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We have had four of the coffee packages so far. We were surprisingly disappointed with the first two coffees we tasted. There coffees were Boca Mocha Java and Boca Sunrise. Marlene and I drink a pound or more of coffee per week. We grind them that day for brewing and prefer fairly strong coffee. We thought our bad experience with the first two Boca brands might be either stale production or maybe we needed to use less water.
To the test the comparable water we used the coffee measure that came with our KitchenAid burr grinders. This measure has a cup guide from 2-12 cups. We normally use the 8 cup level for our coffee maker. The Boca minis come up the 9 cup line. So, in theory, they should be slightly stronger. Well not for the first two. Maybe it's a productions problem.
Boca sells itself as custom roasted coffee. They say that your order is roasted and package within 2 days of your order. I thought the Boca-minis might have been roasted in batches and then filled earlier in the year. We called the company and Boca says that they are custom roasted and that any leftover minis at the end of the week are taken home by employees or donated to charity.
Maybe we just are not used to the weak coffee. We have also had the Expresso and the Ocean Drive. The Expresso was brewed with two fewer cups of water in an attempt to make it strong. That had the effect of making it better, but I would not say it was as good as what we use daily.
The Ocean Drive was a light roast coffee. It was weaker than we would have liked, but it was tasty. We also made this with less water than we normally use.
More coffees later.