I recently purchased the Keurig Single Cup Coffee Brewing System and I wanted to try a bunch of different coffees to pick the ones I liked.\u00a0 It came with some samples, but I decided to order a lot more.\u00a0 Keurig offers 5 piece sample packs and free shipping if you order enough.\u00a0\u00a0 I put together an order of enough sample packs to get the free shipping, choosing primarily string blends as that’s the way I like my coffee.\u00a0 What follows are my brief impressions of them with ratings from 1 to 4 stars.<\/p>\n
Strong Blends:<\/strong><\/p>\n Van Houtte French Roast:<\/strong>\u00a0 1 star.\u00a0 Light to medium body with a brigh flavor.\u00a0 Not a bad cup of coffee but not much like French Roast.<\/p>\n Diedrich French Roast:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a03 stars.\u00a0 Strong and full-bodied with a classic French Roast flavor.\u00a0 Very nice.<\/p>\n Coffee People Wake Up Call:<\/strong>\u00a0 3 stars.\u00a0 Strong, straight-forward cup of coffee – very similar to their Donut Shop.<\/p>\n Coffee People Donut Shop:<\/strong>\u00a0 4 stars.\u00a0 Strong, full bodied and well rounded.\u00a0 This is supposedly similar to Dunkin Donuts coffee, but I have never tasted it so I can’t comment.\u00a0 However, this is probably my overall favorite of the lot.<\/p>\n Coffee People Black Tiger:<\/strong>\u00a0 2 stars.\u00a0 Strong and assertive with a bitter edge that I didn’t care for.<\/p>\n Coffee People Jet Fuel:<\/strong>\u00a0 1 star.\u00a0 Strong but has some off flavors – rubbery.\u00a0 Not a very enjoyable cup.<\/p>\n Van Houtte Eclipse Extra Bold:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a01 star.\u00a0 Smooth, not agressive, light to medium body.\u00a0 Not much flavor.<\/p>\n Emeril’s French Quarter Roast:<\/strong>\u00a0 3 stars.\u00a0 Has a good French Roast flavor but it’s not too heavy – more like a “French Roast Lite”.<\/p>\n Emeril’s Big Easy Bold:<\/strong>4 stars.\u00a0 Intense with a sharp bitter edge, but not unpleasant.\u00a0 If you like Peet’s you’ll like this.<\/p>\n Timothy’s Rain Forest Expresso Extra Bold:<\/strong>\u00a0 4 stars.\u00a0 A good, well rounded cup.\u00a0 Enjoyable.<\/p>\n Green Mountain Espresso Blend:<\/strong>\u00a0 4 stars.\u00a0 Intense, strong, full-bodied.\u00a0 If you like Starbucks (or Peet’s) you’ll like this.<\/p>\n Green Mountain Lake and Lodge:<\/strong>\u00a0 2 stars.\u00a0 Smooth, neutral, medium body.<\/p>\n Green Mountain Sumatran Reserve:<\/strong>\u00a0 3 stars.\u00a0 Smooth with a slight bitter edge, full bodied.<\/p>\n Green Mountain Double Black Diamond:<\/strong>\u00a0 3 stars.\u00a0 Strong flavor but medium body.<\/p>\n Green Mountain French Roast:<\/strong>\u00a0 1 star.\u00a0 Light body, weak without much flavor.<\/p>\n Newman’s Own Special Blend:<\/strong>\u00a0 2 stars.\u00a0 Medium body and flavor, doesn’t live up to the “bold” billing.<\/p>\n Tully’s French Roast:<\/strong>\u00a0 3 stars.\u00a0 Strong, full bodied with good French Roast flavor.<\/p>\n Other Coffees and K-Cups:<\/strong><\/p>\n Timothy’s Moka Java:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a02 stars.\u00a0 A nice medium cup of coffee, but only slightly reminiscent of a a good mocha java.<\/p>\n Caribou Coffee Caribou Blend:<\/strong>\u00a0 2 stars.\u00a0 Medium flavor and roast, nothing to get excited about but drinkable.<\/p>\n Green Mountain Nantucket Blend:<\/strong>\u00a0 2 stars.\u00a0 Medium flavor and roast, nothing to get excited about but drinkable.<\/p>\n Green Mountain Hot Chocolate:\u00a0<\/strong> 3 stars.\u00a0 Makes a decent cup of quick hot chocolate and it’s non-dairy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I recently purchased the Keurig Single Cup Coffee Brewing System and I wanted to try a bunch of different coffees to pick the ones I liked.\u00a0 It came with some samples, but I decided to order a lot more.\u00a0 Keurig offers 5 piece sample packs and free shipping if you order enough.\u00a0\u00a0 I put together […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[131,129],"tags":[81,140,141,136,133,132,137,169,138,139],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/markiscooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/markiscooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/markiscooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markiscooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markiscooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=71"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/markiscooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73,"href":"https:\/\/markiscooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71\/revisions\/73"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/markiscooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markiscooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markiscooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}