Kicking Horse Coffee, Smart Ass, Medium Roast, Whole Bean, 10 oz

This coffee is ranked very high among coffee experts for good reason. It has amazing notes chocolate and cherry, is very smooth but bold. I've tried several highly rated specialty coffees but this blend from Kicking Horse is far and away my favorite. At first I thought it was my imagination but every time I come back to this coffee it has such a distinct and very pleasant flavor profile. It's not the cheapest so I drink it more as a treat, but I think that makes it all the more special and enjoyable

Kicking horse coffee overall makes great coffee and everyone I’ve tried so far has great flavor. It’s become my new favorite! Use it in my espresso machine at home and has smooth bold flavor without any harshness or acidity.

I'm certainly not a coffee connoisseur. I've been trying to find my favorite bean for morning lattes and mochas ever since upgrading to a "real" espresso machine, a Lelit Mara, earlier this year. I've gone through a small handful of beans so far, and this Smart Ass coffee is among the best. I normally go for a bean from a local roaster but if it isn't conveniently available (I live pretty rurally and it's often easier to order from Amazon than it is to go to "town") I'll get adventurous and try some new stuff. Kicking Horse seemed well reviewed so I gave it a chance and the Smart Ass seemed to be the most like my preferred flavor profile. It's a solid medium roast so it's not bitter or earthy. It's what I might call "balanced"; it's bright and a bit chocolaty. It's not subtle and it's not aggressive. It's just a really nice smooth middle-of-the-road taste. I might try some others from these guys. I only recently learned that Kicking Horse's parent company is Lavazza, a hugely popular Italian coffee company. What this means for their beans and product, I don't know, but Kicking Horse isn't the small company it might appear to be. Still, it's good stuff, a bit on the expensive side but it's organic and fair-trade. I'd buy it again. In fact I'll probably do that now, I just remembered I emptied the last of the bag.

Well because the competition it was up against was significantly worse. The venerated SF BAY Coffee: Fog Chase in my opinion was a burden to the eye, a sting to the nose, and a cough for the throat. I am not a coffee aficionado and I can honestly and with pride admit that I am terrible at descriptions regarding taste or smells or anything really. The latter merely states that I know I am an idiot. So if you would please allow me to apologize in advance for the mediocrity of the following descriptions of the vastly superior (to 1 opponent) Kicking Horse Coffee: Smart Ass, I shall continue... I payed money not for coffee but for an experience or, to satiate the senseless covid ruminations, a hobby. The bag seemed fine with its minimalistic intentions but could do some updating. There’s a lot of unnecessary text that can’t be entirely removed or replace with a hyperbole that your coffee makes horses kick or something of the sort that will make it more probable that the consumer will memorize your brand name and share it in a conversation. But as my scissors cut through that plastic the aromas I’d these coffee were enjoyed throughly. I wanted to make a candle out of it since the smell mattered to me so much. Start grinding and your hit once again with an orgy of different smells which exacerbates the impatience of waiting until the coffee is done and cool. And as I drank the first cup I immediately knew I liked it. I didn’t know why but I knew this was some good coffee and continued to drink it until it finally induced me to make this review. I have been trying to deduce what exactly of this coffee do I like? So I go drinking multiples cups disregarding time which led me to succumb to herbal ;)teas to treat my insomnia. Until finally one day, this day, right know, I knew why i liked this coffee. It was the taste. It took long hours trying to decipher what in the hell this coffee tasted like. What tastes like coffee? But it was darn good. Until it hit me. It tastes exactly how it smells. Plus its smooth as butter. That’s it. That’s a covid epiphany.

this coffee is delicious great choice for a whole bean coffee!!

This coffee in my opinion, is weak in flavor, it has no strong robust flavor as coffee should have.... Buy at your own risk.

the cooffee is good. the delivery was very good...but as usual the very skimpy amazon shipping packaging was not good and only provided some scratch protection.

Delicious coffee! Great value product!

What an excellent brew these beans make! Love everything about this bag of beans from start to dripped. Now WHO'S THE REAL SMARTASS?!?!??! ME ME ME ME ME!

Good coffee at a good price. Excellent!!!!!!

A bit too dark

First thing I have in the morning.

A very mild coffee brew, takes getting use to.