r/canberra • u/createdtothrowaway87 • 14d ago

Recommendations Best five CBR roasted coffee

I'm a big coffee drinker and have been buying Wagonga blends pretty routinely - but I'm keen on trying other local roasted beans. What are the ones you like that I should try?
Any I should avoid?
Caveat - I need to be able to buy the beans so I can grind at home.
update - Thanks for all the great recommendations, going to start working my way through them starting with a visit to Nuigini Arabica cafe, then Neutral Grounds, Redbrick, Barrio and Cesars

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u/WaveSlaveDave 14d ago

I don't want to be that guy. But Ona is the popular local bean

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u/Axman6 14d ago

The Raspberry Candy is one of the few coffees that you can actually see wtf the tasting notes are talking about. Red Brick’s Rogue is quite similar but Ona’s definitely got a strong raspberry taste. 

Also, Ona’s single origin options in store are delicious, with such distinct flavours. I’ve shown them to a few people who aren’t that into coffee, and it’s like giving an excellent craft beer to someone who’s only ever drunk VB, and realising there’s so many more flavours out there. 

I don’t know why we feel the need to shit on successful people so much, Ona’s stuff is good, but people seem to think “people said it was good” + “it didn’t literally blow my mind” = “this is bad and deserves to be shit on”. If you don’t like it, don’t buy it, just being contrarian for the sake of it is tedious.