Cost of Nescafe coffee in Poland.

andysterdam wrote:

I'm a bit of a coffee 'purist' and I like to grind my coffee before brewing it to preserve taste, texture, etc. (I also only drink it black, but that's beside the point).

Also, should I bring my grinder or is such a device readily available in Poland?

surreyThreads: 1 Posts: 1 Joined: Mar 30, 08	Mar 30, 08, 09:52 / #
Can anyone tell me the cost of nescafe coffee in Poland please. I am interested in 100gram and 200gram Nescafe original from the cheapest shops ie in other words what is the cheapest you can buy nescafe original 100g 200g for in Poland please?

WroclawThreads: 77 Posts: 7,404 Joined: Apr 1, 06 [Moderator]	Mar 30, 08, 09:56 / #
surrey wrote: I am interested in 100gram and 200gram Nescafe original 100 gram about 12-13zl 200 gram about 20zl It really does depend where you buy it.

surreyThreads: 1 Posts: 1 Joined: Mar 30, 08	Mar 30, 08, 10:01 / #
Thanks

andysterdamThreads: 3 Posts: 46 Joined: Mar 12, 08	Mar 30, 08, 10:06 / #
I'll be moving to Poland soon, but having never been there I was wondering if whole, toasted coffee beans are easily available. I'm a bit of a coffee 'purist' and I like to grind my coffee before brewing it to preserve taste, texture, etc. (I also only drink it black, but that's beside the point). Also, should I bring my grinder or is such a device readily available in Poland?

miranda	Edited by: miranda Mar 30, 08, 10:09 / #
andysterdam wrote: I bring my grinder or is such a device readily available in Poland? bring your own, and as for coffee beans - it is not as available in most stores, unless you are lucky enough to be in a place where there is a speciality store. I would bring some and then find other options of getting your supply while in Poland.

andysterdamThreads: 3 Posts: 46 Joined: Mar 12, 08	Mar 30, 08, 10:40 / #
I take it the 'Starbucks Syndrome' hasn't yet gripped Poland; just as well too. Maybe I'll find a supplier in Warsaw(?). Thanks, miranda! :)

JustysiaSThreads: 15 Posts: 2,869 Joined: Oct 14, 07 MEMBER	Edited by: JustysiaS Mar 30, 08, 11:06 / #
andysterdam wrote: grinder or is such a device readily available in Poland a GRINDER?? Poland has never heard of such an advanced device!! lol, of course you can get them, and i'm sure you wont have any problems with finding coffee beans either. dont panic ;)

miranda	Edited by: miranda Mar 30, 08, 11:16 / #
andysterdam wrote: Maybe I'll find a supplier in Warsaw(?) I am sure you will. My friend runs one of those speciality shops - kind of Polish Coffee shop but with a nicer ambience than Sturbucks in Szczecin. Justysia, I understand where he is coming from - I am a native of Poland, yet I travel with my own baking goods since I don;t want to run around and look for things to the point of exhaustion - which can happen in Poland. I like to make my life easy.

JustysiaSThreads: 15 Posts: 2,869 Joined: Oct 14, 07 MEMBER	Mar 30, 08, 11:32 / #
miranda wrote: I like to make my life easy. i'd never take a coffee grinder or my baking goods anywhere with me, i'd prefer the thrill of hunting them all down by myself, and the feeling of victory and fulfillment after finding them LOL

DaveyThreads: 17 Posts: 436 Joined: Jun 29, 07	Mar 30, 08, 11:40 / #
JustysiaS wrote: a GRINDER?? What? People use coffee grinders for coffee?

VaFunkooloThreads: 7 Posts: 823 Joined: Mar 24, 08	Mar 30, 08, 11:40 / #
I went to a Polish coffee house last year and asked for a cappuccino. Simple enough request, wasn't being flash or anything. I got some sort of nescafe dishwater type stuff in a tall glass with whipped cream and a fukin glacier cherry on top. Slap me round the face with a wet kipper and cosh me over the head with a broken bottle I did my fukin nut. That's a lie actually. The waitress was a lovely women and doing her best so I drank my coffee meakly and said thank you very much.

realcoffeeluver	Mar 30, 08, 12:20 / #
VaFunkoolo wrote: I drank my coffee meakly and said thank you very much. I couldn't do that! I cannot drink a bad cup of coffee for anyone, even if I was dying of thirst! Has to be a good cup of coffee or else! ;-)

realcoffeeluver	Mar 30, 08, 12:24 / #
LondonChick wrote: nyone else dying to know the reason behind the question? School project? Graduate trainee? He/she is just a coffee enthusiast surely? You must be a tea drinker then LC ?

VaFunkooloThreads: 7 Posts: 823 Joined: Mar 24, 08	Edited by: VaFunkoolo Mar 30, 08, 12:27 / #
realcoffeeluver wrote: He/she is just a coffee enthusiast surely? drinking nescafe? Surely not. realcoffeeluver wrote: I couldn't do that! I cannot drink a bad cup of coffee for anyone, even if I was dying of thirst! I so know where youre coming from. But I was so shoked I behaved in out of character.

JustysiaSThreads: 15 Posts: 2,869 Joined: Oct 14, 07 MEMBER	Mar 30, 08, 11:44 / #
Davey wrote: People use coffee grinders for coffee? they use them to grind coffee beans actually lol. i remember my dad having one when i was little, it was the noisiest thing ever!

DaveyThreads: 17 Posts: 436 Joined: Jun 29, 07	Mar 30, 08, 11:54 / #
JustysiaS wrote: they use them to grind coffee beans actually lol. i remember my dad having one when i was little, it was the noisiest thing ever! Oh I just mean here in Canada, we use them for zioło=) Honestly, if you see a teenager buying a coffee grinder, the store clerk knows it isn't for coffee=)

JustysiaSThreads: 15 Posts: 2,869 Joined: Oct 14, 07 MEMBER	Mar 30, 08, 11:55 / #
Davey wrote: Oh I just mean here in Canada, we use them for zioło=) oh wow, i learnt something new about Canada today! lol

LondonChickThreads: 43 Posts: 1,261 Joined: Nov 19, 07	Mar 30, 08, 12:22 / #
surrey wrote: Can anyone tell me the cost of nescafe coffee in Poland please. I am interested in 100gram and 200gram Nescafe original from the cheapest shops ie in other words what is the cheapest you can buy nescafe original 100g 200g for in Poland please? Anyone else dying to know the reason behind the question? School project? Graduate trainee?

miranda	Edited by: miranda Mar 30, 08, 12:29 / #
JustysiaS wrote: i'd never take a coffee grinder or my baking goods anywhere with me, i'd prefer the thrill of hunting them all down by myself, and the feeling of victory and fulfillment after finding them LOL I presume he doesn't know his way around, nor the language and since he likes his coffee, it is up to his own discretion to take enything he wants to Poland. unless you want him to bite on beans and drink hot water;), which I don't think he has indicated.

LondonChickThreads: 43 Posts: 1,261 Joined: Nov 19, 07	Mar 30, 08, 12:36 / #
realcoffeeluver wrote: You must be a tea drinker then LC ? very perceptive ;)

realcoffeeluver	Mar 30, 08, 12:38 / #
VaFunkoolo wrote: drinking nescafe? Well, I think so as he must have heard about your experience and a good jar of nescafe sounds better than the stuff you drank. Hey, I like your name what does the Va stand for? I get the 'oolo' bit though! My great grandfathers was an 'oolo' and got a medal for it. VaFunkoolo wrote: ut I was so shoked I behaved in out of character. I can just see that happening too. Bet you left her a big tip too !

DaveyThreads: 17 Posts: 436 Joined: Jun 29, 07	Mar 30, 08, 12:42 / #
LondonChick wrote: very perceptive ;) Oh come on you're from London!!! anyone could have figured it out ; )

realcoffeeluver	Mar 30, 08, 12:44 / #
Davey wrote: Oh come on you're from London!!! anyone could have figured it out ; ) thats not quite true as many Londoners like their coffee..... Thank you LC ;-)

VaFunkooloThreads: 7 Posts: 823 Joined: Mar 24, 08	Edited by: VaFunkoolo Mar 30, 08, 12:51 / #
VaFunkoolo is a reference to my fictional Italian heritage and my love of telling people exactly where to go. Places where the sun dont shine in particular. Nonetheless, its entirely possible we are related on your great grandfather's side as my mother too has a medal, although hers is for her strawberry pavlova. The Va stands for 'go', as in vavavoom.

realcoffeeluver	Mar 30, 08, 13:08 / #
VaFunkoolo wrote: my fictional Italian heritage That'll be why you asked for a 'cappuccino' cos it's Italian innit ! Long distant Italian cousins meeting on a Polish Forum Board. Who'd have thought it. I bet you just love lasagne don't you ? I like plum tomatoes and I eat' em raw. Very clever nickname, am in awe with it. Cousin oolo :)

VaFunkooloThreads: 7 Posts: 823 Joined: Mar 24, 08	Mar 30, 08, 13:18 / #
Yes, you are quite right, this was my reason for ordering a cupofchino. I am exceedingly proud of my make believe Italian heritage and my pasta scoffing roots. Indeed, I recently made a trip to Chicago in search of Polish relatives and was taken to an Italian restaurant. I ordered a pizza and lo and behold the blighters bought me a pie. You can imagine my suprise. I said mama mia, slap me round the face with a wet kipper and cosh me over the head with a broken bottle, this ainta no pizza. I wanta the thin and crispy eh you wannabe wop, gowa getta me the chef pronto, eh. Actually that too is a lie. I ate one slice of the pie and it was delicious. Perhaps I am American.

HarryThreads: 62 Posts: 8,508 Joined: May 2, 07 [Suspended]	Mar 30, 08, 14:30 / #
andysterdam wrote: I'm a bit of a coffee 'purist' and I like to grind my coffee before brewing it to preserve taste, texture, etc. (I also only drink it black, but that's beside the point). Also, should I bring my grinder or is such a device readily available in Poland? Hmm, I only know of at least seven places where such a device is available in Warsaw. Perhaps you should bring your own. As for beans, they are so common that the nearest place which sells beans is no more than 100 metres from my apartment. They do sell Hawaiian Kona and have three different roasts of Ethiopian Harrar but they kicked me out of their shop when I asked them for Blue Mountain (asking for it was a joke but the owner didn't think it was at all funny).

finTThreads: 15 Posts: 184 Joined: Oct 25, 07	Mar 31, 08, 02:24 / #
Harry wrote: I asked them for Blue Mountain H, they have Jamaican Blue Mountain in the big supermarket in Promenada, can't remember the name of the supermarket but there is only one! Unfortunately as far as I remember it was around the 120PLN mark for 250g (who the f*** is buying that here?)

MagdalenaThreads: 5 Posts: 1,387 Joined: Aug 15, 07	Mar 31, 08, 04:07 / #
finT wrote: (who the f*** is buying that here?) I personally knew people (young professional Poles) who could easily afford that kind of stuff. I hope some of the glory rubs off on me ;-)

HarryThreads: 62 Posts: 8,508 Joined: May 2, 07 [Suspended]	Mar 31, 08, 12:57 / #
finT wrote: H, they have Jamaican Blue Mountain in the big supermarket in Promenada, can't remember the name of the supermarket but there is only one! Unfortunately as far as I remember it was around the 120PLN mark for 250g (who the f*** is buying that here?) There are actually quite a few places which sell Blue Mountain. The problem is that the stuff is no longer worth the price, not after the Japanese invasion of the early 1980s. I go for Kona myself (although it costs 400zl per kilo so it's not my everyday cup of coffee!)