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K-Cup Challenge – Green Mountain Spring Revival Blend
Yup…I’ve managed to sustain another huge gap between K-Cup Reviews. It’s not like I’ve been slacking or anything, I’ve just been caught up with other projects (day job, 2nd sorta-job, yard work, and most importantly playing a lot of golf). So yeah, I’ve lost track of the coffee thing for a bit, but thankfully my [...]
K-Cup Challenge: Coffee People Tree Hugger
Before we get down to the actual review, there’s a few things I’d like to say. First; Happy New Year to everyone. Second; Welcome new Keurig owners, and K-Cup lovers who are discovering Qwowi Coffee for the first time. Thanks for the e-mails you’ve sent me, and I’m certainly glad you’re enjoying the site. Finally, [...]
The K-Cup Challenge: Green Mountain Donut House Coffee
Pretty much since the beginning of K-Cup time there was Coffee People’s Donut Shop Coffee. Then earlier this year, Timothy’s announced (and then released) their Original Donut Blend. Apparently this made for a little bit more unchallenged Donut than Green Mountain was willing to swallow, and so they quickly responded with the K-Cup equivalent of [...]
K-Cup Challenge: Gloria Jean’s Holiday Traditions
The end of fall means a couple of things here at Qwowi.com. First it means the end of the golf season in the northeast, which makes me generally miserable. On the upside it means that the seasonal winter blends are starting to trickle on to the market. Last year I reviewed Green Mountain’s Holiday Blend, [...]
The K-Cup Challenge: Timothy’s Original Kahlua
If you follow Shoffee on Facebook at all you already know that there’s been a fair amount of buzz…well…buzzing around the release of Timothy’s new Kahlua original. Of course, the truth of the matter is that Timothy’s is in fact, NOT the original Kahlua blend K-cup (that distinction belongs Coffee People’s now discontinued Kafe-Lua blend), [...]
K-Cup Showdown: Pumpkin Fight!
Not that long ago, my friend Joe over at Shoffee.com asked me if I’d be interested in doing a head to head comparison of the 3 Seasonal Pumpkin varieties currently available in a K-Cup footprint. Without too much thought about it, I agreed. Of course, a few days later it dawned on me that not [...]
The K-Cup Challenge: Timothy’s Original Donut Blend
I’ve been a Keurig guy for about 2 years now (give or take), and have been doing this K-Cup Challenge thing for a while now. I’ve seen new K-Cup come, and sadly, I’ve seen K-Cups go. What I’ve never seen is the buzz and eager anticipation that’s surrounded the launch of Timothy’s Original Donut Blend. [...]
The K-Cup Challenge: Green Mountain The Perfect Peach
To me the words “peach” and “coffee” belong together almost as much as “peanut butter” and “tuna fish”. Sure, they’re both edible, and sure, they both go well with other things, but together…call me skeptical. Skepticism aside, when Green Mountain releases a new flavor, especially a limited edition seasonal, I feel almost obligated to give [...]
The K-Cup Challenge: Green Mountain Fair Trade Summer Safari Blend
Well, this is a first for Qwowi Coffee. I’m actually posting a review for a seasonal coffee, fully knowing that it’s probably completely sold out for the season. If we’re all lucky, we might see Summer Safari Blend again next summer, or better yet, maybe we could persuade Green Mountain to add it as a [...]
The K-Cup Challenge: Gloria Jean’s Mudslide
I spend a decent amount of time browsing Shoffee.com trying to decide what I’d like to review next. With 200+ varieties to choose from it sometimes can be difficult to select only a few at a time. Every now and again, however; something really grabs my attention. I’ll read the description and get to thinking [...]
The K-Cup Challenge: Emeril’s Big Easy Bold
While getting ready to pick a winner in our Keurig B60 Brewer giveaway I sat down with a cup (ok, lots of cups) of Emeril’s Big Easy Bold (which I’m fairly certain is made by Timothy’s). Just like our Keurig giveaway, my review of Big Easy Bold is sponsored by the Internet’s favorite coffee shop, [...]
The K-Cup Challenge: Tully’s Breakfast Blend
My buddy Kevin (who I’ve mentioned before) insists that he can’t tell the difference between one cup of coffee or another. Every now and again I’ll give him a sample of something new, and pretty much without exception he tells me it tastes like everything else. For all intents and purposes we’re talking about a [...]
The K-Cup Challenge: Coffee People Jet Fuel XBold
Some months back a reader emailed me for my thoughts on Coffee People’s Jet Fuel. At the time I was making my way through a Coffee People sampler box from one of my K-Cup Challenge sponsors. As I explained to my reader at the time, I hadn’t tried Jet Fuel yet, but since it was [...]
The K-Cup Challenge: Green Mountain Cafe Escapes Hot Cocoa
While it’s not quite the K-Cup showdown we had when Christine compared all of the Earl Grey K-Cups available for Keurig brewers, I got to thinking that writing side by side reviews of the two new hot cocoa K-Cups from Green Mountain was really the only way to do it. I say this, because, as [...]
K-Cup Challenge: Battle of the Earl Grey Teas
From coffee to tea Even as I sit down to write this review, I can’t help but chuckle a little. As an avid coffee drinker for years, I honestly haven’t been much of a tea snob. However, when my husband and I purchased our K-Cup brewer a few months ago, I became fascinated with all [...]
The K-Cup Challenge: Van Houtte Raspberry Chocolate Truffle
I’m trying to remember exactly when my friends at Keurig sent me some samples of Van Houtte’s Raspberry Chocolate Truffle. To be sure, it was last year, and I’m fairly certain it was before the snow began to fall. I’m not proud, as I’ve clearly been slacking a bit on this K-Cup Challenge thing. In [...]
The K-Cup Challenge: Caribou Daybreak Morning Blend
This installment of the K-Cup Challenge is sponsored by Shoffee.com, where you can find the biggest selection and best prices anywhere on K-Cups. Check out the Shoffee Blog for Keurig and CupofTheWeek for K-Cup news, and for weekly specials on select K-Cups from Shoffee.com. I have a friend who, not too long ago, bought himself [...]
The K-Cup Challenge: Coffee People Cowboy Coffee
Once my life’s mission, it’s been over a month since my last K-Cup Challenge post (this sort of feels like a confession). I’m sure my friend’s over at Shoffee.com (the guys who hooked me up with my latest round of samples) are wondering just what the heck is going on over here at Qwowi.com. Metaphorically [...]
The K-Cup Challenge: Gloria Jean’s Organic White Tea
I’ve finally arrived at the last of my most recent collection of samples from K-Cup Challenge sponsor Shoffee.com. Although I believe Gloria Jean’s White Tea has been discontinued, those who enjoy it should be still be able to find it in stock if they’re willing to look around. As you may recall, I wasn’t much [...]
The K-Cup Challenge: Van Houtte Madigascar Vanilla Nut
How’s this for irony; a French-Canadian coffee company using vanilla from Madagascar in their coffee? Maybe Van Houtte knows what I’ve known to be true all along: big curly mustaches are cool, also French vanilla, especially in coffee, sucks. There I said it. Now I’m fairly certain my friends at Keurig would prefer it if [...]
The K-Cup Challenge: Van Houtte Colombian Medium Roast
Man…with all this Tech Gift Guide stuff we’ve been doing lately it seems like forever that I’ve sat down with a cup of coffee long enough to savor it, let alone write an actual review. But with the holidays thankfully behind us (mostly), I’m finally able to get back to the simpler things, like enjoying [...]
The K-Cup Challenge: Green Mountain Holiday Blend
Right about the time (actually exactly the time) I got my hands on Green Mountain’s Gingerbread K-Cups (Limited Edition Seasonal), I also received a box of one of their limited edition Holiday Blend. Now quite frankly, I’m not sure what really goes into coffee to make it a holiday blend, at first I thought maybe [...]
The K-Cup Challenge: Green Mountain Autumn Harvest Blend
With fall clearly winding down, and winter slowly taking over, I am admittedly a bit late with this review of Green Mountain’s Autumn Harvest Blend. The good news is the blend is still available, but when it disappears for the year at least I’ll be way ahead of the curve for next year. Green Mountain [...]
The K-Cup Challenge: Van Houtte Eclipse Blend (Extra Bold)
Up until about 2 weeks ago, all I could have told you about Van Houtte coffee is that it might be from Canada, it’s pretty hard to find, and the guy on the box has a pretty sweet mustache. Thanks to my friends at Keurig, I can now also tell you that Van Houtte makes [...]
The K-Cup Challenge: Green Mountain Gingerbread
Like they’ve done so often before, the nice people at Green Mountain Coffee Roasters were kind enough to send me some samples of their latest round of seasonal limited edition blends. For the holiday season they’re offering up a Gingerbread variety, and the aptly named “Holiday Blend”. I’ll review Holiday Blend soon enough, but today [...]
The K-Cup Challenge: Timothy’s Mexican Organic
It occurred to me that it’s been quite some time since I reviewed anything from Canadian coffee house, Timothy’s. So when Joe over at Shoffee.com mentioned that he just got his first shipment of the new Mexican Organic blend, I figured it was high time I reconnected with the company that made the first K-Cup [...]
The K-Cup Challenge: Gloria Jean’s Passion Fruit Tea
Now that we’re slowly rolling into winter, I thought I’d raise my game a bit and make a more concerted effort to review a few more of the Tea offerings for Keurig Brewers. After all, Keurig owners know you can brew a lot more than coffee. Well, tea, and hot cocoa, so I guess it’s [...]
Qwowi Answers the Question: What is the Best K-Cup?
Yesterday marked 8 full months since I started the K-Cup Challenge (that’s right, it’s .75 years old). Granted, 8 months is a fairly arbitrary time frame to celebrate, but I figure since Thursday (which today happens to be) is an unusual day for a celebration (other than Thanksgiving and the occasional football game), and 48 [...]
The K-Cup Challenge: Coffee People Organic (Extra Bold)
The last of my samples from our friends at OneGreatCup brings me to Coffee People Organic, which, from what I gather is the only 100% Certified Organic in the Coffee People lineup. That may or may not matter to you (personally, at 6:30 AM, organic is about the last thing on my mind), but for [...]
The K-Cup Challenge: Tully’s Evergreen Blend
Tully’s Evergreen Blend is the last variety from my most recent round of samples from our good friend’s at Shoffee.com (hey Joe, I’m all out again). It was actually the first K-Cup from the lot that I ran through my brewer, but here I am over a month later, and I’m still not completely sure [...]
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