Is more expensive coffee automatically better? Stiftung Warentest found out in the coffee bean test that this does not have to be true. Cheap discounters win here instead of expensive brands. We reveal how much you can save with the cheap winner.
Opinions differ when it comes to coffee. For many, quality coffee is synonymous with expensive coffee. The test by Stiftung Warentest (Issue 1/2022) shows that this is not always the case: cheap products from discounters dominate the podium here. The experts examined a total of 15 coffee crema beans. In the sensory assessment, experts tested the coffee varieties for appearance, smell, taste, mouthfeel and crema. But the 15 products also had to assert themselves in terms of harmful substances, declaration and user-friendliness of the packaging.
It is surprising that the well-known brands of large manufacturers in particular cannot convince here. Instead, the discounters’ own brands secure the top spots.
The test winner Cafèt Caffè Crema Barista from Netto Marken-Discount lands right at the top with a grade of 2.0. According to the testers, the Arabica beans provide the medium-strong smell with a stable crema. The sensory experts also taste a medium-strong body and a medium degree of bitterness and acidity. The coffee smells and tastes only faintly fruity, nutty and chocolatey and, according to Stiftung Warentest, has a medium-strong roasted aroma.
In the test, the test winner Cafèt Caffè Crema Barista from Netto Marken-Discount performed as follows:
Depending on how much coffee you drink and which bean you are currently using, you can save a lot of money with the test-winning beans. To illustrate this, we briefly compare the winner from Netto with the most expensive coffee in the test: The Caffè Crema from Speicherstadt scored “good” (grade 2.1) in the test and is therefore almost as good as the test winner from Netto (grade 2 ,0). The biggest difference here is the price: While the Cafèt Caffè Crema Barista beans from Netto cost around 10 euros per kilogram (to the shop), you pay just under 39 euros per kilogram (to the shop) for the Speicherstadt Caffè Crema.
According to Statista, per capita coffee sales in Germany are just under 5.4 kilograms per year. So if a person drinks the coffee from Netto for a year, they only pay around 54 euros for the beans. In the case of branded coffee in organic quality, on the other hand, the costs amount to a proud 209.41 euros. In our model calculation, you save a total of 155.41 euros per year with the cheap test winner from the discounter.
Particularly surprising: The expensive organic beans from Speicherstadt also share second place with cheap discount beans. The following crema beans land on the podium:
The cheap winners are priced at eight to ten euros per kilogram. This makes them much cheaper than the Speicherstadt branded beans for around 39 euros per kilogram. More information about the winners
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The original of this article “Cheap beans beat branded coffee – you save so much money with the discounter product” comes from chip.de.
