{"id":11920,"date":"2017-07-23T17:01:18","date_gmt":"2017-07-23T16:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/?p=11920"},"modified":"2017-07-23T17:01:18","modified_gmt":"2017-07-23T16:01:18","slug":"raw-bean-coffee-bean-bags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/2017\/07\/raw-bean-coffee-bean-bags","title":{"rendered":"RAW BEAN COFFEE BEAN BAGS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I was first introduced to ‘coffee bags’ at a friend’s dinner party a few months ago. They’d picked them up on a recent trip to Japan. I’m never one to turn down a new or novelty idea so I\u00a0promptly made a cup of coffee. I even shared the whole experience over on Snapchat<\/a> – that’s the kind of exciting content you can find me sharing \ud83d\ude09<\/em>. The coffee turned out to be really good, much better than I’d expected.<\/p>\n

Once I got home I wanted to find out more about coffee bags. At that time there weren’t any available in the UK.\u00a0So, I briefly thought that maybe we should create our own. I can’t help it. If I see a gap in the market then I’m all about trying to fill it.<\/p>\n

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A month or so later\u00a0Raw Bean<\/a> launched the\u00a0first-to-market pyramid coffee bags or as they prefer to call them, Bean Bags.<\/p>\n

At first you might think that the concept is a little unnecessary but when you look a little closer you’ll see that they’re really quite useful. For a start, they make a fantastic cup of fresh coffee, much better than ‘jar coffee’ aka\u00a0<\/em>instant coffee\u00a0but without the\u00a0hassle of\u00a0setting up your cafetiere. This makes them ideal for when you’re in a rush in the morning. However, the way I think they’re best used are for camping and hiking trips, festivals or at the office.\u00a0I’ve mostly been testing them out at home and at my office but I did take the last few on our train trip to\u00a0Cambridge. We had our KeepCups ready with hot water and it was so nice to\u00a0have a quality cup of coffee\u00a0on\u00a0our train journey.<\/p>\n

Raw Bean offer\u00a03 blends; Breakfast Blend, Definitely Decaf and the one I tried, Striking El Salvador<\/em>. When you open up the box the bags all sit neatly inside. They aren’t individually packed which means you can’t chuck them straight into\u00a0your backpack but to be honest, I prefer that. I’d rather put them into a tiny Tupperware box and then into my bag instead of having even more<\/em> packaging to dispose of.\u00a0They’re fully biodegradable, which is always good. We live in such a wasteful world that it’s good to make an effort where possible.<\/p>\n

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The\u00a0Striking El Salvador bags give off a beautiful strong scent when you open up the box.\u00a0It’s a single origin coffee with a rich flavour and not at all bitter. I drank mine with almond milk which worked really well.<\/p>\n

They’re very simple to use:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Pop the bag into your\u00a0<\/em>favourite mug
\n<\/i><\/strong>Add water
\n<\/em><\/strong>Squeeze after adding water
\n<\/em><\/strong>Brew for three minutes
\n<\/em><\/strong>Squeeze once more
\n<\/em><\/strong>Relax and enjoy your coffee<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Keen to track down Raw Bean Coffee Bean Bags? Check out your local\u00a0Waitrose<\/a> or pop over to the Raw Bean site.<\/a>\u00a0Leave a comment below and let me know your thoughts on coffee bean bags.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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