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Bean Box October 2015 Review
Bean Box if a coffee subscription that sends hand-picked whole bean coffee from Seattle's top-rated roasters. This month, I was sent the Latin America Sampler Box for review. There are two different monthly options to choose from: The Expand Your Palate Box and the Fill Your Morning Cup Box. The Expand Your Palate Box is $20.00/month and it comes with four 1.8 ounce bags of whole bean coffee, tasting notes, roaster notes and brewing tips.
The Fill Your Morning Cup Box is $20.00/month for a 12 oz bag of coffee that is picked based on your specific tastes. When you sign up for this option, you pick if you prefer: light, light+medium, medium only etc. Bean Box also prints the roasting date on the back of each coffee, so you will know all your coffee is fresh.
The Details:
Cost: $20.00/month, Free Trial Available (see end of this review).
Coupon: Use this link with the coupon BEANME to get $5.00 off your 1st box.
What's in the box?
- The Expand Your Palate Box comes with four 1.8 ounce bags of whole bean coffee, tasting notes, roaster notes and brewing tips.
- The Fill Your Morning Cup Box comes with a 12 oz bag of coffee that is picked based on your specific tastes, along with tasting notes, roaster notes and brewing tips.
Shipping: Free shipping to the USA. Shipping to Canada is available for an extra charge, other countries will be added in the near future.
Cancel: You can cancel right from your account. You need to cancel by the end of the day Wednesday (Pacific Time) the week before your next scheduled shipment, which is always on a Tuesday.
Bean Box ships in a little brown box.
First Look
The front of the information card has a list of all the brands of coffee in the box. For each coffee in the box, I am including some information about the coffee and then my husband included a taste profile for each coffee.
Fonte Coffee Roaster Brasil Fazenda Passeio: This is roasted in Seattle and is a dark roast with notes of milk chocolate and citrus
Brasil Fazenda Passeio Coffee Taste Profile
Acidity: Mid level acidity for me.
Body: Full body aroma and taste
Sweetness: Smell had many hints of the coffee was sweet with a milk chocolate
Finish: The Brasil Fazenda started with the taste I expected, but the finish of the coffee had the spicy taste described on the bag.
True North Guatemalan Finca Puerta Verde: This is a medium roast coffee with notes of chocolate and cherry.
Finca Puerta Verde Coffee Taste Profile
Acidity: high acidity
Body Full Body
Sweetness: Fruity taste with some bite of citrus.
Finish: The after taste was kinda bitter and seemed mainly due maybe to the high acidity.
Ladro Roasting Coasta Rica El Pilon Natural This is a sweet and light coffee with notes of dried figs, dates, and brown sugar.
Coasta Rica El Pilon Natural Coffee Taste Profile
Acidity: Low acidity
Body: Light body
Sweetness: Semi sweet
Finish: The finish wasn't all that impressive but was okay with the sweet.
Broadcast Coffee Roasters Colombia Finca La Pradera: This is a family own company in Columbia. This roast is 100% Organic and Rainforest Alliance Certified. This is a sweet coffee with notes of dark chocolate, taffy and vanilla.
Colombia Finca La Pradera Coffee Taste Profile
Acidity: Low acidity
Body: Light body and aroma but with the hints of its chocolate
Sweetness: Semi sweet
Finish: Decent after taste that was very chocolaty almost it had raw coco as part of the coffee itself. This was the one I liked to most of the choices.
There were also two pieces of chocolate in the box.
Final Thought This month brought a nice section of Latin American coffee. All the coffee that comes in bean box is freshly roasted and packaged in resealable bags. You can try Bean Box with this link with the coupon BEANME to get $5.00 off your 1st box.
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