Medium Reindeer Blend Coffee from Caribou Coffee

Item Purchased: Medium Reindeer Blend Coffee from Caribou Coffee
Location Purchased: Caribou Coffee / 1328 S. Halsted / Chicago, IL
Price: $1.70 + tax

Review: Looks like Caribou is trying to get rid of their Christmas leftovers! Every winter, right before Christmas, Caribou has a countdown to the day they get their first shipment of the Reindeer Blend. The fact that they are still brewing it on January 23rd should raise more than a few red flags.

It's not that it is a bad coffee, but it certainly isn't a great coffee. A bit more acidic than I prefer, Caribou's Reindeer Blend coffee tastes a bit like day-old coffee from my home coffee maker (and yes, I know full well what that tastes like. This doesn't make a coffee bad. Three day old coffee... now that's bad!). It is a medium roast with a heavy feeling to it after it lands in your stomach and the caffeine doesn't seem to last long (though that could have just been from the beer I drank last night).

Christmas is over. I hope the days of Caribou hyping this blend as if it were something special are over too.

Rating: 2 / 5