MSI Coffee Tasting Club: #7 - Gold Coast Blend®

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Gold Coast Blend® by Starbucks Coffee

April 19-25

Our biggest and boldest blend was created in 1987 for our first store opening in Chicago.

We created our biggest and most flavorful blend in 1987 to commemorate our first store opening in Chicago. Gold Coast Blend® is a sophisticated coffee with waves of flavor that evolve as the coffee cools.

More about this coffee:
This full-bodied blend showcases our finest Latin American and Asia Pacific coffees, accented with a touch of Italian Roast's sweetness.

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Intensity: Extra Bold

Food Pairings: Four flavors that hold their own against this bold coffee and accentuate its intensity, are: tangy cranberry, woodsy maple, buttery-sweet caramel and dense cheesecake.

Origin Notes: A blend of Latin American and Indonesian coffees.

My Notes:

Smell: spicy, chocolaty, earthy
Taste: spicy, earthy, pleasantly acidic, smooth, a weaker body (medium) than I was expecting
After taste: earthy, spicy, acidic

While reading all the notes I decided to try this with a chocolate peanut butter tandykake - that was a mistake, it made the tandykake bitter.

It was great without sugar or cream, but I expect the additions would only have complemented and not overpowered the coffee.

My new almost favorite of the bold tasting adventure, it is hard to believe it's nearly over.

My preferences, best to worst, so far:
1) Caffe Verona
2) Gold Coast Blend
3) Italian Roast
4) Yukon
5) (STARBUCKS)RED
6) Café Estima Blend
7) Komodo Dragon

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MSI Coffee Tasting Club Week #7 - Gold Coast Blend®

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