Last week on the blog I reviewed the Costco Schwartz’s Smoked Meat, Costco Stoney Creek Thai Coconut Chicken and the Costco Kirkland Signature Four Cheese and Spinach Manicotti.
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Today I’m reviewing the Organic, Fair Trade, Salt Spring Coffee. I haven’t done a coffee review for a while and decided to pick up a bag of coffee I haven’t tried before last time I was at Costco.
I paid $16.99 Canadian for the 908 gram bag.
The best before date is six months from the date I purchased the beans. Some people like to freeze their coffee beans to enhance the flavor and keep the beans fresh. If you do want to freeze your coffee beans make sure to put them in an airtight container or vacuum pack them. The Salt Spring Coffee can be made into both hot coffee or cold brew! This comes in whole beans which need to be ground and made into coffee which takes more time than a Nespresso machine or instant coffee.
Coffee has a lot of health benefits that you can find with a quick google search but it’s a bit of a controversial food when it comes to how how healthy it really is. I will say that black coffee has basically zero calories but if you add a bunch of cream and sugar that changes pretty quick!
I like this coffee, it’s very smooth and easy to drink. You can tell it’s a dark roast and if you drink your coffee black it has a nice richness, I don’t notice any distinct tasting notes. Adding cream to the coffee made it more rich and eliminated any small amount of bitterness. Just like other Costco coffees I’ve reviewed this is an enjoyable coffee that reminds me of the kind you’d be served in a diner.
Cost: 7/10
Convenience: 2/10
Nutrition: N/A
Taste: 8/10
We did a coffee taste test a few years ago with various coffee sold by Costco. This was one of them and it was overwhelming the favourite — because it was so smooth.
At home, I mix this with the Starbuck’s French roast 50/50 for my own blend, I like the smoothness of this coffee with the ‘bite’ of the French roast. I rarely pay for coffee at a coffee shop now because this ‘blend’ is so good. I keep my extra coffee in the freezer and have had no problem with the taste or quality. I do not freeze and thaw multiple times and it is in a vacuum sealed bag as I have my own vacuum sealer (bought on sale at Costco).
Also, both of these brands go on sale a couple of times a year — I never pay full price.
All of this saves loads of cash$$
Natalie thank you so much for putting yourself out there and having an opinion — it matters to me. Enjoy your day 🙂
I never buy coffee at Costco because the sizes are too large.
Buying coffee in bulk is actually listed in the US on many consumer sites as one of the items you should never buy in bulk unless you consume quickly.
Coffee beans don’t remain fresh long after opening the package. And yes, it’s true. Do NOT freeze your coffee especially if you want to keep it fresh. only buy what you can use within a few weeks to a month, at most.
Salt Spring West Coast Roast is excellent coffee. We use it daily using a Breville espresso machine and occassionally with a Bunn coffee machine, and have tried it as iced coffee and as cold brew as well and it is always good. We serve it when extended family comes over (at Christmas) and everyone–of all ages and coffee roast preferences–has really enjoyed it. I only wish they made this in decaf as well.
This is a great coffee at a great price. It supports local business which is important these days. This item generally goes on sale at costco for extra savings so stock up then. All coffee beans improve tazte with good grinders and coffee machines.
First things first. Any coffee company, manufacturer, and coffee connoisseur strictly forbids one to put coffee in the freezer. There’s significant and overwhelming “evidence” online backing up this statement. I’ve been putting in the freezer for years until I was “educated”. It made a big difference.
Secondly, it’s mostly irrelevant to do any taste testing of coffee and make recommendations unless you use the proper equipment, otherwise, it’s completely subjective. The coffee maker can make a night and day difference.
Prior to the pandemic, Costco would offer occasional samplings of their Kirkland brand coffee. It was [one] of the best tasting non commercially prepared coffee I had ever tasted. The reason was they used a large industrial percolator type coffee maker. You just can’t recreate that taste at home using “Mr. Coffee” or a basic coffee maker.
Thirdly, I’d like to emphasize that there are so many variables to having a good tasting coffee. I’m not going to get into the specifics, but the taste of coffee can be altered even by something so simple as the temperature of the coffee.
While I appreciate your review of this coffee, I have to say it’s really meaningless. Coffee is ridiculously subjective, especially coffee brewed at home.
I hope this reply gets published. It’s not meant to be a put-down, rather to let everyone know to take coffee reviews/opinions (aside from experts who prepare and taste coffee) to be taken with a grain of salt.