Coffee Bean Direct Colombian Supremo, Whole Bean Coffee, Light Roast, 5 Pound Bag (Pack of 1)

> Very Good Coffee; Very Good Value
SUMMARYThe City Roast is a medium to moderately-dark roast, rich coffee, which I would grade as A- (typical American coffee being C). I drink my coffee strong, and City Roast makes a good strong cup. It is full flavored without being bitter. Unlike darker roasts, it is not glazed with sugar (which melts and sticks, like a turd, in your coffee grinder). In short, it is not the very best coffee I have drank, but a very good coffee and the best combination of quality and value that I have found.Normally a coffee called “City Roast” would not have caught my attention, and I would avoid anything called “supremo”, but the City Roast was included with the “sampler” I purchased Coffee Bean Direct Assorted Whole Bean Coffee Sampler, 9-Pound Box, and it was by far the best—the only coffee in the sampler which impressed me. I’m now working on my second 5 pound bag.COFFEE BEAN DIRECTCoffee Bean Direct concentrates on flavored coffee (which I loath), decaffeinated coffee (what’s the point?) and dark roasts (which I usually avoid). I normally prefer light roasts, but CBD’s light roasts (and least those in the sampler) were mediocre, barely up to “Maxwell House” or “Folger’s” standards. As a generalization dark roast coffee is analogous to red wine as compared to white wine. Some dark roasts are exceptionally rich and flavorful, but it is harder to find a good dark roast than a good light roast. Intense roasting either enhances the flavor, or destroys it, more often the latter.COFFEE SERVICESThe great advantage of Coffee Bean Direct (and other services such as Boca Java {highly recommended} and Gevalia) is that you are assured of fresh beans, whereas you never know how long coffee has been setting on a grocery shelf or in a warehouse. Fresh beans make a huge difference. Of course, that means that if you buy 5-pound bags for home use, you need to refrigerate it and keep it tightly sealed.OTHER RECOMMENDATIONSI’ve been using the Mellita system for about 40 years, which I strongly recommend Melitta Cone Filter Coffeemaker 10 Cup, 1-Count. I have found that the best artificial sweetener with coffee is pure stevia. Pure Stevia Extract Powder by Kal – 3.5 oz Pure Stevia is the sweetener in the more common Truvia, but without the fillers which alter the taste and leave a yucky residue in your cup. As an extra bonus, Pure Stevia is much more economical.

Strong and smooth
Good quality product. Strong rich flavor. Great to wake up with

Not Really That Close to Blue Mountain/Jamaican
This is a decent coffee for the price. It really does not, to my experience, approximate Jamaican coffee. While it is decently smooth on the front end, the finish just doesn’t hold up. It isn’t really nutty smooth in the way you would hope it might be. That said, for the price, it is a decent cup of coffee. I wouldn’t serve it to guests, but if I were a young person just starting out, I would brew this rather than stopping at Starbucks on the way to work. Frankly, I am giving mine to my daughter in college. She knows enough about coffee to not drink slop, but this is right in her budget and her wheelhouse: a serviceable every day cup of coffee somewhere between a New England and a medium roast Peet.