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\nUsually I have My Favorite Guinea Pig review the coffee ‘snacks’ but I’m still suffering from post-datery syndrome and I’m on a roll with the writing. Strike while the iron’s hot I say. Except not with this bottled coffee because they would rather you enjoyed their beverage chilled. Which I am.<\/p>\n
I think anyone who’s enjoyed coffee has probably started with appreciating the aroma first. To me, pretty much all coffee has a tantalizing whiff of deliciousness even if the flavor doesn’t back it up. I don’t know why, but I find quite a lot of coffee out there smells a bazillionty times better than it tastes. Then again, I’m fairly new to the coffee thing so maybe there’s a learning curve.<\/p>\n
As far as the smell of this coffee…it’s…pretty mild actually. There’s the standard sharp, dark, beaniness of coffee but also a very strong chocolate and a nicely mellow milky. All three smells seem to have equal footing which seems odd. I’m used to COFFEE (andsomeotherscentstoo).<\/p>\n
The taste is just as divided among the three major players. There’s the astringent coffee flavor, a semisweet chocolate flavor and a creamy milk flavor. Actually, the milk and chocolate kinda team up to make a rather Nestl\u00c3\u00a9’s Quickesque flavor. I hadn’t thought to make mocha from Quick and coffee but I don’t see why you couldn’t. I’ll have to try that someday.<\/p>\n
I’d say that Taste Nirvana<\/a> is almost as good as the JSFR standard coffee drink Hello Boss Coffee<\/a> (which we have been known to buy as a grocery staple) save for a lingering…something. I can’t quite put my finger on it (or my tongue I guess would be a more appropriate expression) but there’s a hint of a flavor that’s just a little bit off. Maybe the beans are a bit to harsh, or a preservative is just a wee bit stronger than it should be but along with the mocha deliciousness I’m tasting a not-coffee derived bitterness. It’s certainly not a deal breaker but I think it’s enough to keep Taste Nirvana from supplanting Hello Boss as the JSFR coffee drink of choice.<\/p>\n Taste Nirvana Mocha is a delicious mocha with an odd undercurrent of bitterness that I don’t think is coffee related. It’s better than a lot of the canned coffees we’ve reviewed so I believe I’ll go with a<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/quirkspace.com\/jsfr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/happinessinabottle.jpg\")
\nEven the amusing cap message won’t help, but it will make me smile.<\/p>\n