October 2007

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Candy is what immediately came to mind after my first sip.

Café Brazil’s Holiday Blend is a jumble of well mixed flavors, all of them good, and so swirled together it’s hard to sort them out. Mint is one of them, with maybe a pumpkin spice thrown in, as well as caramel or vanilla (or both). After that my ability to dissect them into their component parts fails me.

Especially considering it’s a flavored brew, the underlying coffee itself is excellent. It’s a good base to build the flavors on — it would be delicious even without them. Rich and bold without being aggressive, it’s smooth with sweet Kona-esq highlights.

I have to say this is perfect for a Christmas coffee, and it’s definitely a groovy brew.

091707-0245-groovycoffe1.pngBefore coffee was coffee, it was a tea.

When first discovered, the ancient Ethiopians boiled the leaves and berries of the coffee plant to make a tea.

They also used the berries to make a wine.

It wasn’t until the 16th century that someone figured out how to make the infusion from the roasted beans that we know today as coffee.

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