guess i may have received a bad batch"

"to me it tasted over roasted and the flavour was thin and weak"

"doesn’t blow your mind but we don’t need that in our everyday coffee anyway"

"but they are pretty standard and i can't complain too much the are slightly above average in taste and i'm happy with that for the price"

"seriously for £9 and if you drink a lot of coffee you can't go much wrong"

"the resulting coffee produced is smooth strong but with little bitterness"

"beans were dry cheap mix or poor quality robusta with a terrible after taste"

"like a cheap wine"

"it reminded me of cheap ill tasking beans i bought in vietnam"

"really bland coffee with very little taste"

"have had to turn the grind to a little coarser on my delonghi bean to cup machine so that it’s not over extracted and bitter"

"i brew with a bean to cup machine and even on max strength this is a very poor coffee"

"i'll be ordering another bag once this one starts to deplete"

"what a mistake!"

"awesome if that is your taste but it's not mine!"

"my partner not as much as a coffee lover as i am didn't particularly like it so it may not be for the faint of hearts"

"but i wish i hadn’t read the customer reviews as i shall now have to try the other blends in this range"

"i would keep it on my shelf just because i feel guilt free drinking a lot of it but it is poor coffee overall"

"however this blend unknown is not very good tasting"

"it tastes like something is missing whilst you are drinking it"

"i buy these as they are cheap and i do have them on a subscription"

"nor am i keen on certain chains known to leave you with a headache"

"one previous review mentioned the weight of the bag was only 900grams for what should be 1kg and so i weighed mine when it arrived and it weighs just over a kilo so even more coffee for price!"

"i've got fed up with spending £3 £4 on 227g only to be disappointed"

"really bland coffee with very little taste"

"it's not the best coffee i've ever had but it's a long way from being the worst"

"beans were dry cheap mix or poor quality robusta with a terrible after taste"

"have had to turn the grind to a little coarser on my delonghi bean to cup machine so that it’s not over extracted and bitter"

"my pal enjoyed it as she is new to the coffee world so it wasnt wasted but dont expect anything unique about this bean"

"very bad tasting coffee"

"i usually buy lavazza qualita rossa beans and thought i'd try these for a change"

"the powdery dryness that these grind into seems devoid of any oils"

"we did not enjoy the flavour of this coffe but it was ok but will not be purcashing again sorry"

"just not to my taste"