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Paradeisi Blend no. II with a toffee almond bar

August 25, 2016 by jocelyn 1 Comment

PARADEISI BLEND NO. IIWhen I first started working at Starbucks in 2005, I was obsessed with the toffee almond bar. I think we all were. It was the most delicious blondie, with chunks of dark chocolate, white chocolate and toffee. It was, hands down, the best Starbucks pastry.  Every once in a while, a conversation will come up about “What Starbucks thing do you miss the most” The list is long, but toffee almond bars (and valencia!!) are always number one on my list. So I decided to make my own, and pair it with the Paradeisi Blend from the Roastery.

This blend of three single origin coffees from Colombia, Uganda and Papua New Guinea carries flavors of chocolate, caramel and butterscotch, and is a perfect pairing with the toffee almond bars!

 

 

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Colombia Café Mujeres with mandarin orange lava cake

July 9, 2016 by jocelyn Leave a Comment

Colombia Café MujeresColombia Café Mujeres was the Starbucks Reserve subscription for the month of June, and I had a heck of a time trying to get this coffee to my house!

My reserve subscription, even though I had updated my address before we moved, went to our house in Washington. I tried re-routing it with FedEx, I reached out to neighbors to watch for it, but the coffee had vanished. A friend suggested that I contact a partner on the reserve team, and she quickly sent a box to my new address in Michigan! I was so excited! Seeing that little black box on my doorstep is something I look forward to each and every month. Even more so since the Roastery is no longer in my backyard. I wanted to do a special tasting as a thank you to Jessica for coming to my rescue!… 

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