Smart Ass

I got the Smart Ass organic whole bean coffee in a medium roast, and at first was worried it would be bitter because of how the beans smelled! Dry, Earthy, kinda like what you would think a lumberjack would drink haha! I tried it without cream and sugar, and was surprised, it was smooth! Then with my usual sugar and cream, and it is mild, not bitter at all! I make my coffee in a 1970s percolator, my mother's from college, and I'll definitely be grabbing for this bag to add to it tomorrow! Yum!!

Excellent flavor and natural

Great coffee

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! No bitter taste or after taste.

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

Perfectly perfect coffee.

These are definitely some good coffee beans. Purchased and tried as these are one of the highest rated coffee beans on Amazon. I've started becoming a bit of a coffee snob, mostly brewing my own coffee with good drip brewer, so based on recommendations wanted to try these beans. Honestly, they're good, but not mind blowing. Definitely a medium roast on the brighter side, as advertised, which is my preference, but that said, I found it to be pretty average. We have several coffee drinkers in the house with varying preferences, so we always have quite a few different brands on stock. Having purchased just the 10 oz bag to try it out, everyone was certainly satisfied with it, but I wasn't sure it was worth the price. As a test one morning, I used the "Kicking Horse" for the first pot and cheaper (but still decent IMO) Amazon-brand Columbian blend in the second pot, and I asked two of the other coffee drinkers in the house if they could tell the difference... They couldn't. Not exactly a scientific test, but reinforced my opinion. It's good, but not mind-blowing. At $30 for a 2.2 lb bag which isn't that bad, there are plenty of other options in the $12-$20 range that I personally think are just as good, or even prefer. I'd buy again for sure if it's on sale, but my experience with it was that it's not worth a premium price tag. All that said, the price isn't crazy, and it did brew a good cup of coffee, so I'll give it 4* and wouldn't dissuade anyone from buying.

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!

A bit too dark

This was a rip off. Not a full pound at all (284g vs 454 g and an inflated price. Two stars because the coffee is still great. Let the buyer beware.

A very mild coffee brew, takes getting use to.

First thing I have in the morning.