Review: Wolfgang Puck Sorrento Fair Trade K-Cups

Posted by CoffeeFan on March 7, 2011 0 comments

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Today we continue reviewing the Wolfgang Puck K-Cup series with the Wolfgang Puck Sorrento Fair Trade K-Cups. Sorrento is a small town in the Campania region of Southern Italy, so does this coffee offer a bold Italian roast flavor associative of its namesake? Let’s find out.

Brewing these K-Cups result in earthy notes of (yep, you guessed it) smoky molasses and is quite similar to the Wolfgang Puck Vienna Coffee House & Sumatra Kopi Raya K-Cups we recently reviewed.

Billed as an extra bold, flavor had faint hints of dark chocolate and smoky notes, but to be honest, this tasted quite similar to the Vienna Coffee House K-Cups and we were having quite the difficulty in determining any differences between the two. We suppose there was more of an earthy flavor overall yet they still seemed pretty similar.

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Body was dark brown in color with shades of red when held to a light source. Acidity was one of the only differences between this K-Cup and the Vienna flavor as it seemed considerably more muted here but not to the point of being watery. The other difference was mouth feel since it was more smooth yet bordering on the oily side. We didn’t detect any smoky aftertaste either.

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Aroma – 8 – Similar to other Wolfgang Puck K-Cups we’ve reviewed recently. Smoky molasses, tinges of earthiness.Acidity – 6 – Seemed muted but not to the point of being watery.Body – 8 – Dark brown with notes of red when held to a light source.Flavor – 9 – Similar to the Vienna flavor but not as strong.Mouth Feel – 7 – Smoother than the Vienna flavor yet still bordering on the oily side.Coffee Drinker - This one’s a tough call. If you like the Vienna, you’ll probably like this. It’s a dark roast that would probably go well for strong medium roast drinkers or casual dark roast fans.

Overall Rating: 88 – Good

Compared to the Vienna Coffee House K-Cups, if we had to pick one over the other, we’d likely go with the Vienna as it seemed a bit more satisfying overall and gave us the impression it would handle cream & sugar without washing-out too much of its strength & flavor. Man, what a brainteaser this K-Cup has been. The only way we can describe this would be the “Fair Trade Version” of Vienna Coffee House. So there you have it, if you like the Vienna flavor but want to endorse the Fair Trade coffee movement, go with this K-Cup. Aside from the acidity and slightly more earthy flavor, there isn’t much difference here.

Wolfgang Puck Sorrento Fair Trade K-Cups will will work in your Keurig Elite B40 Brewer, Keurig B50, Keurig Special Edition Ultra Elite B60, Keurig Platinum B70 Brewer, Breville BKC600XL/BKC700XL Gourmet Single Cup Brewer, and other Keurig K Cup brewers including the Keurig Mini Plus and Keurig Mini B30. Canadians can also buy these for $16.49 CAD at www.tweedandhickory.com

A special thanks to SH for providing this Single Serve Coffee staff review. We would like to take this time to thank CoffeeWiz.com for sending us a box of these K-Cups for the purpose of this review.

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Review: Wolfgang Puck Vienna Coffee House K-Cups for Keurig

Posted by CoffeeFan on February 24, 2011 0 comments

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Our ongoing series of Wolfgang Puck K-Cup reviews continues today with their Wolfgang Puck Vienna Coffee House K-Cups. While billed as a blend that had Chef Wolfgang going back to his Austrian roots, a quick gander at the Wiki article for Vienna coffee reveals that it’s a “traditional cream based coffee beverage made by preparing two shots of strong black espresso in a standard sized coffee cup and infusing the coffee with whipped cream (as a replacement for milk and sugar) until the cup is full. Then the cream is twirled and optionally topped off with chocolate sprinklings”. Hmm… ok, so this K-Cup should possibly taste like an extra bold with hints of cream & chocolate? Let’s find out.

Upon brewing, we got strong earthy notes and hints of molasses. While the foil label claims this is an extra bold medium roast, we’d have to disagree. This one seemed dark roast all the way both in aroma & moreso flavor. Acidity was strong with quite a sour bite at the beginning which quickly mellowed throughout the aftertaste.

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Flavor was strong and lived up to its extra bold billing. We noted lots of smoky taste reminiscent of a double-shot of ristretto while we got faint notes of dark bittersweet baker’s chocolate on the finish. Body was full of dark browns and yielded reddish notes when held to a light source. Mouth feel was more on the oily side but satisfying nonetheless. The only thing missing to complete the Vienna coffee experience was any hints at creamy notes, but to be fair, we’re hard-pressed to recall of any recent dark roasts that had creamy notes unless we, well… added cream to it. As for aftertaste, lingering smoky notes remained.

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Aroma – 8 – Strong & earthy with smoky notes, just like we’d expect from a double-shot of espresso.Acidity – 8 – Rather strong with sharp bite at the forefront but quickly mellows through the smoky aftertaste.Body – 9 – A palette of dark browns with reddish notes when held to a light source.Flavor – 10 – We still think this is more of a dark roast. Strong smoky taste, faint notes of bittersweet dark chocolate in the finish. Quite pleasing overall.Mouth Feel – 7 – Rather oily which reinforces our dark roast beliefs. Smoky notes linger in the aftertaste.Coffee Drinker – Suited best for those who prefer dark roasts. Don’t be scared off by the medium-roast label on the packaging, this K-Cup has quite a good kick of strong flavor.

Overall Rating: 92 – Exceptional

We think Van Houtte’s got some hidden gems in their Wolfgang Puck K-Cup line-up which have yet to be discovered including these Wolfgang Puck Vienna Coffee House K-Cups. If this is indeed a medium roast, then they’ve done wonders with the extra bold process. We went into this review thinking we’d end up with a mild medium with only “hints” of extra-bold flavors but were pleasantly surprised to discover quite the opposite. These K-Cups have got quite the satisfying kick and should be enough to please even the most discerning dark roast drinkers. By far one of our favorites in the Wolfgang Puck line-up so far.

Wolfgang Puck Vienna Coffee House K-Cups will will work in your Keurig Elite B40 Brewer, Keurig B50, Keurig Special Edition Ultra Elite B60, Keurig Platinum B70 Brewer, Breville BKC600XL/BKC700XL Gourmet Single Cup Brewer, and other Keurig K Cup brewers including the Keurig Mini Plus and Keurig Mini B30. Canadians can also buy these for $16.49 CAD at www.tweedandhickory.com

A special thanks to SH for providing this Single Serve Coffee staff review. We would like to take this time to thank CoffeeWiz.com for sending us a box of these K-Cups for the purpose of this review.

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