All that glitter is gold: not your ordinary bling-blingStarbucks created its biggest and most flavorful blend in 1987 to commemorate its first store opening in Chicago. Gold Coast Blend® is a sophisticated coffee with waves of flavor that evolve as the coffee cools. This full-bodied blend showcases our finest Latin American and Asia Pacific coffees, accented with a touch of Italian Roast's sweetness.
Pricing
Tall serving RM6.50 + 15%Tax
Origin
This is a multi-region variety of blend, fusion of the best from Latin American and Indonesian origin.
Starbucks Gold Coast Blend: the diva
Assessment
This is truly a complex blend, a multiphase showcase of flavour and aroma. One just need to sit and sip through the cup to experience the spectrum of stimuli it presents. I recommend sitting through it because this is one with very interesting character needing a bit of concentration to appreciate.
The initial impression comes about as tame and gentle. Comparing to Colombia Narino Supremo which is intense on the first sip, Gold Coast Blend gives a non-explossive introduction. Even the aroma is not striking, rather soft and smooth, creating an image of a sweet talking gentleman welcoming his dame.
Further discernment finds a fruity tinge, similar to a sweet wine consistency. The midtaste experience turns more intense, giving off a tinge of bitter-sweetness, very much like burnt-sugar. This bitter-sweet character lingers at the back of the throat, enhances the aroma, changing the initial mild impression to a level higher.
As the strength of the brew is most noted in the aftertaste, characterising it as unmistakably bold - or Extra bold as the company claims - constant sipping helps me to stay in the sweet wine phase of the showcase, which is my favourite for this blend.
Although the strength of the brew is most intense in the aftertaste, the general impression I have is still a clean coffee, with a pleasant bitter sweetness that stays for a while.
Aroma 8/10
Acidity 8.5/10
Body 8/10
Flavour 7.8/10
Aftertaste 6.5/10
Recommendations
Like a good movie, this one is best enjoyed in silence (not necessarily alone). I would drink this as my breakfast coffee, on a calm morning, after a well-rested night, when a high joltage jump-start is not needed.
After-coffee mint recommended.
Pricing
Tall serving RM6.50 + 15%Tax
Origin
This is a multi-region variety of blend, fusion of the best from Latin American and Indonesian origin.
Starbucks Gold Coast Blend: the divaThis is truly a complex blend, a multiphase showcase of flavour and aroma. One just need to sit and sip through the cup to experience the spectrum of stimuli it presents. I recommend sitting through it because this is one with very interesting character needing a bit of concentration to appreciate.
The initial impression comes about as tame and gentle. Comparing to Colombia Narino Supremo which is intense on the first sip, Gold Coast Blend gives a non-explossive introduction. Even the aroma is not striking, rather soft and smooth, creating an image of a sweet talking gentleman welcoming his dame.
Further discernment finds a fruity tinge, similar to a sweet wine consistency. The midtaste experience turns more intense, giving off a tinge of bitter-sweetness, very much like burnt-sugar. This bitter-sweet character lingers at the back of the throat, enhances the aroma, changing the initial mild impression to a level higher.
As the strength of the brew is most noted in the aftertaste, characterising it as unmistakably bold - or Extra bold as the company claims - constant sipping helps me to stay in the sweet wine phase of the showcase, which is my favourite for this blend.
Although the strength of the brew is most intense in the aftertaste, the general impression I have is still a clean coffee, with a pleasant bitter sweetness that stays for a while.
Aroma 8/10
Acidity 8.5/10
Body 8/10
Flavour 7.8/10
Aftertaste 6.5/10
Recommendations
Like a good movie, this one is best enjoyed in silence (not necessarily alone). I would drink this as my breakfast coffee, on a calm morning, after a well-rested night, when a high joltage jump-start is not needed.
After-coffee mint recommended.
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