50% Less Caffeine. Whole Bean. America’s No. 1 Whole Bean Coffee. 100% Arabica Beans. The unique freshness-valve on the front of this bag seals in and protects the superb roasted flavor of each bag of Eight O’Clock coffee. Since 1859, Eight O’Clock Coffee has been dedicated to bringing you the freshest whole bean coffees. At Eight O’Clock Coffee, we select only high quality 100% Arabica beans for our great tasting coffees. We carefully roast our coffee beans to bring out their r…
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The Eight O’Clock line of coffees has always represented extraordinary value. I had occasion to prepare a coffee tasting for a small group of wine-lovers a few years back. The contenders were Eight O’Clock Bokar blend, Illy Cafe’s Famiglia blend and two blends from a very famous coffee shop chain that probably has a store within three blocks of your house.
I asked the tasters to use wine descriptors to judge the coffees and then to make a judgment of overall satisfaction. Of the 22 in the group,21 picked either the Illy or the Eight O’Clock in first place and all 22 picked one of them for second.
This blend is one that we use at home for the afternoon or early evening cup when we don’t want to be over-caffeinated. The flavor is truly balanced, slightly fruity with a hint of toasty chocolate. It’s a medium-bodied blend, but you can concentrate it by using less water without harming the flavor.
I strongly recommend using a plunger type french press coffee maker like Bodum Chambord 3-Cup Coffee Press or the unbreakableBodum Columbia 8-Cup Stainless-Steel Thermal Press Pot.
Lynn Hoffman, author of The New Short Course in Wine and the extremely well balanced bang BANG: A Novel
This is the very same coffee my grandmother perked on her stove back in the 1920’s. Still the best! It’s a tradition in our house.
It’s certainly convenient to have an out-of-the bag 50% Decaf bean, and the price is certainly right, BUT… I actually find this coffee to be fairly bland in taste. I’ve tried adjusting the amounts, but I was unable to coax a really rich taste from these beans. I have gone back to mixing Caf and Decaf myself. (I just pour the Caf beans into one side of the burr grinder, and Decaf into the other side.) Currently I’m mixing Jeremiah’s Pick Coffee Co, Whole Bean Coffee, Decaf Private Reserve, 10-Ounce Bags (Pack of 3) and Timothy’s World Coffee, Kona Blend, Ground, 10-Ounce Bags (Pack of 3), and this makes a pretty rich cup. Also, manually mixing beans gives you a better opportunity to experiment with different bean flavors, which is fun…