BRIEF: “A delightful espresso blend [of Ethiopian, Central and South American Medium-light Roasted Arabica Coffee] leading with a floral and fruity front reminiscent of sweet stone fruit with a delicious base of dark chocolate and caramel.” SOOT’S TAKE: It’s rare for me to enjoy more than one variety of coffee pod from the same brand, which suggests Fables Coffee might well be worth their weight in gold 💰

I don’t typically care for fruity or floral notes in coffee but this is the best of the pods I’ve tried so far.

Received this FOC on account of visiting the cat cafe booth at “Pets Social Ground 2023: A Space Pawdyssey,” my ‘liking’ their INSTAGRAM page and my looking like I really needed a cold refreshment (I was literally dripping sweat from my chin 🥵). It was surprisingly fruity (and drinkable) in a way I’d never really experienced in a good way before in coffee.

Nice. Didn’t need any sugar (a first!) but kept me unhungry for rest of day.

Probably the only coffee I'd drink black unapologetically today. Hipster coffee's too acidic for me.

BRIEF BLEND NOTES: Toffee, Pomegranate, Lime A medium roast perfectly suited to short black, macchiato and piccolo coffee styles. INTENSITY 7/10 SOOT’S TAKE: Eminently more drinkable as a lungo than their 1820 signature blend which is designed to be served as a flat white or a cappuccino. 8/10

Preferred to Gold Colombia Style coffee.

7/10

Celebrating Coffee Day with a pour over inspired by café de olla porqué sí.

Decent.

Whatever it was, the aroma inside this coffee boutique was so amazing that I had to ask about it. “Chocolate Hill” it was called and after a few sniffs from various bins of coffee, I settled on a different but similar blend I was more partial to called “Milano Morning.” At first sip, I’ve concluded that this coffee smells better than it tastes, but that might change with a few more servings and under less stressful conditions.

Hoping this can be my wake-up cup today🤞

First time using a nespresso machine.

House brew.

Freshly baked pumpkin pie combined with all the classic spices. There were maybe(?) hints of it and the coffee was generally drinkable.

It’s pretty good in Sooty M’s books because it’s drinkable in Sooty M’s books.

Not what I remember it to be but I used to have my cuppas brewed in-store or at home in my drip coffee maker.

Virtually undrinkable without 2 sugar packs.

Had a burnt taste to it.

I took a sip of @furflebear ‘s order and it is potent. Not for me and thankfully not mine 😅

I needed 3 sugar packets to get through this. 😓😖

Not v drinkable w/o 3 packs of sugar and milk.

Not ok on it’s own. I had to add creamer in addition to sugar to de-“tar”-ify it.

Again, thank goodness for free flow sugar packs. 🙏

Very burnt. Thank goodness for free flow sugar packs. 🙏