justinspicher
WKR
Hello Roksliders,
This review is coming to you from SW Colorado where I started and ended my review of Coffee Blocks Coffee. A few weeks back Mr. Avery asked if anyone wanted to try this brand of coffee in a backcountry coffee thread (weird huh?). I figured why not as I am still currently carrying a tag for elk and sit glassing quite a bit. Like most, I enjoy a warm beverage during these sessions.
So, this Coffee Blocks claims its breakfast in a cup. It says so on the box. It also says that Coffee Blocks is the no mess, no guess butter coffee you can take and make anywhere. The healthy fats in our butter coffee help you burn fat and stay focused. Giving you energy to conquer your day.
This product is made in the USA with the best ingredients from around the world. All natural ingredients, grass fed butter, organic coconut oil and real coffee. No preservatives, no gluten, no sugar. Then they go on to say, no worries, you're welcome. The rest of the ingredients are organic egg yolks and organic pure vanilla extract.
In the box there are eight packets. Each packet is one serving size, 1.1oz. 210 calories per serving, with 190 calories from fat.
Now on to my trial run. So its about 0830, I've been glassing for about an hour and I decide to make a cup of this coffee. I pull the packet out of my snack bag and its frozen. However, it slides right out of the packet and into my cup. It sorta looks like something my cat would leave behind. Anyway, the water is boiling at this point and so I pour in the 12oz of water. (8oz of hot and 4oz of room temp-I'm in the woods, not really room temp out here, its 26*.) I take my spoon and stir this concoction, noticing a particular smell but I cant seem to place it. I wait for a few minutes then decide to take a sip, as I didn't want to burn myself. (in hindsight, that was the least of my problems) As this beverage hits my lips I realize its freaking hot, then the taste hits me---it tastes exactly like vomit. I immediately spit this beverage out. I can't get the taste out of my mouth, and the smell has hit me in full force. I throw my coffee cup and curse Ryan Avery explicitly for this wrong doing in which I have participated. Then I yell several more unfriendly and explicit words only to realize that several mule deer are looking at me like I am bat shit crazy. I yell again and they run off. Angrily I walk over and pick up my coffee cup. It still reeks of this vomit coffee Ryan sent me, in fact, I can smell it on the dirt. I am now ready to fully get this taste out of my mouth so I eat several packets of oatmeal straight from the bag, two granola bars and half a packet of gum. I pack up my gear and head out to the blind I am planning on sitting at for the rest of the day. Along the way I begin to burp, it tastes like vomit coffee. This continues for several hours, eventually going away after I eat my lunch.
Other than that it wasn't too bad. It fit nicely inside my snack pack and didn't explode so I win that round.
I have seven more packets. Anyone else want to try this?
This review is coming to you from SW Colorado where I started and ended my review of Coffee Blocks Coffee. A few weeks back Mr. Avery asked if anyone wanted to try this brand of coffee in a backcountry coffee thread (weird huh?). I figured why not as I am still currently carrying a tag for elk and sit glassing quite a bit. Like most, I enjoy a warm beverage during these sessions.
So, this Coffee Blocks claims its breakfast in a cup. It says so on the box. It also says that Coffee Blocks is the no mess, no guess butter coffee you can take and make anywhere. The healthy fats in our butter coffee help you burn fat and stay focused. Giving you energy to conquer your day.
This product is made in the USA with the best ingredients from around the world. All natural ingredients, grass fed butter, organic coconut oil and real coffee. No preservatives, no gluten, no sugar. Then they go on to say, no worries, you're welcome. The rest of the ingredients are organic egg yolks and organic pure vanilla extract.
In the box there are eight packets. Each packet is one serving size, 1.1oz. 210 calories per serving, with 190 calories from fat.
Now on to my trial run. So its about 0830, I've been glassing for about an hour and I decide to make a cup of this coffee. I pull the packet out of my snack bag and its frozen. However, it slides right out of the packet and into my cup. It sorta looks like something my cat would leave behind. Anyway, the water is boiling at this point and so I pour in the 12oz of water. (8oz of hot and 4oz of room temp-I'm in the woods, not really room temp out here, its 26*.) I take my spoon and stir this concoction, noticing a particular smell but I cant seem to place it. I wait for a few minutes then decide to take a sip, as I didn't want to burn myself. (in hindsight, that was the least of my problems) As this beverage hits my lips I realize its freaking hot, then the taste hits me---it tastes exactly like vomit. I immediately spit this beverage out. I can't get the taste out of my mouth, and the smell has hit me in full force. I throw my coffee cup and curse Ryan Avery explicitly for this wrong doing in which I have participated. Then I yell several more unfriendly and explicit words only to realize that several mule deer are looking at me like I am bat shit crazy. I yell again and they run off. Angrily I walk over and pick up my coffee cup. It still reeks of this vomit coffee Ryan sent me, in fact, I can smell it on the dirt. I am now ready to fully get this taste out of my mouth so I eat several packets of oatmeal straight from the bag, two granola bars and half a packet of gum. I pack up my gear and head out to the blind I am planning on sitting at for the rest of the day. Along the way I begin to burp, it tastes like vomit coffee. This continues for several hours, eventually going away after I eat my lunch.
Other than that it wasn't too bad. It fit nicely inside my snack pack and didn't explode so I win that round.
I have seven more packets. Anyone else want to try this?