There is a wide range of different coffee options on the market. From the totally normal to the utterly bizarre, they all have their benefits and drawbacks. The truth of the matter, though, is that the coffee options out there are all worth a go. Even if they taste bad, it’s very likely that they’ll taste bad in a way that’s unique and interesting.
In this article, we’re going to run through a few coffee options that we found on Amazon that are a little unusual. There are none on this list that are so bizarre that you’re unlikely to have heard of them, but they’re all a little strange, and exceptionally interesting.
Coffee with chicory
This is perhaps the least odd and unique option on the list. At a very basic level, it’s simply a blend of coffee grounds and ground chicory beans, with the unique combination being something that results in a unique and delicious flavor. To be sure that the final cup of coffee is good, there are plenty of brewing instructions sure to elevate your experience.
The thing that we find interesting about this drink is that it’s an early example of the combination of coffee and spice to create a final beverage that goes beyond being tasty and exciting, instead delving exclusively into self-enhancing. The unique flavor of chicory serves to enhance the natural flavors of the coffee, allowing you to create a steaming cup of amazing coffee in a very short time.
If you’ve never had a cup of chicory coffee, then we would certainly recommend trying it out. Even if it’s not quite to your taste, we’re sure that you’ll find something about it to love.
High-caffeine coffee
It’s no secret that the caffeine content of coffee is something that truly gets people hooked on the good stuff. The truth of the matter is that most coffee options have around the same amount of caffeine in them – there’s only so much that a coffee tree can produce.
However, there are some blends, such as The Red Goat coffee, which specialize in tracking down high-caffeine varieties of coffee, allowing you to easily and quickly generate delightfully caffeinated cups of coffee in your home. This leads to cups with around six times the regular amount of caffeine that a cup of coffee would offer you.
These options are typically so caffeinated that they don’t make a wonderfully good option for those of us that might suffer from caffeine sensitivity, or from heart conditions that might not be compatible with a lot of caffeine.
Something that we particularly enjoy about this particular brand of coffee is that it’s not one that relies of intensely roasting coffee to give you a powerful flavor and the illusion of intense caffeine. Instead, this coffee is specially roasted to be smooth and rich, without having the burnt flavor that intense coffee can sometimes have.
The Amazon listing presents many times how smooth and perfect this coffee is, and it’s hard to deny how ideal that would be when considering a caffeine-intense cup of coffee.
Kopi Luwak Coffee
If you haven’t heard of kopi luwak coffee, then you might be a little surprised to hear what it is – it’s coffee that has been eaten, digested, and passed by a civet cat. These digested coffee beans are then cleaned, washed, roasted, and ground, ready for you to brew with.
It’s hard to say what impact, in particular, this has on the coffee beans, but it’s been a cult coffee staple for a terribly long time now. The main impact that this process has upon coffee beans is that the cultures within the stomach of a civet will do some work to ferment and process the coffee beans before they’re worked with to create your brew.
This fermentation process is likely not dissimilar from the process by which cocoa beans are fermented in the chocolate-making process: it’s a process by which the slight pre-digestion of this coffee leads to a world-class unique flavor.
Something that we really like about this option, in particular, is that the beans are harvested from wild civet cats, rather than farmed ones. Sadly, this industry does have a history of farmers gathering civet cats and subjecting them to cruel treatment to maximize profits. Thankfully, this option in particular is supported by the Gayo Coffee Protection Society Foundation, assuring that the beans are secured and gathered via ethical means.
Their Amazon listing actually contains a video espousing the ethical nature of their coffee harvesting process, and we’d recommend taking a look – it’s certainly worth it to put your mind to rest.
Enzyme Fermented Coffee
The process of fermenting various different foods and drinks has long been carried out around the world. Not only is it a great way to ensure that the coffee beans themselves have a unique flavor, but it also helps with their digestibility.
For example, fermenting coffee beans reduces the acid content in them, ensuring that a particularly sensitive stomach might find them a little easier to work with. If that’s a problem you’ve long had with coffee, then it might be worth considering this fermented coffee option to generate a wonderfully easy-to-digest flavor in your coffee.
The primary reason that most different coffee-lovers might try this blend out, however, is the flavor that the fermentation might give the coffee. This option is a great starting point if you’ve never had fermented coffee before, providing a fairly simple, yet still unique, final flavor.
It’s hard to compare the flavor to anything, since so few people have ever made, let along tried, fermented coffee. The thing that we would have to say is that it’s a fascinating combination of that tangy, almost bacterial, fermented flavor that you might get in kim chi or smell on blue cheese, and a strongly roasted, bitter coffee. It might not be your perfect cup, but it’s certainly worth it for the unique flavor!
Conclusion
We hope that this article has given you a couple of great options to try out in your home – there’s always time to try a new type of coffee!