What is that flavor family? It is Bobby and Art
back at the grocery store for the
long-awaited big time requested coffee review video.
I have been doing a deep dive into coffee the
last five or seven days and we are ready to
rock this video out.
Let's go upstairs and talk about everything.
Coffee bagged coffee. Whole bean and ground decaf coffee.
Instant coffee Coffee creamers, cold brew coffee,
coffee drinks and more. You guys before we get up
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All right, let's start in the coffee aisle with K
cups,
something that is super popular.
But I think you should probably avoid K cups for
a couple reasons.
Number one, it's expensive. You guys,
if you figure out the price per pound for the
coffee in here,
it's like $50 a pound for substandard coffee.
They're not putting very good quality in here for the
most part,
right? But the problem is it sits here for God
knows how long.
You don't know when it was ground,
and it's just not that good of coffee.
We can do better. But the most important reason,
I think, to avoid K cups is what is the
K-Cup made of?
This is what I do at the store.
I drop things left and right.
What is it made of?
It has an aluminum foil top,
or if you live in the UK,
aluminum and it has a plastic bottom.
This is very troublesome to me because we're talking about
just boiled water,
maybe 200°F going through aluminum and then plastic.
Guys, that makes me really nervous,
right? I get nervous about drinking too much water out
of plastic bottles because of nanoparticles almost boiling water going
through all that stuff does not sit right with me.
Plus, this stuff is not biodegradable.
You can't recycle it. For the most part.
The inventor of the K-Cup regrets inventing it.
He thought it would just be used for office places.
He didn't think it would explode like it did.
The thing is, if you have a machine and you
really really like it,
sometimes they have options like this.
It's an eco brew, but this one still has plastic.
But I found one on Amazon.
It's made 100% of stainless steel.
That way you can use it,
not worrying about plastic or aluminum at all.
But the last part that really bothers me about K-Cup
machines or query machines is that you put the water
in the machine.
The water lines in there never drain,
so the water can be sitting there for days at
a time.
Warm, humid environment, dark. That's a bacteria city.
You guys. I just don't think we should be doing
K cups.
But if you do and you love your machine and
you treat it right,
get the stainless steel 1 below.
Let's talk about bags coffee.
Now this part of the video isn't going to be
so much about recommendations.
I can't tell you that I love this one because
you might hate it.
This is very subjective. This is all about your flavor
profile.
It's like me telling you,
hey, only drink Merlot, don't drink Cabernet Sauvignon.
And then if you're a Paul Giamatti and sideways,
you're going to say I'm not drinking any freaking Merlot.
So let's just talk about coffee buying tips for the
bag coffee.
I would always, if possible,
buy whole beans in the bag and here's why.
Whole beans once they're in the bag,
will stay fresh for three months.
And the reason why is
this thing right here, the
one way valve on here,
it lets the carbon dioxide out,
but no air in. That's very important because after you
roast beans,
they're essentially alive, right? They're aging.
They're letting off carbon dioxide.
When it's in a bag sealed like this,
fresh beans will stay fresh for three months.
The second you cut this bag open and let air
in there,
it's like The Walking Dead,
right? As soon as you get bit,
you have a good 24 hours until you're going to
turn right.
Enjoy those 24 hours. Well,
as soon as you open,
as soon as you open this bag,
we're talking three weeks of peak freshness,
meaning these beans are going to taste the best they've
ever tasted for three weeks.
If you buy ground coffee,
which some of these here are,
then you don't know how long it's been ground for.
You don't know how long it's sitting in the bag.
So once you grind beans,
you only have one week of optimal flavor.
Is it good pasta? Yeah,
of course. You can drink coffee after six months or
12 months.
It's fine. But we're talking about coffee that has subtle
flavor notes.
So once you grind it 10 days,
Once you open a bag for whole beans,
three weeks. So what do I recommend?
I recommend buying enough for one week,
grinding it, and then doing it again next week.
And if you don't have a grinder at home,
don't buy an expensive one.
See what they have around the corner here.
Every grocery store has a grinder,
right? Even if you go to Costco,
they have a grinder. Trader Joe's,
you can go to the coffee shop in your neighborhood.
They will grind it for you,
which is why I recommend buying the whole beans enough
for one week,
grinding it and then coming back for more.
I wouldn't buy those big bags at Costco because by
the time you get to the bottom,
they're going to be quite stale and the flavour is
not going to be good.
Now let's talk about origin or single origin coffee.
What does that mean? Look at these coffees here.
They tell you where they're from,
Costa Rica, Ethiopia, El Salvador.
This is what's called single origin coffee,
and it's really nice because you know exactly where the
beans come from.
They're not mixing mystery beans from around the world into
a blend.
And if they have a blend like this Intelligentsia one
here,
it tells you it's a blend of Ethiopian and Nicaraguan.
So I'm in Whole Foods,
right? These are little premium style coffees.
These are local coffees. OK,
we're back. The customer got their soy milk there.
I'm in Whole Foods. These are premium single origins.
If you go to the Walmart like I did for
research for this video,
you'll see bags of Dunkin'
Donuts and other stuff like that.
Those are probably a mix of beans from different arts
of the world,
and they're usually inferior beans.
But if you like it,
that's all that matter. But apply the same principles I
said before.
Buy one small bag, grind enough for a week,
and then refill it. But if you can,
buy ones that tell you where they're from.
This is El Salvador, it's single origin.
I know that it's not mystery beans right now.
Does it organic matter? So I see
organic French Allegra roast. Does that matter?
It's a tricky question because I'd say if you care
about health per SE,
it doesn't really matter. If you care about the environment,
it matters more because coffee beans are the priciest agricultural
product in the world,
but they're also the most dirty,
the most sprayed, because these farmers are often times poor
in 3rd world countries.
They want to protect their investment,
so they spray the crud out of these coffee trees.
The thing is, coffee beans are protected by a cherry,
a very thick bud, and they're roasted afterwards.
So another dramatic pause. It's not that big of a
deal,
right? Because it doesn't really penetrate into the bean.
But it does matter for the environment around.
And these are often times in the rainforest,
very sensitive areas that are very eco friendly.
So it is bad for the environment.
And if you're getting organic,
it's usually fair trade. So the farmer is getting a
fair amount for his coffee beans and you know they're
doing it the right way.
Beans are supposed to be grown in the rainforest in
shade.
A lot of shady farmers are actually plowing open fields
and planting coffee beans there for more money.
If you buy the organic ones or the single source,
you know they're doing it right.
So you don't have to buy organic,
just know it's better for the environment.
All right, on the Flavour City Instagram,
there were some popular questions and one of those were
which is a Bobby approved flavoured coffee.
And the answer, my friend,
is nothing. I did a lot of research on that.
They actually don't have flavoured coffee here because the Whole
Foods,
they don't carry anything with artificial flavours.
And most flavored coffees are artificial or have the dreaded
natural flavors.
And if you watch my natural flavorings video after this
one,
you know natural flavors are another word for artificial flavors.
So I can't get behind the PSL,
the pumpkin spice, even though we're going into that season.
Another very big question was low acid coffees.
And I understand that because you might have stomach issues,
acid reflux, if you want low acid coffees,
it's about the region really,
right to Matron coffee beans from Indonesia,
low in acid. The problem is the price is pretty
high right now because I had that natural disaster last
year.
Central American coffees tend to be lower in acid.
So you can look for that on the origin.
But I did some research and there's two really good
high quality organic coffees that are low acid on Amazon.
One is called Java Planet from Colombia and one is
called Don Pablo from Honduras.
I will leave those links down below and volcanic areas.
Also, if beans are grown near those,
they're high in acid because the soil is very high
in acid too.
Instant coffee was a very popular question too,
and you might scoff at that if you're a coffee
aficionado,
but a lot of people like the simplicity and ease
of instant coffee.
But for that reason, I would avoid the traditional ones
like the Folgers and the traditional ones we know because
it's very low quality coffee.
We're talking about like bottom of the barrel beans that
often times have imperfections are over ripe.
They're under ripe. They're highly roasted to cover up those
notes with the burnt notes.
This one, Mount Hagen is one of the best brands
out there.
It's German. I'm assuming it's pronounced Hagen,
not Hagen. Very high quality
instant coffee that you can normally get on Amazon and
put the link down below.
But if you're a Whole Foods chopper,
they have it here. But the most exciting instant coffees
are actually
in my cart here. They're from the Internet.
It's right, more contraband I bring in from the outside.
You can't get these anywhere.
This one first is a layered superfood.
This is a online, you know,
Laird Hamilton the surfer, this is him,
right? Laird Hamilton, his wife Gabrielle Reese,
the famous beach volleyballer, He has the most amazing line
called layered superfood.
They make insta fuel. They also make coffee creamers.
We talked about that in a coffee review video.
Coffee Creamer review video. Look at these ingredients,
you guys, coconut milk powder,
organic coconut sugar and I'll make one without sugar.
Freeze dried Arabica beans, Aquaman,
which is calcium from seaweed,
Organic extra virgin coconut oil.
Amazing ingredients. And here's another one here.
Also, this is a four sigmatic.
This is Ala based startup that infuses mushrooms into coffee
and teas.
Not the mushrooms that'll get you high and loopy from
the 70s.
Superfood mushrooms that help your immune system,
help your brain. These are fantastic instant coffees.
These are fantastic instant coffees.
I will leave the Amazon links down below and got
this one at the grocery store.
Another popular request on the Flav City Instagram was decaf
coffee.
What kind of decaf to buy?
And it's a very good question because there's two different
ways,
primarily two different ways they extract caffeine from beans.
There's via chemicals, which are very harsh,
and via Swiss water. Swiss water is what you want
to look for,
no chemicals at all. They soak the beans in the
water for about 11:50 hours.
The water passes through the beans because beans are very
porous.
The caffeine leeches out the other way with chemicals not
good at all.
Like they say all the chemicals leave the beans,
but I would not trust that process.
A lot of restaurants, a lot of a grocery stores
that carry traditional decaf,
they use chemicals. You got to look for Swiss water
decaf. But keep in mind the USDA says to be
decaffeinated,
it can still have up to 3%
of caffeine. So if you're super duper sensitive to caffeine,
keep in mind 3% of it is still going to
have caffeine in there.
All right, I think that covers the bagged coffee section.
Before we head over to the cold brew section,
you're thinking what about coffee storage,
right? Well, I would not put the coffee beans in
the fridge or the freezer because coffee beans are very
porous.
If you put them in the freezer,
they're going to soak up the flavours of the freezer.
So like onions, carrots, even if you put them in
a
airtight sealed container, the cold air forces the oils to
the surface and that actually ages them quicker.
And the same is true for the fridge.
You do not want that.
It actually makes the shelf life a lot lower.
Now let's go check out some cold brews.
Cold brew is very interesting for a couple of reasons.
Number one, it has less caffeine than regular coffee and
67% less acid than hot coffee,
which is really good for people with sensitive tummies.
Go for generally straight up black cold brew coffee,
water and coffee beans. Once you start go to the
flavored ones,
like you'll see natural flavors can appear and sugar can
be astronomical.
So anything that's just water and coffee is good.
Except there's a brand called Stoke still adds natural flavors
to their base cold brew coffee,
which is crazy to me.
So if you want to go flavored,
I just saw this yesterday,
there's a new brand called Picnic and they actually make
a keto Creamer I knew about.
Now they're making keto cappuccino.
This could be the most exciting coffee drink in the
grocery store.
Look at this you guys.
They use grass fed butter,
grass fed whey protein concentrate,
whey MCTS and coffee and there's zero sugar in here.
1g of sugar. That is so exciting because I did
some research over at
Walgreens, Donut, Walmart, and the Dunkin'
Donuts. Coffee with sugar and milk had
39 grams of sugar. The
Starbucks cappuccino had 41 grams of sugar.
Guys, that's 10 teaspoons of white sugar added to it.
Some of it's natural from the milk,
but that's like liquid diabetes.
That is crazy you guys.
If you want to go to other flavored ones,
I'd recommend the original bulletproof one.
Ingredients are once again are great.
You have grass fed butter and MCTS and they're using
stevia but the other one is the vanilla.
Even the collagen original has natural flavors.
Something like La Colomb is actually really good and they
have it at Walmart.
So you have a total of 9 sugars which you
want to stay under 10 when it comes to coffee
drinks.
No natural flavors. You'll notice a lot of these drinks
here.
The cappuccino drinks have sodium phosphates that's a preservative but
most of the ones including the mocha,
the one that have a Walmart is good from LA
Colon.
Be careful with chameleon because the Mexican coffee,
even though it only has 11 grams of sugar,
has natural flavors, which we know there's nothing natural about
it.
So as long as you know the sugars and how
to read the label,
you can guide yourself through here pretty easily.
But there is one called Rebel which is around the
corner.
Looks really interesting. Let me grab that and come back,
you guys. Next level ingredients here,
Rebel cold brew coffee and protein.
But first of all, we're talking about 12 grams of
plant based protein in the form of organic pea protein
here,
which is fantastic. Plus only
4G of sugar here because is that for us?
Because they're using stevia, which is fantastic.
How does it taste though?
That's the question, my friends.
That's fantastic, you guys. The ingredients on all of the
ones over there looks fantastic.
They have a maca mocha and it doesn't have coffee,
but it tastes like a Cafe mocha.
A little more sugar with 9 grams,
but look at these ingredients.
Next level, you guys, prebiotic fiber,
chicory root, Himalayan sea salt.
This one
tastes like an iced cafe mocha,
but no caffeine. Super, super cool you guys.
I'm going to have a caffeine buzz.
I'm going to be like Creamer from Seinfeld.
You want a cafe latte?
I'll get you cafe latte.
Let's go talk about dramatic cause again,
coffee creamers. Now I don't want to spoil it,
but we do have a full coffee Creamer video which
you can watch as soon as this video is done.
It covers creamers and non dairy creamers.
Goes super deep, but I just picked this one up
from the refrigerated aisle.
This is a brand that I've never seen in store
before.
It's picnic and it's keto Creamer and it's the same
one that makes that
cappuccino drink we just saw over there.
That's keto friendly grass fed butter,
grass fed whey protein concentrate.
And the sweetener is there is no sweetener,
so that's fantastic. Also right next to me,
the Vital Proteins Keto Collagen Creamer with coconut.
Stick to the coconut one because the other ones have
natural flavor.
What I love about this ingredients are fantastic organic coconut
milk powder,
but you're getting your daily dose of collagen.
I'm huge on collagen. I take 2 scoops every day,
one in my morning coffee and tea,
one in my afternoon smoothie.
In addition to the collagen,
it comes along with 10 grams of grass fed protein,
which is fantastic as you get older.
I'm 41, I don't know if you know that,
but yes, I'm 41. Your natural collagen goes down in
your body.
This is a great supplement.
It's also great for your hair,
your skin, your nails and your teeth.
And then right behind arch I'm ruining the video right
now.
There's still plenty more in that video.
Nut pods are great and they're on sale.
Look at that price right now.
They're on sale for another two weeks.
This is a great non dairy one.
Get the plain one because the other ones have natural
flavors.
There's also some amazing keto creamers in that video too,
but I'll put the Amazon links down below for you
too.
All right, my family. That is it.
The coffee review video is done.
I'm all hopped up on caffeine right now.
Art didn't have any, which means I'm going to fly
for the rest of the day.
But hey, at least now you know what to buy
and what to avoid at the grocery store.
But where to next, right?
You vote, you decide. We make the videos.
Unless we get kicked out,
then no videos get made.
But we got two more of those videos going below
us right now.
Art and I will see you very,
very soon. Until then, we say unto you what we
always do Hashtag keep on cooking.
Mad love and peace.