Consumer Reports Taste Tests The Best Cups of Joe
August 7, 2011
Hours of Testing Finds New Champs Among Colombian and Ethiopian Varietals; America’s Best-Selling Brands, Folgers and Maxwell House, Score Only Fair
Yonkers, NY – Consumer Reports brewed over 1,000 cups of coffee to deem two new champs among Colombian varietals in the latest issue available on newsstands today. Gloria Jean’s Colombian Supremo Medium Roast and Newman’s Own Organics Colombian Especial Medium Roast beat Consumer Reports top pick from the March 2009 report, Eight O’Clock Coffee.
The former champ delivered less flavor than in past tests even though their slogan claims, “New Look, Same Great Taste.” While America’s best-selling brands, Folgers and Maxwell House, scored only Fair far from perfect taste profiles. [Read more]
