Customer Reviews

Emeril's Big Easy Bold Coffee, 24-Count K-Cups for Keurig Brewers (Pack of 2)

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I've had my Keurig for almost a year and have not been happy with the wimpy strength of the K-cups. Emeril's "Big Easy Bold" delivers a good strong cup of coffee. Hooray!!

We like our coffee dark and this one handles the job. Even when using the 12oz. setting on the coffee maker, this stuff is thick. If you like strong coffee, you can't go wrong with this one.

I am a Latte fan - Starbucks has been by favorite for years. Lately I've been tired of spending $4 a cup and having to drive to my local shop to get my morning fix so I started to venture into making them with my K-Cups. I've tried out a few different brands and have found that this Big Easy Bold is great. It is strong enough to keep a good flavor after adding my milk and flavorings.

Here is how I do it:

1 K-Cup - Emeril's Big Easy Bold
3 ounces of milk
1 tablespoon of cream
1 teaspoon of sugar
optional: flavoring of your choice (cinnamon, caramel, chocolate, syrup etc.)

In a microwaveable cup (at least 8 ounces)- warm the milk and cream for 30-45 seconds in the microwave on high. In a large mug brew the K-Cup on the espresso setting. Take a battery operated milk frother like Aerolatte Milk Frother, Satin Finish and spin the milk until it is to your liking. Add the teaspoon of sugar to the milk mixture when you have it almost finished. Pour the milk into the mug with the coffee - stir just a tiny bit and you are ready to enjoy.

If you choose to add the optional flavoring add it to the coffee before combining it with the milk.

Enjoy - you will be surprised that it is actually better than you have had in the store.

I have tried many varieties of k-cups and this one is by far my favorite. Having said that, this cup of coffee is not for the faint of heart. This is the strongest, boldest cup of coffee I have found. It has almost a burnt flavor that I adore! When this coffee is brewing the aroma is just about Heaven!! If you prefer a more mellow blend I don't think you will like Big Easy too much, but personally I don't like the flavored cups which taste diluted to me. You know you are drinking a strong, flavorful cup of coffee when you pop this in your machine. It will stand up to cream, and is the perfect wake up beverage. I love Coffee People French Roast, and Timothy's Rainforest Espresso, but I have to say they now taste almost ordinary to me after having discovered Big Easy Bold. If you are looking for the boldest, most THERE cup of coffee you have ever prepared, you will not be disappointed, Emeril Rules!!!!!

Don't mean to be the one who rains on the bandwagon (pardon the metaphor crash), but, while it is definitely true what other reviewers have written -- that the coffee is very strong, very thick, and very dark (add in an acid level commensurate with the sludge-factor) -- I don't find the taste all that strong, and taste is important.

True, these K-Cups will provide a pleasant-tasting beverage the consistency and color of Louisiana mud, but for taste, one can do a lot better.

Just for kicks, I had K-cups of coffee back-to-back today, one of this type and one of Keurig K-Cup "Mini-Brewers" Newman's Own Organics Extra Bold, which is, unfortunately, sold out at the moment. True, Newman's (RIP) is hardly as dark a roast or as thick a beverage, but the flavor punches through very robustly and is totally superior in the area that counts the most to me -- taste. It's a lot "Bold"er than this brand.

One of my favorite dark roasts is the Coffee People line, even of decafs, which truly bury the "Big Easy Bold" in the taste department, too, even if one drinks the decaf. Diedrich coffees come to mind as well as clear winners.

Maybe I'm spoiled, but I tend to use fewer of the ready-mixed K-Cups brand coffees than employing the Keurig My K-Cup Reusable Coffee Filter and selecting my own brand and grind. My current favorite brand of coffee comes from a pair of small roasting houses in Washington state and Alaska. I keep a couple days' worth ground and ready to put into the Keurig My K-Cup Reusable Coffee Filters, and there are few pre-packed ground K-Cups that can come anywhere close to the richness of the flavors and choices available if one "rolls one's own."

I've got nothing against Emeril's, and it's a far superior cup of coffee to anything you'll get in most restaurants. But, happily, we can best that effort without trying too hard.

I have tried most of the K-Cups on the market. This is the only one I've found that you can make (2) medium sized cups of coffee with one K-Cup and it is not weak. I make a traveler cup every morning and it takes (2) mediums on the B-60 brewer to fill it just right. If you plan to make just one medium or large cup it will be just as advertised, "Extra Bold". Great coffee.

I like a dark roast and a good strong cup of coffee. Big Easy Bold delivers.

After finding so many of the K-cup varieties to be too weak, I went the My K-cup route for a while. Part of the joy of owning a Keurig, though, is not having to deal with the mess and clean-up of loose coffee grounds.

Diedrich's French Roast and Newman's Own are also excellent, but this one is just one tick darker that makes all the difference for me.

After FINALLY purchasing the best coffee maker I've ever had in 40 years of drinking coffee, the hunt was on to find the best tasting coffee to go with it. When it comes to coffee, I suppose that it's really a "to each his or her own" thing. But I've tried 'em all, and out of all the various varieties that are offered here at Amazon, the K-cup that provides the most pleasurable mix of everything that I was looking for in a cup of coffee is undisputedly Emeril's Big Easy Bold.

Nothing beats Emeril's Big Easy Bold. There are plenty of other brands trying to suggest that they're bold. I've tried the "Midnight Magic" brand; I've tried the "Jet Fuel" brand; I've tried the "Donut Shop" brand; I've tried all of the "Extra Bolds"; but the K-cup that really tastes like the jet fuel packed cup of coffee that you get in the best donut shop is Emeril's Big Easy Bold.

What's really cool is that whether you make a small cup or large cup of Emeril's Big Easy Bold, you won't lose the rich flavor. Most Keurig Coffee Maker have at least two buttons that let you choose to make a large or small cup. Some even have three buttons for a large, medium or small. I like a large cup. Some of the other brands noticeably lost some of their flavor as I went from a mediunm cup to a large...but not the Emeril's.

There is no question here. If you like a darker roast that's full of flavor and packs a punch, you've found the right page here at Amazon. Wake up people, and add this to your cart. Bam!

In search of the strongest and richest K-cup coffee available, we tried every "bold" and every "dark roast" K-cup made. This is far and away the best. It's rich and strong without tasting burnt - simply put, it's great. We now get the regular and the decaf delivered monthly under the 10% off "subscribe and save" program.

This is a very bold coffee but hasn't a hint of bitterness. I will definitely order again!