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I stumbled across two more fair trade K-Cups this week, Rain Forest Nut and Wild Mountain Blueberry. These two from Green Mountain Coffee are flavored coffees and come from only a handful of fair trade coffees that I’ve come across in K-Cup form.
The Drink: Rain Forest Nut from Green Mountain Coffee
Type: Fair Trade K-Cup
Overall Rating: 2 Out Of 5 Coffee Mugs
First up was in the Keurig was Rain Forest Nut. A lot of my friends that know me well, know that I’m allergic to just about everything, including nuts. They’ve asked me how I can drink coffees with a nutty flavor. The secret is that most flavor coffees have artificial flavors. Since there wasn’t an ingredient list, I’m not 100% sure how they flavor their coffee, but I can tell you that I didn’t have any allergic reaction tasting or smelling this coffee.
Anyways, on to the actual review. Rain Forest Nut. It had a nutty aroma and a vanilla scent that reminded me of ice cream.
I didn’t have any complaints until I got to the the taste. The nutty taste was weak. The vanilla tasted water downed. I may have picked up on some hints of caramel and I definitely picked up on a chemical after taste.
If you dare, a 24 pack of Rain Forest Nut is $10.95 at 1QuickCup.
Overall, Rain Forest Nut earned a sub par rating of two on the K-Cup scale. I was going to have to keep looking for a flavored. Fair Trade certified coffee that I would be willing to drink more than once.
The Drink: Wild Mountain Blueberry from Green Mountain Coffee
Type: Fair Trade K-Cup
Overall Rating: 3.5 Out Of 5 Coffee Mugs
Next, I moved on to Wild Mountain Blueberry from Green Mountain Coffee. Just smelling the coffee as it brewed and I had higher hopes for this coffee.
The smell from my cup a few minutes later was even better. It had an aroma that reminded me of home cooked blueberry pancakes.
The taste was a syrupy sweet blueberry with a hint of dark roast.
A 24 pack of Wild Mountain Blueberry is also $10.95 at 1QuickCup.
I don’t know if I could drink this flavored coffee every day, but I could drink it often. It earned an above average 3.5 and is probably one of the better K-Cups I’ve had yet.
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Never heard of these flavours. Would love to try Wild Mountain Blueberry. If its cooked blueberry pancakes then it must be delicous.
the local coffe quick serve drive though i pass each day getting on the highway seems to be of a mind to brew coffees a lot like the ones you tested here Mike.
thing is, i can never figure out what COFFEE is in them.
today, for example, they have a grasshopper mocha.
now i think that’s a mint choco-mocha flavor but
the lack of what COFFEE is in it has dissuaded me
from actually stopping there. nothing on the signs
or building even hint about what beans are used.
at least the local police cruisers are frequent
customers. and they seem very busy in the morning
and at lunch.
again, i don’t stop because of the afore mentioned
problems with the contents of these drinks.
i’m not surprised these two flavored coffees are a challenge.
One of my growing pet peeves if coffee companies big and small that don’t tell you what beans they use! I used to joke that they were hiding something, now I’m more serious about it. Luckily, there are more and more quality, but often small roasters that do share the bean info.
Good call on not stopping there!