written by vySkinner18 on 21/11/2015
Just finished my supply of 100% arabica Carte noir and purchased a new pack.only to find it's changed to a blended version at the same price! Issue is that it now tastes like a cheap Aldi coffee. There is a bitter after taste that lingers in your mouth. The smell is just not there. It looks like cheap coffee, it tastes like cheap coffee. Therefore it must be CHEAP COFFEE. I will be returning this pack. Don't get caught out!
written by kafka100 on 26/07/2015
I cannot recall any product degenerating as drastically as Carte Noire. It is a disgrace for French coffee makers and generally French public. You must be very talented to manage to turn the best coffee into the worst one. Where is its marvellous aroma? Where has its irresistible flavour gone? Obviously into the pockets of some greedy and dishonest "people". The original producers are also to blame. Decent businessmen should not sell their brand to some Scoundrels.
written by on 15/11/2014
We always drank Carte Noire decaf instant. It was the nearest thing to fresh ground coffee we'd ever found. I bought a jar recently and noticed the different label so I did a taste test on my husband between the dregs of the old jar and the newly opened one. The dregs won hands down. I won't buy this product again in the UK but I will have a look in France to see if they still sell the real thing.
written by Elizabeth Stone on 12/06/2014
We have been drinking the 100% Arabica Carte Noire Instant Coffee for a few years now, but it is not 100% Arabica anymore. The company dealing with this product in the UK has also changed but using the same address. They charge the same price but it is definitely not the same coffee.
Written on: 24/07/2014
I just phoned Mondelez UK to ask them whether arabica rich meant that it was 100% pure arabica and not a blend. I was told that only the packaging had changed not the contents, which were the same as before. When pressed they said that it was pure arabica. I had a feeling that there was some uncertainty.
I think that arabica rich probably means the same as cotton rich when you buy socks. If a product is 100% pure, would you not want to put that on your labelling. Conversely, why remove the statement if it remains true.
Good old Kraft / Mondelez messing up a good product as usual is my feeling.
Written on: 12/12/2014
I totally agree. Thank you for your comment on my original review.
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Written on: 02/08/2017
I am in France and Carte Noir is not to be found on any shelves.....best coffee ever has gone.......