When it comes to pour over coffee, it’s typically what I have when traveling to different countries where coffee is typically purchased at a coffee shop or hot at a convenience store or machine.
And at coffee shops, pour over coffee is taken seriously.
I was actually interested in trying Cooper’s Cask Coffee, a company founded in 2015 and is based out of Rhode Island, that sprung out of a concept of companies who aged tea in wine barrels, what about coffee? And thus the company is known for aging coffees in Kentucky Bourbon Barrel, Rum Barrel aged and a variety of whiskey barrels.
Needless to say they have been able to craft their own, new style of coffee. And these guys enjoy coffee and tried beans from all over the world. With that much passion about coffee, I’m sure they put a lot of passion into their roasting.
While I haven’t personally tried their barrel aged coffee, I have tried their single-server portable pour over drip coffee.
Surprisingly, I am unable to find any information on the pour over drip coffee on the company’s website at this time but I’m thinking that this maybe an Amazon-only product for the time being.
With that being said, the first thing I do recommend is using a smaller coffee cup that is not wide. The goal is to open the slit on top and pour your water and let it drip. You probably have to do this 3-4 times and your good to go.
I have used cask coffee where the coffee is used like a tea bag and you would use a spoon to allow for the coffee beans to make coffee. I haven’t tried it that way, but others have and said it works. So, for those with wide coffee cups, you may want to try it that way.
While my preference is more towards Sumatra Dark Roast, I have tried the companies Kenya Medium Dark Roast, the Rwandan Medium Roast and the Ethiopian Light Roast Pour Over Coffee via their Single-Serve Portable Pour Over Coffee Gift/Sample Box Set which comes with 10 of each.
According to the company, each of the packets features Grade 1 Single Origin coffee beans roasted in the USA by the roasters at Cooper’s Cask Coffee. Each pouch contains 11 grams of coffee that is nitro sealed for freshness.
The Kenya Medium Dark is actually pretty good. With a taste profile of honey wheat, bitter sweet chocolate or molasses biscuit.
The Rwandan Medium Roast is also very good with a taste profile of rich caramel and brown sugar with a tea-like lemon ginger finish.
The Ethiopian Light Roast Pour Over Coffee has a taste profile of a distinct citrus, raw floral honey and wild berry undertones.
Good aroma, good flavor, but I don’t want to use the word “great” because I refuse to believe that coffee from a packet can best their Coffee Beans which they do offer.
I would rather take their beans, grind them and use my French Press. Again, I haven’t tried their coffee beans yet, so I can’t comment. But that’s my personal opinion (the passionate coffee fan in me is saying this).
With that being said, I do like this pour over drip coffee. Probably on point for those who use K-Cups but are looking for something different (of course, the pour over will take awhile with boiling the water, pouring the water into the top inside of the packet, etc.).
But Cooper’s Cask Coffee – Pour Over Drip Coffee is actually very good. Gives me the time to check the news in the morning while I pour and just give me some time to chill.
As for the price at under $38 for 30 packets, it’s still cheaper than going to a coffee shop. For some people, they spend nearly $45 for a cup of coffee for each day of the week. And with Pour Over coffee, I have spent around an average of $9-$12 when I traveled to third wave coffee shops overseas. So, the price works for me! And if by any chance, the price goes lower than $38 on Amazon, then definitely jump on that price!
Overall, I like what I tasted. My eyes are open and I am now interested in trying more of what Coopers Coffee has to offer!
