Crio Bru Limited Edition Highlander Grogg Roast | Natural Healthy Brewed Cacao Drink | Great Substitute to Herbal Tea and Coffee | Keto, Whole-30, Paleo, Low Calorie Honest Energy Brew And Enjoy Hot or Iced (1.5lb)

First off, this flavor is the best they have. Sadly, several listings claim that it contains nuts when it's actually a Chocolate and Butterscotch and Irish Cream flavor that is safe even for me, with my allergies. They'd probably sell more without those mistaken listings from their original recipe from years ago. But we love this, so we finally decided to buy the three-pound bag of it here at Amazon, since they had a good deal on it, and then we found out why it's not a bestseller in the three-pound size. You see, the three-pound bag is too heavy to be shipped in a box containing other items, but Amazon often ships items together. The little bags ship in a bubble mailer, by themselves amazingly enough, and they're usually fine, although one was crushed and popped a while back. But the three-pound size is really heavy and it basically thrashes around in a larger box until it's punctured itself on whatever sharp object happens to be contained in that box. In our case, it crushed some chips (and why anyone would ship chips with a three-pound bag like this is beyond me, but at least it was only two little bags out of twelve, and we can still eat them) and then partially crushed a smaller box while somehow also puncturing itself on a sharp-cornered box inside the larger shipping box. We ended up with chocolate all over, panicking to clean in order to protect our dogs (since chocolate is often fatal for dogs, even in small quantities), and then taking photos to send to Amazon to get them to ship out a replacement. Given what just happened with our big exciting "buying the three-pound bag" fiasco, I have to say that Amazon is amazing for the 10-ounce size, and maybe the 24-ounce (although one we received was popped a while back, which we still used since it was clearly popped in transit in a tiny mailer so we figured it was safe), but the three-pound (48-ounce) bag of this is really far too heavy to be shipped unless it's shipped alone and in a bubble mailer or box all by itself in order to prevent damage to other items or to the bag itself. We had two three-pound bags on order, a Highlander Grogg and a Double Chocolate, and both managed to do damage to other items while also getting damaged themselves. While this is one of my favorite products on the market right now, I have to advise ordering the three-pound bag direct from the vendor, via their website, to avoid damage to the huge bag or damage to other items being shipped in the same box as that huge bag of roasted cacao. It's rather disappointing to have to immediately reorder a 10-ounce container to tide us over until we receive the emergency order we're placing from the company's website, since it's so much more expensive to buy that small bag, but it's my own fault for not having thought about how much damage a three-pound bag could do if packed in a box with other boxes. This one was in a box with other boxes, one of which had very sharp corners, and the other was in a box where they dropped this little metal thing, so it was a complete disaster. So, what did we learn in our family today? We're definitely buying these again, but we're buying the larger size direct from the vendor, to protect the products so that we can actually use these instead of having to toss them out due to being unsafe and contaminated. These are amazing products, especially the Highlander Grogg and Double Chocolate, but they require special handling when they're this large and heavy, such as being shipped alone in a bubble mailer to protect them from puncture. Lesson learned, and we're still trying to get replacements or refunds on those, so it's doubly learned.

We but this brewed chocolate all the time. Highlander Grog is my favorite flavor. Is ready to make, we do ours in a coffee maker with a reusable filter. I brew mine and put it over ice with my protein shake every morning!

Not my favorite flavor of Crio Bru but still tasty as always! Definitely worth a try.

You've really got to follow the instruction for brewing. I like to prepare this in a French press, but you need to let it steep for longer than you would coffee. The flavor is like hot chocolate, but more adult. That is to say, it isn't sweet at all, obviously. But if you love chocolate, you may find yourself enjoying this unsweetened. I do not drink coffee, but a cup of this without milk or sugar tastes a little bit like coffee to me, but in a good way, ironically since I don't care for coffee. It also gives me a bit of a wake-up buzz, though it's not caffeinated. Chocolate contains theobromine, which is chemically similar to caffeine, which often makes me feel jittery or anxious. This doesn't do that. It's makes a comforting brew, especially blended with some milk.

Delicious. The Cacao is caffeine free, but, I get a different kind of energy, a good feeling, from a mug or 2 of brewed cacao.

Good stuff

This taste just like coffee, which I totally destest!!! If you like coffee, this is for you!! If you're wanting a hot beverage that taste good and not taste like coffee, do yourself a favor and skip over this item. When brewing a large pot, you have to triple the ampunt of what you need for coffee or loose tea. Way to costly fpr the amount.

The flavor is there, but it's still very weak. I've tried brewing in a K-cup, espresso machine and french press. It tastes more like a strong chocolate tea, rather than the strong flavor you get with coffee. With a k-cup: Under-extracted and weak flavor. Espresso machine: Jammed the filter, barely got more than 1/3 of an espresso cup worth. French press: worked best, but needed a LOT of grounds (6 TBS for 12 fl.oz of water), was also clogging the filter. I may try a small batch and grind it down even finer to see if I can get it to work with the espresso machine again, but honestly, the value is really poor, 5 tablespoons to get a watery cocoa, is pretty expensive. Gonna try for a cold brew, and maybe milk extraction and see how that goes. As much as I enjoy this, It'll be rare if I get this again, it just costs too much for what you can do with it.