Ended up at sbux yesterday and realizing I was indeed running low on coffee at home I decided to pick up a pound of a coffee that I had never tried before but have heard good things about: The Yukon Blend. I've always thought I was a dark roast kinda guy for life but recently I've found that I am really enjoying the medium and blonde roasts so I decided to stray on to the less-dark-side. I liked seeing that this uses Sumatran beans as the one exposure I had to the Kenyan beans at sbux was somewhat of a lackluster experience. Will have the first cup of Yukon java tomorrow morning - anyone have any thoughts on this Sbux offering?
I have not, but I'm open to try it if you're results merit the coffee worthy of sampling. I haven't had the best experiences with SBUX coffees in recent times. That said, I did, however thoroughly enjoy their Café Verona—so who knows?
This is one of my favorite blends, I think I recommended it to you at one thread. So that tells me, like Komodo Dragon, you won' t like this. I hope you do, I hope you pick up the subtleties.
Yes you did so obviously I was a bit hesitant to buy it after that whole Komodo Dragon disaster Well, I should know around 7:15am PST tomorrow morning if it's another Komodo...or actually good.
I ended up having enough coffee beans from my existing stash so I didn't get to open the Yukon this morning
@Mr. Shaverman SO, finally got to my Yukon bag this morning. The verdict: I rather like it. There is very little acidity to it and I appreciate that. It's bold and there is an interesting almost 'spicy' taste at the end of it. The flavor is very neutral. Don't get me wrong it has a great coffee flavor but it doesn't quite 'take you' anywhere. It's very solid and comforting. The caffeine content is also probably pretty high - this one woke me up I found myself drinking my cup faster than I normally do as I kept wanting to go back to it. This may actually rival my two current favorites (Verona and Sumatra) as my favorite sbux drip. I also notice that I am finding myself drawn to medium roasts these days so maybe that's part of why I find this coffee so appealing. Overal CUHPR: 8/10 Some background tidbits about this coffee: "Developed in 1971. Yukon Blend® was originally developed for a fishing captain, who needed a gutsy, robust blend of coffee to satisfy his crew while they were out on the Yukon River, by the Baltic Sea. It stood the test of time and has been enhanced in recent years to be certified organic too."
Glad you like it. It's one of my favorites, as I think I said before. It doesn't get a lot of love and I don't think I've ever seen it as a brew of the day in the stores, but it's a good, solid bag of beans. Nah, pretty sure they designed it for bears to drink, or maybe Jack London.
It's essentially the only Starbucks coffee variety I don't care for. I'm glad you find it more to your taste than I do. Granted, when I first had it, I was very ill and my taste-buds were not registering flavors the same way they typically do, but the memory of that first cup tainted the variety for me when I got better.
Bag description say, "Lively Acidity…" You say, "There is very little acidity to it…" Are we prey to false claims of the advertising world again?! Does 'lively' mean 'barely noticeable at first, but fun once the music starts'? Bag, again, says, "...balance and liveliness of Latin American coffees…" You state, "...it doesn't quite 'take you' anywhere." Does 'liveliness' then mean 'perceived movement or motion'—or pehaps it implies a 'movement of the peristaltic nature'—alluding to a caffeine-sensitivity reaction & all that, you know? I'm so confused….
It is quite possible that my acidity-sensitivity is lacking. I googled around a bit and saw mentions of the coffee having 'medium/average' acidity. Maybe liveliness means strong caffeine - in that case I would agree as it really did wake me up