I ran out of my preferred brand at work and ran across the street and got some of this to hold me over until I could get my usual. I like good dark roasts. This is burned and stale. I guess House Blend is not so much the preferred blend of complementing flavors as it is just a name for "we mixed the ones we couldn't otherwise sell". The bag does not lie. It is distinctive and deeeeeeeeeeply roasted to maximize flavor, not a good flavor, but a flavor. It changed my expectations.
Hadn't ordered this in years - the name seems like an inauspicious catch all. I was so pleasantly surprised to taste how mellow and well blended it is.