Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

s: pears - canella - chocolate a: clear golden body - no head (duh!) t: tart apples - brewed coffee (double duh!) - bitter end p: rustic - seemingly nutty - spiced o: interesting - thin throughout - not-for-me and I love coffee! 16 ounce can - MOM's Organic Market: Alexandria, Virginia - 14-October-2023 - US$4,49 - Canned: 21-May-2023 - sampled: 12-April-2024

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

12oz can. Poured a clear yellow-orange color with a small white head. Aroma was big vanilla, spices, and pumpkin. Flavor was a lot more tart and dry than I expected, and I'm digging it. Flavor was light pumpkin, apples, tart green-apple. Tasty stuff.

Coffee cider?

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 1 | Flavor - 1 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 1

s: throw-up - vinegar - funk a: cloudy golden - exploded when opened - crazy t: tart - odd - cucumbers p: allspice - coriander seed - yeast o: interesting - nasty - unique 16 ounce can - MOM's Organic Market: Alexandria, Virginia - 28-April-2023 - US$3,99 - Canned: 23-March-2023 (fresh!) - tagline: 'dill with it' - sampled: 30-August-2023

Surprisingly not bad.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Very bright, crazy purple and indigo coloured body with a thinnish, fast-dying pure white head that fades before you can finish pouring the can in the glass. Aroma of bright apples with a decidedly crisp smell along with some pear and subdued spice notes, but the grapes only come out in a sort of artificial way, like a Niagara or Scuppernong grape, nothing from a Vinifera grape. Light-bodied; Very crisp artificial grape flavour, like a grape candy with some crisp apples and pear notes and not much of anything else, with a light dose spices noticeable at the end. Aftertaste shows some apples of course and a light dose of yeast and breadiness as well, but the soft grape sweetness from the artificially notes shows strongest somehow, with a dash of hay towards the end. Overall, a nice enough cider with some fake grape notes, but a crisp apple and light spicy side that covers the complexity factor nice enough, especially for the style. Nice to sample and not a bad option for those who prefer ciders, but there are plenty of better others out there, you'd just have to search. I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from MOM's Organic Market in Fairfax (Merrifield), Virginia on 16-December-2022 for US$3,99 sampled on the streets of New York, New York on 14-January-2023 with my wife and kids.