BECK ON BEANS: Barista Prima Coffeehouse House Blend Medium Roast Coffee

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Barista Prima Coffeehouse House Blend Medium Roast Coffee. That's a long ass name. This review proves that coffees covered in fancy sounding words in multiple languages are probably a let-down. 


Fragrance: 

It smells like hot chocolate with some coffee mixed into it. It’s a tad floral as well.  


Flavor: 

This is a very strong, somewhat bitter cup. I think some of the beans were over roasted, probably due to blending low quality beans with higher quality and roasting them at the same temperature and duration. The chocolate flavor is almost totally drowned by the bitterness. This cup reminds me of Maxwell House’s fancy blends. That’s not a compliment. Maxwell House is pretty terrible no matter what blend they sell you. 


I tried adding a splash of milk and a touch of sugar to cut the bitterness. It was a little better, but the sugar and the coffee did a dance that left my mouth reeling between sweetness and bitterness. The additives felt separate from the coffee, not intermingled. The aftertaste borders on acrid.


It’s also starting to hurt my stomach. This brew punched this Barista right in the Prima. 


Recommended for: 

  1. This is a coffee for Rye drinkers. If you like a coffee that’ll take paint off your walls, this one’s for you. 
  2. Using as an addition to baking. 
  3. That slam-and-go jolt while late for work. 
  4. Feeling fancy because of exposure to foreign languages. 


Not recommended for:

  1. Sipping and savoring. The longer it stays on the tongue, the more bitter it gets. 
  2. Dessert coffee. 
  3. Evening cups. 
  4. Brevity being the soul of wit. 


Would I buy again? 

No. I could get the same experience from listening to opera while brewing a huge, stale, aerated can of Maxwell House and pay less for the privilege. 



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