Castle & Cairn

With the tagline "Bold Never Burnt", this ready-to-drink dark roast coffee from Philadelphia's La Colombe provides a self-described nutty flavor in a convenient format. It can be found nationally in the USA in standard retail outlets like Target or Publix, 48oz container for around $5. I do not see it on the La Colombe official website which focuses more on direct consumer retail. Made with specialty-grade beans, it is brewed strong with around 280mg caffeine per serving, a good deal more than a standard cup per volume. Not much other data available, but let's get into it! 🌍 Origin: Noted as Colombian in the product description - 100% Arabica 🔥 Roast Level: Dark - Espresso Roast 🧪 Brew Method: Immersion Cold Brew (assumed) 👃 Nose: Mild as they tend to be with cold brew. Generically roasty. 👅 Flavor: Initial palate is nut forward as advertised which deepens into roast and a chocolate adjacent gentle bittering note towards the finish. Aftertaste and back of fin...

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...

  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...