Coffee Beans

by Nigel Ong

Starbucks first offered its popular roasts in Nespresso capsules in May 2019, and the coffee has been selling well ever since. One of its most popular Nespresso pods? The Starbucks House Blend. 

Keen to explore more, I picked up a Starbucks House Blend Nespresso pack to review it. I will brew the coffee into popular espresso-based drinks and then sample them. I’ll also compare its taste against its competitors. 

About Starbucks House Blend

Starbucks House Blend is as old as the brand itself – it was introduced in 1971, the same year as the company’s founding.

This blend has consistently maintained its popularity over the years as a testament to its balanced flavor profile and the use of high-quality Latin American beans​​.

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by Nigel Ong

Aside from the original Old Town White Coffee, variations are available, from the less sugary to the salted caramel version. 

There is also the hazelnut-flavored version of White Coffee, which seems to have received some positive reviews from Amazon. As a result, I decided to pick up a bag of it and give it a try. 

In this post, I will sample the Old Town Hazelnut White Coffee before comparing it against other White Coffees I have in my collection. 

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by Nigel Ong

Many of us take strong coffee for the caffeine, thinking it can help to perk us up and keep us going for longer. If you do this regularly, you may wonder what coffee with the most caffeine tastes like. 

To answer this, I picked up a bag of the “World’s Strongest Coffee” by Death Wish Coffee. 

In this post, I will brew the coffee three ways and then sample it with flavorings such as sugar and milk. I will also try to describe if the caffeine is affecting me much before comparing its taste with other dark roasts. 

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by Nigel Ong

Starbucks offers its coffee in many formats, including Nespresso capsules. I have reviewed some popular Nespresso capsules from Starbucks, such as Colombia and Espresso Roast. 

This time, I will review another single-origin series from Starbucks, the Sumatra Roast. I will brew the coffee in several ways and compare it against other related coffee. 

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by Nigel Ong

Sulawesi (Celebes) in Indonesia is known for its excellent coffee, with major production regions in Toraja and Kalossi. What happens when you put coffee from both sides together?

In this post, I will review the Sulawesi Kalossi Toraja coffee. I will brew it several ways and then try it with popular flavorings. Finally, I will compare it with other popular medium roasts and suggest who will enjoy this coffee.

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by Nigel Ong

Starbucks Colombia Roast is one of the more popular single-origin coffee from the coffee giant. Aside from the regular whole bean roasts, there are other versions, such as ground, Via instant coffee, and capsules.

In this post, I will review the Starbucks Colombia Roast Nespresso, one of the capsule versions of the roast. I will brew the coffee several ways and then compare it against other related coffee in my collection.

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by Nigel Ong

Starbucks is known to be one of the most innovative coffee companies, pioneering and introducing many coffee roasts, products, and marketing campaigns. It also widely experiments in how it sells its products. 

Aside from regular whole bean roasts, you can get Starbucks roasts in many forms – ground, instant coffee, and pods. Their Nespresso Pods are selling particularly well, especially the Starbucks Espresso Roast. 

However, how good is the Nespresso version of the Starbucks Espresso Roast? Will it taste as good as a traditional espresso made from fresh whole-bean coffee or a low-quality replacement, like their Frappuccino?

In this post, I compared the whole bean version of the Starbucks Espresso Roast and the Nespresso Pod version. I will brew both and then sample them to see how each performs. 

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by Nigel Ong

You may associate IKEA with cheap, well-designed furniture, but it does much more than that. If you have not seen it yet, IKEA makes a wide range of food items, including coffee. 

IKEA offers several coffee roasts under the Patar range, roasted Euro-style. We have looked at IKEA Patar Dark Roast and Espresso Roast, but what about its Medium Roast? Will it rival what we regularly drink here in the US? Let’s find out.

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by Nigel Ong

Aside from the major coffee houses, there are many small and independent coffee roasters that produce great coffee. One of them is Community Coffee. One of their most famous coffee roasts is their Breakfast Blend. 

How good is the Community Coffee Breakfast Blend? I picked up a bag of it to try out. I’ll brew it several ways and then sample it black and with popular flavorings. Finally, I compare it with other popular roasts I have in my collection.

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by Nigel Ong

Peet’s is a popular coffee roaster, probably most known for its Major Dickason Dark Roast. However, there are also other roasts in its offerings, which are also rather popular. 

One of these is the Big Bang Roast. It seems to have received many good endorsements from coffee reviewers, which interested me in trying this coffee out myself. 

I reviewed The Big Bang Roast from Peet’s Coffee in this post. I will brew the coffee three ways and then sample it with flavorings. I will also compare it against other medium roasts and decide who would enjoy the coffee.

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