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Two Coffee's
By Cake Pants Jack
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Did someone say free? When we started this one year ago, my goal was to get free coffee.
That's all, not to much to ask. Most people wouldn't even think that we set our goals high enough. Let's face it,
I'm a wuss, and baby steps is what I'm good at. I'm proud of it to, so nah!
To date, your pal Jack has received free coffee 4 whole times. Not just coffee mind you,
but sealed packaged of coffee beans or ground. I'm not sure if this makes up for the time and money I spend bringing
you Coffee Club every week, but then again, I love our readers so much, I'd do this for nothing.
This brings me to the article at hand. Not one, but two coffee's my friends. One is from
Cuba, and the other is from Hawaii. Both, given freely, so that the whole world could share in the joy that they
bring one lonely coffee loving human being.
On with the joy.
Cubita
A black, badly designed vacuum sealed packet of pre-ground coffee beans. It says right on
the back of the package, that this is the coffee that the peasants of Cuba enjoy regularly. It was written in such
an upbeat way that I was fooled into thinking it would be good coffee.
It never occurred to me that Cuban peasants would not really have access to the good stuff,
nor could they afford it most likely. The good stuff gets sent to us, at $12CDN a pound, and we gladly pay for it.
Mores the pity.
The first strike against this brew was its grind. Way to fine, more suited to an espresso
machine, which I currently do not have access too. The taste was harsh, and dirty, but in a bad way. It lacked body,
it lacked bite, it did not finish smooth at all. With all those detractors, it's over all taste lacked coffeeness.
Don't buy this coffee when your in Cuba. Sure your helping the economy of Cuba, but really
what's that get the peasants? By definition, they is still poor. Nuff' said.
Lion Coffee
Right off you can tell this comes from a company that wants your business. The packaging alone, with its red foil
and lion crest speaks volumes on the quality one might expect. Jack thought it was a bit gaudy and old world, but
what the heck, it was free.
Inside was a proper drip grind, and the sweet smell of coffee, vanilla and macadamia nuts. I'm not really big on
flavoured coffee, especially ones that list artificial flavour as one of the ingredients, but once again, it was free.
This one is robust, coffee flavoured. Under the vanilla and macadamia nut, I swear I could taste good coffee. It
has a pretty good round bottom, not very sharp and a delightful top end that ends with those added flavours.
All in all, a good brew, that might indeed be worth your money. I'm not sure how much this stuff cost, but I'm going
out on a lim and guessing about as much as most gourmet coffee's. Then again, if you can afford Hawaii, then why
worry bout $12? Nuff' said.
Dat be dat. You wanna send us some coffee? We'll take it. Just ask us where to send it.
Till next time, may all
your dreams come true. If not, have some coffee and don't worry about it.
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