Customer Reviews for Starbucks - Pike Place Coffee Keurig K-Cup Pods, Medium Roast, 24/Box
Customer Rating
5
My Fav
on February 7, 2014
Posted by: Joe O
from Southern Maryland
This is my favorite coffee. I have been hooked on it for a couple years. I like the unique flavor, the aroma and the after-taste. Until something else gets my attention, this is the one.
I was nervous to buy starbucks K-Cups because I have always felt that their coffee was too bitter for my taste. But after trying their Pike Place Medium Roast, I am hooked! I haven't bought any other brand K-Cup since!
After reading all the good reviews for this coffee, I'm left wondering if maybe I got a bad batch or something. I love coffee and have never tried one that I couldn't stand to drink until this. Hate that I wasted my money on it. I do enjoy other Starbucks coffee but this is just absolutely terrible. Even with cream and sugar, it still tasted awful.
I don't usually write reviews, but the terrible taste of this coffee forced me into it. Here at work we bought 8 or 9 cases of this stuff, and NO ONE besides 2 or 3 would drink it. The taste is soooo unbalanced. I like a coffee with an EVEN taste across the tongue(like Caribou's Caribou Blend)... this doesn't do that.... all the flavour is at the back of your mouth. It's got a decent strength... and it smells good, but it's bad enough that if this was the only coffee left on the planet, I'd have to switch to plain water or heaven forbid, tea....
Pros: Pleasing Aroma
Cons: Unappealing Or Flat Aroma, Unbalanced Or Sharp Acidity, Unpleasant Flavor
Tastes very much like the PP served at the local 'bucks - as long as you don't water it down too much. A good choice if you want a little variety in the form of medium roast that isn't too bitter or acidic. Smooth with a little more flavor and body than some of the other medium roasts.