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Fair Trade Spicy Eggnog K-Cups Return for the Holidays
Green Mountain Coffee has sent us a few boxes of their Spicy Eggnog K-Cups and we couldn't be happier. Rich cinnamon and nutmeg scents abound, mixed with warm flavors of the holiday season when you drink a cup of the Fair Trade Spicy Eggnog coffee. We look forward to this coffee each year along with the Fair Trade Gingerbread and Holiday K-Cups. We find if you add even a touch more eggnog to the Spicy Eggnog K-Cups it's almost overwhelming.
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November 18, 2009
Win a Two Year Supply of K-Cups from Single Serve Coffee
What could possibly be any better than winning a year's supply of your favorite Keurig K-Cups? Winning TWO YEAR'S WORTH OF YOUR FAVORITE KEURIG K-CUPS, OF COURSE!
That's right, SingleServeCoffee.com is giving away two years worth of Keurig K-Cups from Shoffee.com.
Ok, so you're probably asking, what does SingleServeCoffee.com and Shoffee.com consider two year's worth of K-Cups? Two boxes of K-Cups, every month for two years (shipped from Shoffee.com) - now that's a lot of coffee!
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We've always been a clear coffee mug drinker here at Single Serve Coffee. We love how you can see the cream and sugar mix, and we love how the double walled clear mugs from Bodum keep hot drinks hot and cold drinks cold longer. We also love how no coaster is needed; the double wall of glass prevents condensation on the bottom of the mug. The mugs are made from durable, mouth-blown borosilicate glass is temperature safe and will never cloud in the dishwasher. The mugs are also dishwasher and microwave safe. One word of caution - be careful when you stir with large spoons or the like - the mugs are tough but can break with sharp contact.
Tassimo $50 Rebate on All Models including the Tassimo T65
We've got quite the single serve coffee deal for you as CoffeeWiz.com is offering a $50 mail in rebate on all models of the Tassimo single serve coffee system. That brings the Tassimo Suprema model normally priced at $169.99 to $119.99 and the $199.99 priced Tassimo T65 to $149.99. We like both of these models, but we really love the LCD display and cup light on the newer T65 model.
From Jim: I just wanted to mention that Tassimo is offering a $50.00 rebate on all their models effective today though the holidays. This is huge .. IMHO .. Anyway thought I would share..
Get the rebate PDF here to print and mail in and find the Tassimo brewers here.
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Acquires Timothy's World Coffees
Wowser - we did not see this coming but it appears as if Green Mountain Coffee Roasters has acquired Timothy's World Coffees. Some key highlights from the release and news are:
Acquisition of Canadian Coffee Company to Strengthen GMCR's Leadership in Specialty Coffee throughout North America
Company Raises Sales and Earnings Estimates to Reflect Acquisition -
The acquisition includes the Timothy's World Coffee® brand and wholesale business (but does not include retail operations), and will be maintained as a wholly owned Canadian subsidiary, with operations integrated into GMCR's Specialty Coffee Business Unit. GMCR anticipates the acquisition will be accretive to its earnings per share in fiscal year 2010.
Terra Keramik has rebranded their line of amazing coffee, espresso, and cappuccino mugs and is now called Artazza. We like the new name, and wish them the best of luck as their coffee mugs are some of the best we've ever had the pleasure of drinking coffee from. You can read our earlier review of their coffee mug here.
Review: Timothy's Winter Carnival K-Cups for Keurig
We recently dug through our K-Cup stash and decided to revisit some Pumpkin Spice K-Cups we had left-over from a previous season, so we figured why not review another seasonal K-Cup which has been hiding in our ever-growing repertoire? This time around, it's Timothy's Winter Carnival K-Cups which grabbed our attention. We purchased these K-Cups for our own review purposes last season during a trip to Tweed & Hickory, and since Timothy's has yet to officially announce this flavor's re-launch this year, we decided to review what we had on-hand.
Upon brewing, you're greeted with a refreshing aroma of maple syrup and butter toffee which lingers in the room. Tasting notes yielded hints of caramel as well and had us wishing we hadn't ravaged our Spring supply of maple candies earlier this year. We can only imagine this coffee + a slice of maple butter pie would be nothing short of pure bliss. Please pardon us as our minds wander for a bit... mmm, maple butter pie (insert Homer Simpson drooling sound here). Timothy's also notes some "custard notes" in the flavoring, but we didn't really notice any during our tests.
3,604 Cups of Coffee Used to Make Picture of Mona Lisa
If you've got a ton of time on your hands and let's say 3,604 cups of coffee lying around - you might be able to brew up something like the Mona Lisa. The big question on our mind is not WHY - but who drunk all these crazy cups of coffee, and what coffee maker did they use to make all of them.
What we do know is the painting measures 20 feet high and 13 feet wide and took a team of eight people three hours to complete. It was created for The Rocks Aroma Festival in Sydney, Australia, and seen by 130,000 people who attended the one-day coffee-lovers event.
Peet's Buys Diedrich - Finally Gets Into the K-Cup Business
CNN Money and others are reporting that Peet's had indeed offered to buy Diedrich Coffee. Last Monday Peet's announced its offer to buy Diedrich for about $213 million in cash and stock, and plans to use its established grocery distribution system for selling its own bagged coffee, and to use that same channel to push more Diedrich K-Cups and eventually perhaps even Peet's K-Cups.
Peet's also plans to eventually sell its namesake coffee in K-Cup forms, joining the fast-growing segment. Shipments of K-Cups are up 60% through its first three-quarters to $1.18 billion units, according to Green Mountain Coffee, while shipments of the machines needed to brew the cups are up 144% during that time.
By acquiring Diedrich, Peet's will also get the infrastructure needed to get set up those capabilities.
Very exciting news indeed, but let's hope they keep the Diedrich coffees and brand around. We love a the variety of K-Cups available, and hope they expand and enhance the K-Cup world of single cup coffee not just replace Peet's coffees for Diedrich coffees.
Tassimo T65 Single Serve Coffee Maker Arrives for Review
Tassimo has sent us one of the new Tassimo T65 T-Disc single serve coffee makers to review. Right away you can see the difference in the attractive packaging, and how the removable cup stand will allow you to use larger travel mugs. We also love any appliance in our kitchen that features a cool blue led light - and the T65's illuminated cup stand is the bomb. We'll have a full review soon, but details on this new brewer are below.
The T-65 Tassimo Bosch single cup T-disc brewer features a new Multilingual LC display. We're pretty sure the multi-lingual display will help Tassimo launch into new and existing markets without the need to localize the machines for each market saving money. There's also a new set of lights for cup stand illumination.
Key new features of the Tassimo T-65 Single Serve Coffee Maker (read our T-45 review for all the features of the Tassimo system):
Multilingual LC display
User-friendly visual and linguistic instructions
Guides users through all functions and service steps in five languages (English/ French/German/Italian/Spanish)
Ultimate ease-of-use through self- explanatory instructions
Explanations for every step of use
Cup-stand light
Three lights above the cup stand for illumination
Switches off automatically when brewer is not in use for more than five minutes
Senseo was kind enough to send over a sample bag of their new 10% Kona Coffee Blend coffee pods to review, and we're glad they did. We've been anticipating how good these coffee pods would and could be, and are pleased to say up front - pretty darn good (think Larry David saying that). Kona Coffee tends to be milder and easier on the stomach and palette, and the 10% Kona Coffee blend coffee pods are no exception.
We've been on the hunt for a new travel mug, and we like the look and features of the Contigo mug. The Contigo Travel mug features a patented autoseal lid, and is 100-percent leak-proof and 100-percent spill-proof. You do have to press to sip, and when you release the mug seals. Vacuum-insulated technology keeps beverages hot for 4 hours, and cold for 12 hours. Also, the contoured body makes this mug easy to hold, and it fits most standard car cupholders
Green Mountain has introduced two new Cafe Escapes flavors - Chai Latte (a web exclusive), and Cafe Mocha. We have sampled both of these K-Cups as a result of Green Mountain sending us a few boxes to try out and have the following thoughts:
Cafe Escapes Chai Latte K-Cups - Very sweet, so if you're going to get the most Chai flavor we found making it on the smaller setting and then using a milk frother to get some balance. We did find several of the staff also liked it on the larger setting in a travel mug to sip and enjoy.
Cafe Escapes Cafe Mocha K-Cups - Solid. It's a nice chocolate meets coffee experience with a bit more chocolate than coffee. We think this is one of the best of the Cafe Escapes so far.
There's a mini-site for Cafe Escapes as well, and it's very pleasant with ethereal background music. It's nice to see Green Mountain Coffee continue to expand the Cafe Escapes line - now where is my Caramel Macchiato?
October 2009 Monthly Round-Up for Single Serve Coffee
Another October and another month of amazing single serve coffee news and reviews. We had a slew of coffee reviews this past month, and expect more in the coming weeks. Also expect our Mid-Month Single Serve Coffee Deals as well in November. You can also follow Single Serve Coffee each month on Facebook and Twitter for the latest single serve coffee news, reviews, and deals.
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Review: Timothy's Winter Carnival K-Cups for Keurig
