

The comet boxes are easy to store as well, so as long as you don’t have your freezer tactically stacked up to the door, you should have plenty of room for them. The only downside to the delivery process is that you do have to wait 48 hours for the dry ice to evaporate before you can completely dispose of all the delivery materials, but this wasn’t too much of a hassle. Your Cometeer order comes packed on dry ice so the capsules don’t melt before you’ve had a chance to put them in your freezer. Some quick math, and you now know you’re spending $2 a cup with Cometeer, which is more than it costs to brew coffee from a bag at home, but less than an average visit to Starbucks or your local coffee shop.
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I’m not picky on this front, so I opted for the Mixed Box, which comes with four different boxes of roasts ranging from light to dark, each with eight comets for a total of 32 cups of coffee.Įach box costs $64 and comes with free shipping. Each comet contains liquid that’s brewed at 10 times the strength of a standard cup of coffee, and unlike instant coffee, nothing has been dehydrated, so the hearty flavor lasts all the way until the last sip.Ĭometeer offers eight different box options depending on what kind of roast or roasters you like most.

Perhaps the biggest thing that sets Cometeer’s capsules apart from other coffee competitors: They arrive frozen, and are meant to be stored in the freezer.īrewed with beans from top roasters across the country like Counter Culture, Birch, Red Bay and Onyx, Cometeer flash-freezes coffee at the peak of its flavor before delivering it directly to you. Pretty bold, no? The coffee “comets” (aka pods) are delivered right to your door in recyclable packaging.

So, is Cometeer the answer to all your at-home coffee needs? I traded out my French press and tripled my weekly caffeine intake to find out.Ĭometeer promises to be the Earth’s first hyper-fresh coffee. From the grinding of the beans to the cleaning of the machine, Cometeer has cut out the complexities and simplified the entire coffee-making process down to just one simple step: letting a frozen capsule of ultra high-quality coffee melt into a mouthwatering cup. Is it too much to ask for a way to have great coffee without having to involve - or become - a barista?Įnter Cometeer, a coffee subscription that has partnered with top names in brews - think Counter Culture, Birch, Equator, Joe Coffee and more - to bring incredibly delicious and convenient coffee right to your door. With all this to consider, it might seem less complicated to just shell out a few dollars at your nearby coffee joint for a surefire quick fix. The quality of your coffee beans matters too, and while grinding beans at home is better for flavor, it also means you have to add another step, and device, to your routine.
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There are so many (often very pricey) machines and devices claiming to help you achieve your ideal brew, but understanding how to optimize them can take time, even if you just want to make a simple drink. Hot or iced, dark or blonde, black or sweetened, I’m not picky about how it comes, but I do care deeply about how it tastes.Īnd making that perfect cup at home can be challenging at times. Your CNN account Log in to your CNN account
