I got a particularly stale bag of Walmart House Blend the other day (pre-ground of course). Around the same time I purchased a particularly chocolaty bag of Christopher Bean’s Jamaica Me Crazy blend. I suspect the Walmart coffee has been sitting on the shelf awhile. I don’t mind drinking somewhat old, stale coffee because I [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Coffee'
Experimental Blend: Christopher Bean and Walmart’s House Blend
September 16th, 2009 · Comments Off · Coffee, Retail
Starbucks “Glen” Survivor Commercial (Doubleshot)
July 14th, 2009 · Comments Off · Coffee, Videos
This is the funniest Starbucks Commercial I can recall ever seeing. I believe it aired during a Super Bowl a few years back.
Tags: Starbucks
Java City – Eco Grounds – Santa Anita De Costa Rica
July 10th, 2009 · Comments Off · Coffee, Costa Rica, Environmentalism
Two good things are happening for me right now: 1. I have the day off and 2. I am trying out Java City’s Santa Anita De Costa Rica for the first time. It seems like I’ve been running into a lot of flat coffee lately — I mean, coffee with no personality or flavor. Then [...]
Tags: Java City
Regular Coffee for A Buck From McDonalds
June 22nd, 2009 · Comments Off · Coffee, Promotions
How do I know about this? From this here ad, with the guy spinning the sign around. Coffee from McDonald’s for one dollar (or was it 99 cents?). I’ll probably pick one up this week. I’m thinking this is in response from some “ramped up” competition from that one coffee company, who was it again? [...]
Tags: McDonald's·Starbucks
Coffee (Christopher Bean) and a Cigar (Nub)
June 20th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Coffee
Someone gave me a cigar the other day with the recommendation that I pair it with a descent coffee. Certainly worth a try… It was a lighter Nub cigar (Connecticut) and my coffee of choice was Christopher Bean’s Jamaican Blue Mountain, which is a versatile blend, good any time of the day. You can tell [...]
Tags: Christopher Bean·Cigars
