New Media Mavericks is "'Unfiltered Truth' Lead the information reformation with this medium roast from the prized Tarrazu region of Costa Rica with excellent body and robust richness." (Who knew bloggers were so powerful, leading revolutions and dressing in camo?)

The truth of this one is that it's a thin coffee best drunk black. The initial sip is offputting enough to make you reconsider a second; it's thin, a little acrid, and there's that rubber thing again. But rather like watercolors building up color, subsequent hits build up layers of flavor so that by the third or so you're thinking, hm, not a great coffee but not a bad one. Having said that, comparing a coffee to watercolors is not a good thing.

The addition of sugar did nothing for the coffee, in fact it detracted substantially from it. It pointed up the thinness of the brew. And adding milk (where's the dang dairyman?! I want my cream!) finished it off. No body to it. New Media Mavericks isn't so bad I threw the pot out, in fact it's adequate, but it's a blend I won't be buying.

Lynn Siprelle, Editor