Cutters Point Original Coffee

This critique is special because I try Cutters Point Original coffee. Up front, I absolutely enjoy this coffee. Don’t let its plain brown bag appearance fool you. Its package is almost over engineered for resealing this product’s freshness. And that said, its smell is the freshest. It smells like fresh ground coffee in the northwest mountains.

This coffee comes from Gig Harbor, Washington. While many of the popular coffees out now are from the Seattle area, Cutters is different for its medium roasted blend of stable flavors. There is no salient pop-culture flavor screaming for attention here. It is just the smoothest, richest, dark coffee a connoisseur can wake up too. The package describes its flavor, “notes of raisins, are balanced with an excellent caramel-like sweetness, finished with buttery undertones.” This seems complex, but my taste started with a black, unsweetened cup that had rich coffee flavor with possibly a raisin tarnish to calm acidity. My second cup had sweetener added. As is the case with sweetener, the coffee’s full-bodied flavor is exposed. Again, as I have experienced before, sometimes it is less about a coffee’s flavor and more about its texture. Now a blend of sweet, buttery smoothness that can be associated with caramel and butter, is present. It is a thick, rich smoothness, more than butter alone; that leaves a coffee drinker’s pallet wanting more.

I hope people in other parts of the country can find this coffee in their store. Such great flavor disserves to be shared with friends. Buy bags for them. Something that I return to when drinking this coffee is my experience enjoying the Rockin’ Rhythm and Blues Festival that takes place every year at Gig Harbor, Washington. It is a stunning venue with crowd-pleasing local professionals that put on a memorable show.

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