Reviews for Garuda Blend®

Oh my gosh !

One of the best cups of coffee I have had !

Started off with whole beans, ground them in my burr grinder, then used a french press, Excellent !

Have tried all the standard espresso beans and a lot of the varietals, and I keep coming back to Garuda. Extremely balanced and smooth. Comforting in a homemade latte or cappuccino!

The Garuda blend is a deep full bodied rich nutty flavor.. its absolutely delicious all the way throught the aftertaste. I can say Ive tried dozens of alternatives, but nothing compares at all. It is my favorite by far, thumbs up.

The Garuda coffee is full bodied with a smooth texture. The refined texture and smell makes this a great choice any time of the day. I love drinking one of the first blends that Peets created and it seems to be popular.

This has been my staple favorite for years. Now and then I try a varietal, but I always keep Garuda on hand. It''s got an ideal balance (IMHO) of strength, full flavors, and the smokiness of a dark roast, without the strong tannic acidity of many other dark roasts.

Honest, I didn't mean to be unfaithful to New Guinea Highlands, but now I have two loves. Garuda is deeper and "muddier" in the good sense, similar to a "cortado," as Wendy points out in her review. But it has all the flavor complexity of the New Guinea -- with maybe a slightly sweeter aftertaste. Let me tell you: it makes delicious ice coffee (brewed in advance and cooled). In a presspot. Plain, no cream, no sugar. On the rocks. Very strong. I wake up at 4:30 every morning to have two "free" hours to write, and confront Texas summer heat with cool, strong coffee over cubes of ice. ...Wow!

Once I discovered Garuda I knew this was it! Sumatra Blue Batak is a close second. My fav coffee in the world, all continents except Antarctica represented, lol, is cafe cortado in Spain. It''s basically espresso with a dab of steamed milk. I do not add the requisite sugar the Spaniards do. Garuda is not bitter as I find the Italian roasts nor as oily as the French roasts. While coffee is a very polarizing and passionate topic even amongst Peetniks much less the majority who prefer a lighter, more acidic coffee such as the "S" chain, God bless our right to choose! (We have to keep a "reg" coffee in the house for company otherwise no one will drink our "mud".)