Coffee Beanery's Blueberry Cobbler

Welcome to another Sunday and another coffee review here at Shades of Gray! We may soon be coming to an end of this as a weekly feature, as our resident caffeine fiend is running out of interesting blends to try and write about. (But if anyone out there wants to make suggestions for him to try, let us know in the Comments Section!)

A Boy in Blue enjoying coffee! (It might even be blueberry flavored!)

 
COFFEE BEANERY: BLUEBERRY COBBLER

The foundation of this flavored blend is a perfect and mild medium roast. The blueberry flavor is strong but not overpowering, and there are hints of vanilla coming through, like the icing on a blueberry cobbler. This blend was so smooth that I could have consumed it black, so those out there who take their coffee like that with possibly a little sugar, juice, or creamer added will enjoy it, I think.

When I mixed this coffee hot with Unsweetened Almond Milk, the blueberry flavor grew stronger and became an absolute delight. The drink also took on a creamier flavor, which made it even better. I also tried it with Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk. Not unexpectedly, the hints of vanilla combined with the vanilla flavor of the milk and brought it more strongly to the fore, but blueberry still dominated. With both kinds of milk, the flavors remained pleasantly stable and very tastily mixed with that of coffee as the drink cooled to room temperature.

When I tried this blend with the sugar-free Italian Sweet Cream creamer, it, well, super-creamy in nature. The flavors of blueberry and vanilla really popped, and the cinnamon that the sell-copy promised would be present also crept in. It was nice hot and it remained so as it cooled to room temperature. 

This blend also worked well when iced. Going in, I wondered if the mild flavor profiles would end up being too washed out when the drink was consumed chilled, but this was not the case. Although it was a little too bland when I tried it black, the flavors of this blend re-emerged perfectly fine once I, in turn, added the milks and the creamer. 

Hot or at room temperature, I liked this blend best when mixed with the sugar-free Italian Sweet Cream creamer. Iced, the flavors came through best when it was mixed with the Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk. In all modes in which I tried this blend, the coffee flavor was present to a greater or lesser degree, waxing and waning with the other flavors but never being drowned out. I personally liked this blend best iced with Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk , but I enjoyed it no matter how I tried it.

If you want a mild and sweet flavored coffee that will go great with breakfast or an afternoon snack, I think this might be what you're looking for. If you really like blueberries, there's an offering from Bones Coffee that has a stronger Blueberry taste than this coffee.