Go.

>> Oh, dude. No. I'm actually very

impressed. Holy crap. What the heck? Hi,

my name's Kim.

>> I'm Naelli.

>> And we're Cher Brew Coffee. We're a

coffee pop-up based out of LA. We focus

specifically on specialty lattes.

>> Today, we're blind tasting six different

grocery store coffee beans.

>> They're all inexpensive except for one.

So, we're going to use our expertise to

try and find which one it is. Okay. This

is going to be coffee number one.

>> Ooh, let's smell it.

>> Okay. Just smells There's nothing that

stands out. You can smell it's just dark

and

>> Yeah, it's defin definitely a darker

rose. Smells good though. Smells good.

>> It smells like what my dad would drink

growing up. Feels like when we would

clock off work and all of our clothes

would just smell like coffee and you get

in your car

>> and you be like, "Wow,

awful."

>> I'm going to smell like sweat.

>> Sweat and coffee.

>> Sweat and coffee and sadness.

>> All right.

I wonder if you can smell

>> What do you think?

>> Just like coffee scent. You don't really

get anything out of it. Chocolatey.

>> Get a little bit of lime. Like a weird

zesty. I think it smells nice.

>> Like she loves everything but also hates

everything at the same time. So you

don't really know what you're going to

get.

>> Very true. That that brewed really nice.

Did you see that? It's really nice.

>> I was being a little a little mean and a

little harsh. It's actually pretty good.

Poor.

>> Let's try. Cheers.

>> Well, it's not that's not what I thought

it was going to taste. It coats your

mouth immediately, but not the way that

like regular ground coffee does. Just

goes immediately

>> to the back of your back. Not even like

acidic. It's like a weird shock like

chemical.

>> So, it's like bitter. It's not a good

bitter.

>> It's like a very hurtful bitter

>> sad thing. There's no acidity to this.

I'm like 99% sure this is very cheap. It

also doesn't have any flavor that stands

out to me. It's just black coffee. I

would add a bunch of sugar and a bunch

of milk to this. My mom would love this.

As it cools down, it just gets blander.

>> Yeah,

>> I feel like it was already bland from

the beginning.

>> I would give this like a six out of 10.

>> Give it a three out of 10.

>> Okay.

>> Oh,

>> yep. Pizza. This is like very basic.

This is something that like a grandpa

would get,

>> which is interesting cuz I heard pizza

was actually like pretty okay when

Starbucks came up.

>> I've never had pizza. It's like a white

elephant gift where it's like everyone's

like fighting to give it away.

>> Oh, thanks.

>> This is coffee number two. Oo, it's

nice.

>> You have depth in this one.

>> Mhm. It's kind of bright.

>> Mhm. Very nice.

>> I feel like you can smell some fruits in

that.

>> See?

>> Go try it.

>> Still very light.

>> The grind size on this looks so much

different than the dark roast, which

seems pretty promising. You ready to try

it?

>> Yeah.

>> Okay.

>> That's really light.

>> It is very light.

>> Yeah. Both the flavor and the body.

>> And it's not very bitter, which is like

pretty good. I would probably take my

time and really sip on this cuz it's

very teaike. I don't really get notes

out of this. I feel like you got more

out of the scent.

>> There's nothing again that stands out

about this slight like dryness towards

the end like the aftertaste. Like when

you eat some almonds.

>> Yeah.

>> That's the only flavor that I could tell

you for this coffee. some nutty like

almond. It's just bland. There's nothing

special to it. And it's not bad.

>> Yeah. No, it's not bad.

>> As it cools down, you do get some slight

maybe like raisiny subtle sweetness.

>> It It almost like becomes a little bit

more bodied as it's cooling down.

>> Starting to taste like hay.

>> Oh, I

>> dry.

>> Very woody. You're definitely never

going to find any kind of hay flavor on

like a quality cup of coffee. I don't

think hay is something people want. This

is like a three out of 10. Very

inexpensive.

>> Four out of 10 for me because I don't

know. I guess I like hay. I don't know.

>> Stop.

So, this is what my dad drank growing

up. I can see why this was like a pretty

decent cup of coffee.

>> If you're going to drink it with your

sugar, your milk, it's fine, but it just

gets really bad at the end. It makes

sense that this has chory because

chugory is also very like heyy nutty but

there's not much flavor to it. It's just

hey coffee number three. You do get some

dark chocolate slightly sweet. Yeah,

it's just basic.

>> Yeah, almost like smokeoky.

>> It smells a little fruity, a little

sweet. It's blooming which is a good

sign. Blooming is when you wet the

coffee and it kind of rises. That means

there's gas in it still. When it's an

old coffee it's not going to do that.

So, it could be a good sign.

>> You were able to smell it a little sweet

here. And you can definitely smell how

it's a little bit sweeter here. Seems

pretty good.

>> Like maybe like a tangerine. Slightly

citrusy, but I can't I'm not going to

say like lemon or anything. Just it's

like the orange peel.

>> It does have like that heart of an

orange.

>> It's not too bold.

>> This the aroma doesn't transfer to the

taste.

>> No. Cuz we were smelling a lot of

tangerine, but then you taste it and

it's just like a dark roast and it

leaves like a metallic taste.

>> Metallic is not desirable.

>> No,

>> there's there's no acidity in this. Body

is quite heavy and the aftertaste is

dry. So,

>> it's very very dry after.

>> This is also probably pretty

inexpensive. This is so far the only one

I would drink. As it cools down, you get

more sweetness and less metal. I'm also

getting like a slight like plum.

>> I can taste the stone fruit. I like this

one. This is like seven out of 10 for

me.

>> Really? This is like a two out of 10 for

me.

>> Two?

>> Yeah. Just because there's nothing I

want versatility.

>> Oh, come on. That makes sense why it was

so dark.

>> You think this is double roasted?

>> I don't think maybe this one is not good

quality. It just isn't.

>> But it's also not the worst. I don't

mind it. I thought that was pretty good.

>> Have you ever had

>> No.

>> I've never gone to Starbucks to get a

brewed coffee. I don't.

>> Yeah. There's nothing wrong if you do.

>> Yeah, I'm not judging you if you do.

>> Get your cup of coffee.

>> Exactly.

>> Coffee number four.

>> Wo.

>> Yeah,

>> that's nice. That's really nice.

>> Say it was like very pro. Okay,

>> this is very promising. You could just

tell the coffee grinds. They're very

light. They have a good texture and the

aroma

is amazing. That's sweet. I get

cherries.

>> Oh yeah,

>> that's crazy.

>> Yeah, this is full full body.

>> Amazing fruits. Not like citrus, not

heavy citrus, but

>> that smells so good. It smells like a

cherry Laffy taffy, like a candy. This

looks really nice. It also bloomed,

which means there's still gas in there.

It's still fresh. It's smelling like a

lemon tea. Some slight like jasmine. I'm

90% sure this is the expensive one. I'm

positive this is a good color, too. Oh,

yeah.

That's nice. You see how it's like a

light amber, light brown, reddish

almost? Yeah,

>> that's what you want.

>> Oh, yeah. This is like biting into an

apple. This is really sweet, flavorful.

It's fruity. The acidity is a medium,

but it's balanced because the flavor is

not too strong.

>> And there's no bitterness that coats

your tongue and it almost gets like

acidic. It gets acidic as it's cooling

down.

>> You wouldn't want to add milk and sugar

to this. That would just ruin this cup.

I am pretty firm on this being

>> so far from the four that we've had. It

definitely is

>> not necessarily floral, but it's very

tea like.

>> It's very teaike.

>> I would throw this over eyes.

>> For me, this is like a nine out of 10.

Maybe even a 10 out of 10.

>> A nine out of 10 for me as well. You

think it's a local?

>> It might be.

>> What did we counter?

>> Oh, it might be actually.

>> Three, two, one, go.

>> Oh, dude. No. I just had a conversation.

>> You're messing with us.

McDonald's has like amazing coffee and

I've never had it this way.

>> I'm going to McDonald's after this.

>> I told you she would drink a McDonald's

coffee.

>> I will drink a McDonald's coffee and

apparently

>> Wow.

>> It's a 10 out of 10.

>> I'm actually very impressed. Holy crap.

What the heck?

>> I could have sworn this was going to be

like counterculture intelligencia stump

town.

>> Here's coffee number five. Do I know

anything anymore?

>> No, cuz we got to lock in cuz we got got

last time. So, I feel like this is a

medium roast.

>> I like this coffee grind. It looks nice

and even. Mhm. This smells really good

to me. This is sweet.

>> That's so crazy. Now, we're like

psychologically

just like

>> No, I know. We know.

>> Do we?

>> I don't know.

>> This could be the expensive one.

>> No, I don't want to say anything now.

This could be. It's definitely It's not

hay. No, it's very fruit notes.

>> Yes. It's not as strong as the other

one, but it is sweet. You do get some

fruiness. Maybe like some blueberries,

>> cherry,

>> a little bit of chocolate notes.

Nothing's really standing out to me

about this one either. Um,

>> that's also common for like quality

coffee. Sometimes it just like doesn't

shine. It's just

>> Oh, this smells really nice.

>> We're not wild.

>> Smells kind of like a sweet lemon.

>> Oh, it does. It looks great.

>> It looks good.

>> It's just like a even dip.

>> Color is also nice on this one. Do you

want to know? You saw that last time.

>> I know, but I know, but

>> trust me on this one. Looks promising.

>> Cheers.

>> Cheers.

>> I feel like you just lost all the notes

to it.

>> This is very bland. Just a regular cup

of coffee. This would be good to have

just black like this. There's no

acidity. There's no real flavor notes.

>> Barely a body to it. It's like enough to

like hold it together, but

>> almost teaike. Kind of watery. Yeah.

>> So, coffee being teaike isn't

necessarily a bad thing. It could be

something that people want and look for.

It's pretty balanced. This could be the

expensive one. Honestly, it doesn't

taste cheap, but it also doesn't taste

exciting and amazing. I'm a little torn

on this. This for me is like a seven out

of 10.

>> This like a 6 out of 10

>> for me.

>> Duncan,

>> didn't I say the worst?

>> We were talking about how the worst cup

of coffee she's ever had from

>> was Duncan. And it it tastes like

Sharpie. Um, this doesn't taste like

Sharpie though, so maybe they gave me

something else.

>> And she gave it a seven out of 10.

>> I mean, that's not bad. If I had to go

to Duncan, I would.

>> Coffee number six.

>> It smells nice. A little bit raisiny.

It's like dried fruit.

>> Yeah, actually does smell nice. It does

smell very sweet. And the color is nice,

too.

>> I don't know anymore. I don't know if I

can trust myself. This could be the

expensive one.

>> I think this could be more than the last

one. Sorry. I don't like the way that

this is brewing on here. It's just

falling down. That could mean that the

coffee is old. Usually, when the coffee

is fresh and there's still some gas in

there, it's going to take a while. All

the other coffees have taken their time

to kind of flow through the coffee. The

water. It's a good color.

>> Ooh, that is really nice.

>> That looks really light, though.

>> It looks really light, but it looks

good.

>> Cheers.

>> Cheers.

>> Are we done?

This tastes like tea to me. This doesn't

taste like coffee.

>> I was going to say I'm not mad at it.

>> This tastes like a black tea. It's nice

and juicy. It's got a medium acidity

flavor. I'm not getting anything that

stands out. Maybe like slight peach,

some sweetness. It's really nicely

balanced.

>> Yeah. I don't think this is something

that you would add milk to or like

sugar.

>> I don't get a strong coffee flavor now,

so I can't imagine what adding milk

would do to this.

>> Yeah, it covers what a quality coffee

would be. It could be the quality one.

It's just not fresh. As it cool down,

straight up just black tea.

>> I like a black tea.

>> I like a black tea.

>> They're doing the same thing.

>> This is like an eight or a nine out of

10 for me.

>> This is like an eight.

>> Eight and a half.

>> Yeah.

>> Oh, Chamberlain. Chamberlain coffee.

>> Have you ever had them?

>> No. Berry, citrus, maple.

>> The maple I didn't really get that much.

>> Is this considered specialty coffee

>> of the bunch? The most expensive one.

>> Wow. I don't think I've ever tried their

coffee. I know they opened a shop

recently. Doesn't have a roast date.

>> I just wish it was a little bit more

fresh.

>> Well, this is supposed to last you till

September of 2027.

>> Oh, that's crazy.

>> It's a good cup. It's a good cup. How

much was this?

>> You can get a better for cheaper for

sure.

>> McDonald's.

>> Get the McDonald's one. Um, shout out to

McDonald's.

>> Yeah, literally. because I am actually

impressed and I'm not mad. And it's not

about me. It's not about me.

>> Stopping at McDonald's to get coffee

now.

>> Yeah. No, literally.

>> It just goes to show you that you don't

need an expensive 20 $25 bag of coffee

to have something that tastes good. Just

got to use your mocha master and brew

your coffee. It It's good.

>> Goes to show how subjective coffee can

be. And it's also really fun when we

think we know everything and then we

don't. You should always be open to like

new information and growing and it's

okay if you're wrong.

>> I still think you should support your

local roster.

>> 100% always support your local coffee

shop and coffee roaster. The McDonald's

is good also.