Coffee of the week (4)

After a couple of weeks of pretty exotic blends, it was time to just enjoy some regular dark roasts.

Starbucks Coffee:

• Christmas Blend

Peets Coffee and Tea:

• Major Dickason’s Blend

Island Joe’s Gourmet Coffee:

• Beemer’s Breakfast Blend

I was really excited to try the Beemer’s Breakfast blend, as I think Island Joe’s makes some of the best espresso I have ever tried and I wanted to sample some of their other offerings; however, I wasn’t too impressed. Not sure what the problem was. There was no question that it had an intriguing taste, some exotic spicyness that gave it some complexity and uniqueness and elevated it above a regular cup, but for some reason it just wasn’t smooth enough or full bodied enough for me – maybe it was an off batch. It had a really interesting taste and I will give it another try, but on this round it wasn’t good enough. The Major Dickason’s and the Christmas Blend are excellent dark roasts – good full bodied coffees that you want to have seconds of. The Major Dickason’s was a bit smoother than the Starbuck’s Christmas Blend which exhibited a bit of a bitter after taste (but only a little). Not much more I can say here other than to give the honours to Peets’ Major Dickason’s Blend.