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☕Review - Cometeer - Winslow Coffee Company - The Companion Blend

Cometeer - Winslow Coffee Company - The Companion Blend with glass, box and empty pod

Winslow Coffee Company is the "approachable" brand within the Cometeer family, operating as an in-house or partner brand. The Companion offers a more traditional cup as compared to light-roast or "third wave" profiles with their high acidity. Flavors are often more towards the chocolate or nutty end.

If you are not familiar with Cometeer's process, they use a precision brew system to make a strong coffee, 400ish pounds of bean at a time, concentrate at roughly 10x final strength that is then flash frozen at -321 degrees. They typically work with Roasters individually to perfect the settings for each brew.

🌍Origin: Brazil Regional - Mogiana farms like Fazenda Matão and Três Barras

🔥Roast Level: Medium

🧪Brew Method: Cometeer Pod

👅Flavor: Little bit of cherry, roast, and dark chocolate. Does have more fruit than you'll get in some standard off-the-shelf. I went with 5oz. of dilution on the pod and it is still a bit below my liking strength-wise.

🏆 Score: 3/5 - Good - Cometeer achieves their goals with an approachable, daily-ritual cup that has enough sweetness to offer a nice contrast with more traditional roast notes.

💵Would buy again? For the price difference, I'd rather have one of the more specialty editions.

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