Three Beans Coffee

On the weekend prior to Valentine's Day, you're probably wondering why I'm talking about coffee, long story short, I purchased it for cheap, cheap, cheap and now I want to talk about it's worth. If you're an avid coffee drinker and you realize that the pricing is continually going up and your looking for some good coffee at a reasonable price, you may be interested.

I was in the coffee aisle of a local grocer when I looked up and saw (what was news to me) Three Beans Coffee that touted 100% Arabica Beans, rich, bold and dark roast; but most importantly, it cost $4.99.
Decision made, I decided to take it home for that cost and try it out, besides, how bad could it be.

Shortly after dinner, I decided to make me a cup of this new Three Beans Coffee to drink with one of the chocolate brownies I prepared yesterday. Admittedly, I did not follow the directions because I make coffee everyday and I fell like I know how to make a cup of coffee. By the way, I love, love, love the smell of coffee and Three Beans Coffee smells rich and vibrant. After placing a new filter in the coffee-maker, I put in 2 Tbs. of coffee to about 10 oz. of water and waited for it to brew.

Brewing complete, I put in a little creamer and some Splenda, stirred, smelled the richness and sipped. Wow, that taste like water, I thought. Then I said to myself, "take another sip just to see if its me", no, that's kinda watery tasting. Then I thought, I'll ask my flip-side what he thinks, he's a coffee drinker and it could be the brownie I'm having with it that may be interfering with the taste. My flip-side tasted it and said, "that's weak." so I poured out the rest and decided to give it another try in the morning.

When I woke up this morning and went downstairs to make coffee, I decided to read the directions before trying again. The directions say to start with fresh filtered water, O.K., use 2 TBS ground coffee to 6 oz. water, O.K., I can do that, I thought. So, I prepared the coffee just as suggested on the packaging, put in my creamer and Splenda, stirred, smelled and sipped. No, still not the taste I'm looking for, there's not a match between the smell and the taste of the coffee. The smell is robust, rich and bold and the taste is meek, weak and watery. The question is can I drink it, I can but I won't. Well, lesson learned, you get what you pay for!