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☕Review - Cometeer - Peak Season - Wake Up Call

Another of Cometeer's in-house brands, Peak Season focuses on coffees for cold-crafted use cases like iced coffees, iced lattes, or cold brews. With this product line, they're looking to maintain crisp clarity, sweetness, and vibrant fruit even when diluted with milk. In the broader coffee industry, "peak season" refers to the cyclical nature of the global coffee harvest. Since coffee cherries are the fruit of a tropical shrub grown across a variety of altitudes and latitudes, they do not ripen simultaneously worldwide. If you are not familiar with Cometeer's process, they use a precision brew system to make a strong coffee concentrate, 400lbs of bean at a time, at roughly 10x final strength that is then flash frozen at -321 degrees Fahrenheit. They typically work with Roasters individually to perfect the settings for each brew.  🌍 Origin: Washed Guatemala, Pulped Ethiopian 🔥 Roast Level:   Medium 🧪 Brew Method: Cometeer Pod, 5oz water added 👅 Flavor:  Soft...

☕Review - Cometeer - Sweet Talker Coffee - Name Drop

Another targeted brand from Cometeer's in-house roastery, Sweet Talker Coffee Compan y highlights the lighter, sweeter, and more playful side of coffee. Cometeer's house brands help round out their collection of excellent third-party collaborations and serve as a test bed to showcase the flexibility and quality of their flash freezing system. 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°F. They typically work with Roasters individually to perfect the settings for each brew.  🌍 Origin: Nevado del Huila, Columbia - washed process 🔥 Roast Level:   Light 🧪 Brew Method: Cometeer Pod, 5oz water added - I would scale down to 4oz. added next time. 👅 Flavor: Pleasant and fruity nose with bright berry and coco. I get a lot of dark chocolate on the palate with a sustained blast of honied grapes. There i...

☕Review - Cometeer - Winslow Coffee Company - Home Sweet Home Blend

From Cometeer's in-house roast brand Winslow Coffee Company, Home Sweet Home is a dark roast blend that aims to highlight chocolate and nut notes. Winslow Coffee Company is used as a testbed for Cometeer's internal processing, with the brand profile tending towards smooth, low acid, and balanced coffees in an homage to the "time-honored tradition of the morning cup." 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:  Not Specified, Central and South America - Washed 🔥 Roast Level:   Dark 🧪 Brew Method: Cometeer Pod, 6oz water added 👅 Flavor: Not overly roasty. I do get the walnut, some cereal, and more of a dark chocolate coco towards the finish. Did not find the molasses or any overt sweetne...

☕Review - Cometeer - Gravity Wave Bonfire Espresso

  This lovely pink edition from one of Cometeer's own house brands is designed to show off the competence of their internal roasting capabilities. Bonfire Espresso seeks to maximize versatility, performing similar to a high-viscosity espresso shot while remaining balanced enough for a casual black cup.   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:  Blend of Jaen from North Peru and Huila Columbia 🔥 Roast Level:   Dark, they did a great job with this one. It's a very sturdy dark roast and has plenty of the biting flavors that you'd expect from an espresso roast but still retains enough of a fruited aspect to be interesting. 🧪 Brew Method:  Cometeer Pod, 6oz water added, also tr...

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

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...