ROCKEFELLER HOLIDAY COFFEE #2349

Tastes Like: Peanut Brittle, Dates, Red Apple

Curator’s Notes: There’s nothing like the magic of holiday season in NYC. I was lucky enough to spend a few years living in Manhattan, and I still get nostalgic this time of year. When I enjoy this NYC-roasted coffee, I think of wandering through the holiday market at Union Square, browsing the window displays at Macy’s on 34th Street, and of course, the Christmas tree and skating rink at Rockefeller Center! If you need something to warm your hands after a snowy stroll through Central Park, you can’t do better than this cozy mix of beans from Burundi and Guatemala. The smooth, chocolaty notes of the Guatemalan coffee are a perfect match for the purple fruit notes of the Burundi, and they blend effortlessly together into a Goldilocks type of roast– traditional “coffee that tastes like coffee” notes with a punch of individuality. Picture a holiday dessert table full of little dishes of honey-roasted peanuts, chocolate-covered dried fruits, toffee date pudding, and butterscotch-chip cookies, and you know exactly what you’ll taste in this cup. And for the icing on the cake? For each bag sold, Joe Coffee donates $1 to 9 Million Reasons, NYC’s largest food pantry. I could probably think of 9 million reasons to enjoy New York's finest holiday coffee, but here’s the important one: it’s absolutely delicious!



Bottom Line: You’ll love this coffee if you love traditional-style medium roast coffees, peanut brittle, or figgy pudding.

Rockefeller, our annual holiday coffee, does just that—comforting and spirit-warming, it’s guaranteed to delight everyone around your holiday table. This coffee has all the seasonal flavors we look forward to as the winter brings us together for the holidays. Starting with flavors of sweet, dried fruits like dates and dried papaya, the flavors of the cup progress into candied nuts, baking chocolate, and butterscotch. There is a pleasing pop of red apple acidity throughout, adding a little something extra with every sip.