Customer Reviews for Emeril's - Big Easy Bold Coffee Keurig K-Cup Pods, Dark Roast, 24/Box
Customer Rating
5
One of my go to coffees
on December 9, 2011
Posted by: I like my morning coffee
from Natick, MA
This is one of my morning go to coffees. It's strong, but not too strong. It doesn't leave you with "coffee mouth." I drink it with just a touch of half and half and no sugar. It's also a strong enough coffee to add a splash of coffee liqueur for an evening beverage.
The 'BIG EASY BOLD' is the best out of all of them, it's very close to perfect , I won't say it's perfect well nothings perfect, but this is very close, this coffee is not too strong but it has that mellow taste to it also.
Pros: Attractive Mouthfeel/Body, Great taste, Pleasing Aroma, Not Bitter, Smooth Taste, Exceptional/Interesting Flavor, Pleasing Roast
I copied the reviewer below me with the best uses trash thing because I fully agree. This is the worst coffee I have ever tasted as well. It made me gag. It was about five times stronger than straight espresso. Normally I love a dark roast, but this was disgusting. I tried to choke a few gulps down thinking maybe it would grow on me, but after the third time of gagging, I gave up.
Cons: Unbalanced Or Sharp Acidity, Unpleasant Flavor, Unappealing Or Flat Aroma, Unpleasant Aftertaste
Much like many others, this K-cup came with the brewer. I was rather curious about this one, again like many others, because of Emeril on it. I was unaware he was even still around, so I was curious as to what he came up with. Something dark and sinister apparently. So I had the machine crank out a cup of this, and noticed several things immediately. 1. Is coffee supposed to have a film on it? I mean, if there's a film on water, that's typically grease. I'm not saying this was grease, but a cup of coffee is like... 99.9% water, and this film looked preeeeetty identical to that film on my dishwater when the soap runs out. 2. Is coffee supposed to smell burnt? My wife, who hates coffee, jokes about coffee tasting and smelling like burnt water. I never understood this statement until now. 3. After the first few sips... why do I feel like I just took a drag off of a cigarette butt I found in the gutter? Perhaps the film in point 1 is tar? As other negative reviews have said, it smelled... burnt. But, never one to shy away from giving something a full attempt, I drank the full cup to see if I was missing something. Nope. It didn't have a BAD taste right off the hop, but that burnt, stale cigarette taste soon overrides anything else in there. I think what happened is that the coffee beans were housed under a cigarette factory that burned down, then a massive rainstorm put it all out. And then a week later someone said 'Eh, good enough', and shoveled what was left into a coffee grinder. All in all, this tastes like something that COULD have been good, but someone made some horrible, horrible mistakes along the way. I honestly pity the people who may have bought a ton of this due to the name, and then forced themselves to like it as an attempt to delude themselves into thinking they didn't just waste their money. The only people I could see enjoying this are heavy smokers... the types that don't know they smell like heavy smokers, but everyone kinda holds their breath as they go by.
Pros: Balanced Acidity
Cons: Unappealing Or Flat Aroma, Unpleasant Aftertaste, Unpleasant Flavor
Big Easy Bold is very strong as a standard cup of coffee ( still good though) but if you like iced mochas...this is the one to go with. ( Brew on smallest cup setting) Ice, half and half, little Bit of chocolate syrup , Emerils Big Easy Bold and BAM!