Flavored coffee is an interesting new trend on the market. Every flavor you can imagine has invaded stores and websites. There are classics, like vanilla and Irish Cream, and then there are interesting new flavors that beg for experimental bravery. Such as blueberry, rum raisin, candy apple. I wouldn't be surprised if there you could find any flavor you can imagine. Custom flavors, why not get cretive, mix up some almond avacado, or red bean sugar cane.
The truth of the matter being that there are some serious flaws to this interesting new trend. I mean wasn't the original relief of coffee that of the bouquet of rich smells that came from freshly ground coffee beans. The aromas and flavors of the classics can't really be beaten can they? Well any way these coffee beans are grown makes for better arguments, I mean how do they get the flavor into those beans anyway.
The process usually starts by treating the beans with chemical flavors, yes, its not a natural thing to have rum flavored coffee beans, this being a con on our list of comparisons, to the rich natural flavor that is so loved. Another problem that comes along with flavoring the beloved bean, is the quality of the roasting. If its going to be treated later, why put in so much effort to roast the bean now. So more often than not the job is not well done. So again, it may be the flavor you were looking for. But its poor coffee.
The aroma of the flavors injected chemically tends to give the coffee a very strong smell, I mean, you've smelled your cleaning cupboards before, chemicals naturally release fumes, so whether or not these flavors are injected naturally, they are over powering in the cup. So, we see another flaw in these new overly creative flavors, you may like the smell of your brew. But it won't taste like it smells.
Either way. Its up to you, the original brew has been around for hundreds of years keeping the workforce of the world going. But sometimes the old gets boring. Most people who are switching to flavored beans, do it because its a hassle to have to create your own rich drink. All those spices, and flavorings. When all it takes is a delicious purchase of a bag of freshly flavored coffee beans. What will you choose.
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