Around 2,000 years ago, the Mayans created the first chocolate beverage, consuming it cold. By 1400 AD, the cocoa drink had evolved, becoming an important part of the Aztec culture, and eventually, the drink found its way to Europe where its popularity grew worldwide. Today, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters offers the Hot Cocoa K-Cup.

Tasting Notes:

Consider adding a touch of milk after brewing to add extra richness and creaminess to this chocolaty drink.

After brewing, hot cocoa K-Cups are hot and may drip. To prevent dripping, tilt the K-Cup slightly when you remove it from the brewer.

For best results, run a brew cycle without a K-Cup after making hot cocoa.

Hot Cocoa K-Cups can be purchased at GreatCoffee.com for $11.99/box. Hot Cocoa K-Cups come 24 per box.

Note: Hot Cocoa K-Cups contain milk, soy, and tree nut products (coconut oil).

The GreatCoffee.com exclusive Holiday Coffee Sampler is available for sale on GreatCoffee.com. For $11.49, you get 24 Holiday K-Cups split evenly between four different holiday K-cup favorites.

Included in the GreatCoffee.com Holiday K-Cup Coffee Sampler:

6 Green Mountain Holiday Blend K-Cups – This is a rich, balanced, and aromatic blend of light and dark roasted coffees.

6 Spicy Eggnog flavored K-Cups – The K-Cups offer flavors of cinnamon and nutmeg for the holiday season.

6 Gingerbread flavored K-Cups – A K-Cup that is like aromatic fresh-baked, warm gingerbread.

6 Tully’s Evergreen Blend K-Cups – Tully’s presents a K-Cup with a vibrant, sweet cocoa-like aroma and a crisp, winey finish.

“Donut House” is a new K-Cup coffee collection by Green Mountain Coffee. Green Mountain says that these K-Cups were “created for the untapped segment of coffee drinkers looking for a good, straightforward cup of joe.” They’re “good, straightforward coffees that will remind you of the days when you knew what to expect and were never disappointed.”

Donut House Coffee (extra bold) is a familiar, easy-going cup of coffee. It’s the kind of coffee that’s bold and dependable; it’s a coffee that you can enjoy every day.

Donut House Coffee K-Cups were rated 88 points by the Coffee Review, which described the Donut House Coffee K-Cups as having a “soft, caramel-like aroma with hints of milk chocolate and toast. An uncomplicated cup, medium body, flavor notes of cedar, caramel, nut and orange-toned citrus. Sweetness carries into the mildly nutty finish, with distant suggestions of molasses and chocolate.”

GreatCoffee.com has Donut House Coffee K-Cups on sale for $10.69/box right now.

Donut House Decaf (extra bold) is the same dependable cup of coffee that is the Donut House Coffee but in decaf. It’s “everything you want, and nothing more.”

The Coffee Review gave Donut House Decaf K-Cups 86 points and said it had a “muted aroma of orangey fruit, caramel and wood. Lightly syrupy mouthfeel and simple flavors: nut, raisin and caramel. Muted sweetness in the finish fades rather quickly to a mildly astringent nut-like character.”

Donut House Decaf K-Cups are also on sale at GreatCoffee.com for $10.69/box.

K-Cups come 24 to a box.

Make your own K-Cups. This reusable K-Cup accessory called the “My K-Cup” allows you to brew any type of coffee on your Keurig brewer.

It’s a three-step process. By inserting the Adapter Piece into the Keurig brewer, adding your favorite ground coffee to the filter, and inserting the filter into the Adapter Piece, you can brew more coffees on your Keurig brewer than ever before.

You can purchase whole bean coffee from GreatCoffee.com in the “top-rated coffees” section to use with “My K-Cup”.

“My K-Cup” is compatible with the following Keurig brewers: Mini B30, Elite B40, Ultra B50, Special Edition B60, and Platinum B70.

This Keurig accessory is available through GreatCoffee.com for $14.95. “My K-Cup” is dishwasher safe.

Tully’s K-Cups are now available at GreatCoffee.com. For use in your Keurig brewing system, Tully’s K-Cups are available in five varieties:

• House Blend
• Decaf House Blend
• Kona Blend
• Evergreen Blend
• Madison Blend

The Tully’s House Blend K-Cup coffee earned 90 points from the Coffee Review as a whole bean coffee in January 2009. Coffee Review’s Kenneth Davids described the coffee as: “orange-toned aroma with suggestions of spicy cinnamon and toast. Medium body, soft mouthfeel and balanced, citrusy acidity.”

The Tully’s Evergreen Blend K-Cup was rated 89 points by the Coffee Review in January 2009. Editor Kenneth Davids described Evergreen Blend K-Cup as displaying: “Mild aroma of fresh pine and earth. Full body with a penetrating mouthfeel, pungent cedary flavor, hints of leather and dried apricot. Cocoa and aromatic wood notes linger in the dry finish.”

Unless noted, all Tully’s K-Cups come 24 to a box.