Best ground coffee?

[overweightcat]

Making a hamper for DH for Father's Day. We've recently tried a small pot of ground coffee in a cafetière as opposed to our usual instant stuff we have for home and he really liked it. It was just Illy Classico.

I want to maybe get one or two types for the hamper for him/us to try next. He will be back at work soon and said he will be taking his own coffee from now on rather than buy it so I don't mind getting something nice. I saw a whittards hazelnut blend but not sure if it's any good.

Any recommendations or links?

YABU

I am yet to find a ground coffee that I like...

However, I have a few friends who rave about Nescafé Azera. That may be worth a try?

Lavazza Rosso
I always like the sound of flavoured coffee but every one I have tried has been rank.

I like most of the taylors of Harrogate ones, they do a range of different ones.

We use Lavazza ( red and white packs)

I also like Arab coffee with cardamom. I buy Najjar classic

Probably not appropriate for a gift hamper OP, but Lidl's Gold ground coffee is the best quality to price one I've ever found.

Worth remembering for everyday drinking!

I like Taylor’s of Harrogate lazy Sunday, I think they also make one with a similar name for M&S. I would get that one like that and a stronger blend one so he can see which he prefers

Lavazza Rosso is our poison. Also like Illy.

Whittards is good but not the hazelnut blend IMO. I’d stick with normal coffee until you know what you like rather than experiment with added flavourings yet. Most of the supermarkets sell good stuff e.g. Tesco Finest have a good range.

Find a local roaster or order some freshly ground beans online, anything from a shop will be old and poor quality. If you’re going to step up the coffee wankery buy him a hand grinder!

I love Taylor's Colombia cacao.

Another vote for Taylor’s of Harrogate, my favourite is Lazy Sunday.

My favourite is also Taylor’s Lazy Sunday. Also nice cold brewed!

Lavazza

Lavazza is my everyday coffee, Whittards for a treat (the one with an elephant on the packet is particularly nice).

Lidl Columbian Gold is very reasonable and the best coffee I have tasted.

I like the Aldi French blend ground - more than some that costs many times the price

The real coffee bag company are good but probably too late to order for Sunday now

I'm partial to Sainsbury’s Italian blend. Whittards used to do one called Guatemalan Elephant which was lovely. I don't know if they still do.

Another vote for Lavazza, it’s my favourite ground coffee.

Lavazza or illy

If it's from Tesco we go Taylor's lazy Sunday if it's from online we've recently been buying Roaring Stag from Aviemore. Not sure if they just do the beans though as we usually grind ours.

Monmouth coffee company is the best, you can order online or buy in a deli!

M and S Italian Ground Coffee (4) is really nice and cheaper than Taylors but nicer I think.

I also second Lavazza. Also the Finest ranges from the supermarkets are pretty good as well. I find all these to be absolutely fine and all smell lovely.

Another vote for Taylor's of Harrogate!
I also like some Lidl's one if I can't get to Tesco. I think it's the Columbian (black and red packaging) but could be mistaken.

I keep meaning to try some from online stockists but have yet to get around to it.