The Good: Reasonably priced, Good aroma, Good flavor, Company's ethics
The Bad: Does not have complex and subtle flavors it promises, Requires grinding.
The Basics: Manatee Gourmet Coffee Caribbean Delight Coffee is a decent low acid medium roast coffee, but it does not have the promised flavors it advertises.
I love coffee. I should love coffee; I drink a lot of it. I have become enamored over the years with both dark coffees and flavored coffees, but my personal appreciation has led to a professional set of standards when it comes to reviewing coffee. I am almost constantly disappointed by how flavored coffees fail to live up to their promised flavors. As a result, there can be perfectly adequate coffees that get sub-par ratings because they just are not all they claim. Manatee Gourmet Coffee Caribbean Delight Coffee is one such coffee.
Manatee Gourmet Coffee Caribbean Delight Coffee is good, but the bag promises a Caribbean Delight coffee with a dark chocolate flavor. It certainly lives up on the former promise, but not the latter flavor.
Basics
is a Canadian coffee producer and their gimmick (if it can be called that) is that the beans are organically grown in the shade of the rainforest and the company is a Fair Trade company. For Fair Trade coffee beans, Manatee Gourmet Coffee Caribbean Delight Coffee is very competitively priced (even outside my local discount store!). The bags of Manatee Gourmet Coffee Caribbean Delight Coffee weigh 10 oz. and are whole bean. Because this is a whole bean coffee, grinding is required. We use a Cuisinart Supreme Grind Coffee Grinder (reviewed here!) and that worked wonderfully to bring out the flavors of Manatee Gourmet Coffee Caribbean Delight Coffee. Manatee Gourmet Coffee Caribbean Delight Coffee is easily protected from absorbing scents of other foods and the bag can be resealed using the wire-based "tie."
Manatee Gourmet Coffee Caribbean Delight Coffee is aromatic, but surprisingly light on flavor compared to other flavored coffees, even Medium Roast blends.
Ease Of Preparation
Manatee Gourmet Coffee Caribbean Delight Coffee is a fairly easy coffee to prepare, assuming one has a coffee grinder and a scoop! First, open the bag. Manatee Gourmet Coffee Caribbean Delight Coffee is vacuum sealed when first purchased. After opening foil bag, one must grind the beans. We recommend grinding it fresh to get the most out of the coffee flavor, as it releases its flavor when ground and if it sits around ground, it is likely to absorb flavors from the air around it. Once ground, procure a scoop (not included) and measure out one heaping tablespoon for every two cups of water in your coffee maker. Manatee Gourmet Coffee Caribbean Delight Coffee is intended for automatic (drip or percolating) coffee makers, like my Hamilton Beach coffee maker (reviewed here!). This is NOT an instant coffee. As a result, it needs to be brewed.
Consult your coffee maker's instructions for how to brew the coffee. However, as far as the basics go, you'll need a coffee filter, like the Crucial Coffee #4 permanent filter (reviewed here) we use, into which you put the Manatee Gourmet Coffee Caribbean Delight Coffee and then brew through your coffee maker.
Taste
Manatee Gourmet Coffee Caribbean Delight Coffee smells like coffee and coconut. The aroma is good, but not overly strong. Instead, this is a very subtle-smelling coffee.
In the mouth, Manatee Gourmet Coffee Caribbean Delight Coffee tastes bitter and like coffee. The Manatee Gourmet Coffee Caribbean Delight Coffee is not at all the strongest coffee flavor, which makes some sense given that it is a medium roast coffee. The bitterness from the very basic coffee flavor finishes with a very vague fruity flavor that never quite pops to the coconut, hazelnut or caramel flavors that Manatee Gourmet Coffee promises. The medium roast Caribbean Delight Coffee is low acid and it truly lives up on that front. Unfortunately, the coffee flavor is very basic and none of the flavors truly reach their potential.
The bitterness from the Manatee Gourmet Coffee Caribbean Delight Coffee is completely cut by creamer or a little bit of sugar. With creamer or sugar, Manatee Gourmet Coffee Caribbean Delight Coffee does not embody any more of the flavors promised on the bag.
Manatee Gourmet Coffee Caribbean Delight Coffee has a very bitter aftertaste. This is not overly surprising, but unless one cuts the coffee with creamer or sugar, the bitter aftertaste lingers in the mouth for several minutes after one last consumes it.
Nutrition
This is coffee, not something that has nutrients in it! Manatee Gourmet Coffee Caribbean Delight Coffee does not contribute anything to one's daily recommended allowance of anything. Manatee Gourmet Coffee Caribbean Delight Coffee is composed of 100% Arabica Coffee and natural and/or artificial flavors.
This is a caffeinated blend, but the Manatee Gourmet Coffee Caribbean Delight Coffee is a low acid blend that does not agitate the throat or stomach for those who are sensitive to such things. The Manatee Gourmet Coffee Caribbean Delight Coffee is not the most potent caffeinated blend, but it is surprisingly low acid, which is nice.
Manatee Gourmet Coffee Caribbean Delight Coffee is not marked as Kosher (I'm not certain why), but Manatee Gourmet Coffee is a decent company that donates money to saving the manatees. That is pretty awesome.
Storage/Clean-up
Manatee Gourmet Coffee Caribbean Delight Coffee ought to be stored sealed in its bag with the top folded down. Coffee is known to absorb flavors of food nearby it, so keeping the bag folded tightly closed is highly recommended. The bag came to us fresh, but we used it up well before its expiration date.
After brewing, coffee grounds ought to be disposed of. This is not an ideal coffee to make a second pot with (second brewings I attempted came out 1/4 - 1/3 as potent as the first brewing), so this is not an ideal coffee for the coffee miser. These grounds may be thrown in the trash when used or put in a compost pile, if available. Coffee grounds make great compost.
Overall
Manatee Gourmet Coffee Caribbean Delight Coffee smells all right and has very low acidity, but is not the most powerful coffee flavor and does not have any of the promised secondary flavors.
For other coffee reviews, please visit my reviews of:
Starbucks French Roast Coffee
Edward’s Flavored Coffee Boston Cream Pie Coffee
The Coffee Fool Fool's Caramel Nut Coffee
4/10
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