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Posted 28 April 2017
Carte Noire sold their soul!
Yes I drink instant coffee, get over it!
(Apologies if this has already been covered on here, but really, it needed a rant!)
After Nescafé got rid of their Parisian blend, Carte Noire was the last decent instant coffee I enjoyed. Now I'm down to the last few spoonfuls in the jar...
Like many others, I've been enjoying CN for millions of years, and now they sell out!
L'or is a sub-standard coffee that comes in the same jar as CN and even brandishes the CN logo on it's 'classic' blend. But don't be fooled (I was). This is not Carte Noire as we knew it! L'or is a poor quality tasteless example of instant coffee and has nothing whatsoever in common with CN.
CN seem to have sold the brand name under license to Douwe Egberts for 12 months (weird?). So hopefully it'll be back in March 2018. But in the meantime CN drinkers across the UK are up in arms, and certainly aren't drinking L'or.
What a shame these companies don't listen to their customers, especially a quality brand like Carte Noire. I can only guess that Mondeléz are struggling and decided to pimp out the brand to give themselves some breathing room.
Tea at work from now on then...
I'm not the only one - FB
(Apologies if this has already been covered on here, but really, it needed a rant!)
After Nescafé got rid of their Parisian blend, Carte Noire was the last decent instant coffee I enjoyed. Now I'm down to the last few spoonfuls in the jar...
Like many others, I've been enjoying CN for millions of years, and now they sell out!
L'or is a sub-standard coffee that comes in the same jar as CN and even brandishes the CN logo on it's 'classic' blend. But don't be fooled (I was). This is not Carte Noire as we knew it! L'or is a poor quality tasteless example of instant coffee and has nothing whatsoever in common with CN.
CN seem to have sold the brand name under license to Douwe Egberts for 12 months (weird?). So hopefully it'll be back in March 2018. But in the meantime CN drinkers across the UK are up in arms, and certainly aren't drinking L'or.
What a shame these companies don't listen to their customers, especially a quality brand like Carte Noire. I can only guess that Mondeléz are struggling and decided to pimp out the brand to give themselves some breathing room.
Tea at work from now on then...
I'm not the only one - FB
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Still just coffee.
Go ask someone who has nothing and lives from day to day if the taste of coffee is important.
were the deals you posted for food etc the cheapest of their type? no? were you paying for taste etc? oh
don't like coffee but like to look at stories like this one, seems an odd set up but googling it looks like its been licenced back to its original producer.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-mondelez-intl-coffeebusiness-idUKKCN0PC22C20150702
gcrmag.com/new…oir
Of course it is, we're in a first world country and this is a forum where people can discuss brands.
The thread is about discussing the change of manufacturer / handover of brand and the resulting quality. It's nothing to do with people who cannot afford coffee.
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Parisian was lovely!
Spot on mate. But he has more hair on his head than me
as we know it
Who else started singing to themselves that same song << linky
B&M have the decaff as well as that's what I've been buying.
prontissimo comes in 80/20 silver lid and 95/5 gold lid with the 80 being better
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It's just coffee get over it.
Now just grow up. Pick your stuff up and put it back in the pram.
i usually switch about quite a bit for bargains and carte noir always tasted a bit floral until you were used to it again but this doesn't have that oddness
Maybe Lavazza are trying to move CR drinkers into trying out their
Prontissimo instead...
If you don't like it buy something else, considering your making such a flap over it i think a nice cup of tea would be a good idea to replace all that caffeine.
Not tried it yet, but will look out for it this weekend
OP had a coffee rant, then you had a coffee rant.
I hear you, but I struggle to stick with this coffee day in day out. Nice for a change now and then though
Another option coffee for me that one. Where I think Millicano and Azera use the inclusion of coffee grounds to intensify the flavour, Carte Noire provided a well-rounded flavour without making your eyes pop out on stalks if you had more than a few cups. They're both a bit 'strong' in that respect I reckon.
Azera: Soluble Coffee , Roast and Ground Coffee (5%)
Prontissimo: Instant Coffee (90%) , Roast and Ground Coffee (10%)
Taste test session looming
Yep, got them in the cupboard, for special days and high days. Nice...
I'll add them to the tasting list then, many thanks.
I have standards I like to keep - I won't just buy it because it's cheap.
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