Brooklyn Beans Coffee Pods, Assorted Decaf Variety Pack –

These Are The Best You Will Find
Brooklyn Beans makes the best coffee for Keurig K-cups hands down. This variety pack has bold, medium, light, decaff and flavored coffees. When I was searching for new K-cups to try, I was looking for a brand I didn’t see in stores, and a variety pack that had flavors I’ve never tried before and that’s what I have found. Although, my variety pack came with a Red Velvet flavor instead of the Breakfast Blend Decaf, I don’t drink Decaf anyway so that aspect was perfect for me.(UPDATE: Brooklyn Beans contacted me and explained that due to customer feedback they no longer put the Breakfast Blend Decaff cup in their variety pack. The Red Velvet is a seasonal k-cup and they like putting their seasonal flavors in place of the decaf when available, but they still include their Breakfast Blend Decaff in their Breakfast Variety Pack.)As far as favorites go, I’m a medium roast coffee man myself, but this variety pack had the first donut shop coffee k-cup that I wanted more of as soon as my cup was empty. The medium roasts in this pack are far superior than anything I’ve tried in my Keurig before and since buying this variety pack, I’ve purchased the 40 pack of their medium roasts (Columbian, Donut Shop, Boardwalk, and Brooklyn Bridge).The Flavors are spot on. I personally have gotten burned out on Vanilla and Hazlenut flavors and all k-cups I’ve tried of these flavors pretty much taste the same, although I did notice these k-cups were a little more flavorful. My absolute favorite was the Maple Sleigh. I highly recommend this flavor especially if you’re eating anything with maple syrup and/or enjoy the taste and smell of maple syrup. It was very delicious. The Red Velvet, Coney Island Caramel, and the Cinnamon Subway were very sweet, but the flavors were spot on. The Oh Fudge flavored K-cup was probably my least favorite of the flavors. To me it tastes like hot chocolate and it just wasn’t for me. I gave the other cup to my wife because she seemed to enjoy the flavor.The only light blend was the Breakfast Blend. I usually like light blends on the weekends and this was a very smooth wake-me-up coffee to have on those mornings I got to sleep in.The bold blends were outstanding to have on those mornings that I found myself struggling to wake up for work. It may have been because I didn’t have one after the other or because I don’t drink dark roasts/bold coffee on a regular basis, but I wasn’t able to tell a lot of difference between the Cyclone and the Fuhgeddaboudit. The taste was bold and smooth. They didn’t taste overwhelmingly bitter like most bold coffees I’ve tried and they did a great job of perking me up in the morning. The French Roast coffee I can’t describe in words. All I can say is it tastes like you would expect a French Roast coffee should taste like. Not overly bold, not too light, not too smooth, but not too overwhelming.The Express-O Blend has been the first espresso flavored k-cup I’ve tried. I enjoy a the flavor of espressos, but the overwhelming hotness mixed with the small amount that you get from a coffee shop, had caused me to steer away from them. But the espresso k-cup in this variety pack was awesome. I could enjoy a strong espresso taste in a large mug without paying well over $5 for it.The variety had the following amount of each cup:Breakfast Blend x4Red Velvet x2Oh Fudge x2Hazelnut x2Vanilla Skyline x2Maple Sleigh x2Caramel Coney Island X2Cinnamon Subway X2Brooklyn Bridge Blend x2Colombian x 2Boardwalk Blend x2Corner Donut Shop x4Fuhgeddaboutit x4French Roast x2Cyclone x4Express-O x2Although, I received the Red Velvet instead of the Breakfast Blend Decaff that the picture above shows, I couldn’t have asked for a better replacement. But I thought other buyers should be aware in the event that they want to try the Decaff from this pack.As I stated above, this variety pack is the best k-cup variety pack I’ve ever purchased. In my opinion, if you’re new to k-cups or if you’re looking for something that doesn’t taste like everything else in the stores, this is where you start your search for great k-cups, and this is where your search will end.

Not the best evah, but still darned good….
First… I am very happy to see the trend towards variety packs from the manufacturers rather than resellers who repackage old stale k-cups. I certainly have my favorite blends that I drink more than others, but like many here I enjoy variety as well. The Brooklyn Beans variety pack is a terrific new addition to the marketplace in this regard. One of the great advantages of the Keurig system is wasted when you are forced to buy a case of single flavors at a time. I hope other manufacturers will wake up and smell the cofee in this regard.Second… I can understand where the reviewers who said the coffee is “weak” are coming from. I don’t think that is a fair assessment, they are not what I would call weak, but as someone who generally prefers a strong dark roast, these are not that either. But they are not bad. The flavors stand out enough and have subtleties which make the different varieties more than just different packages. These are not as good as some of the top of the line varieties, but at less than half the cost compared to those, they are good enough to steer me in their direction. It’s a bit of a compromise, but not much of one for me. If cost were no object, these would not be my first choice, but having tried pretty much all the others over time, they’d still be in my top 3 or 4. Factor in their highly competitive pricing and variety packaging, and they have become a regular for me. Someone at Brooklyn Beans listened to what people want when they took this approach. I think those who describe these as “WOW!” must have been drinking sludge before. I’d give them 3.5 to 4 (out of 5) based on flavors and strengths.Third… I have not experienced the mysterious exploding pods others have mentioned here. If I had, I would certainly be hesitant to try again. All I can say is I’ve gone through several boxes with no issues.Bottom line, the overall package is one I like a lot. Good variety, interesting subtleties in flavors, not awesome strengths but good, and very nice variety and pricing. The only thing missing is the Boardwalk on Coney Island.

Would buy again for sure.

Very good coffee, I bought as a little treat since we usually buy the Costco pods. I wish they added a bit more of the double caffeinated and espresso pods, we only got 2 of each, otherwise very good!