Three words: Pumpkin. Coffee. Giveaway.

This may surprise you, but I’m not always a fan of coffee.  Sometimes I ignore the tantalizing smell of a freshly roasted coffee bean and reach for freshly juiced fruits and vegetables instead.  But that doesn’t mean I don’t have a love of the tiny greasy little bean, I do.  I love the way a coffee house smells, the way coffee enhances the taste of chocolate, the way the beans sound as they whirl around my little grinder, and- my favorite of course, the way that they taste when properly brewed.  Still, I wouldn’t label me as an everyday coffee drinker or even a regular coffee drinker.  Or at least I wasn’t, until I stumbled upon Berardi’s Pumpkin Coffee at my local health food store.

The coffee was displayed at the endcaps of the register lines, I couldn’t have missed it if I wanted to.  But even with the prominently displayed rows of coffee, it was the smell that grabbed me first.  I smelled the coffee and looked around to find it.  It smells rich, warm, autumn-y, pumpkin-y, spicy, and sweet all at once.  I had to have some, so I grabbed a bag.  One wishes that I would have looked a bit closer to what I was grabbing however, my dumb ass grabbed decaf.  Decaf coffee.  What the hell is that?  It’s like the beer with no alcohol.  Why?

Anyway, the cashier told me that they had just got that coffee in fresh that morning.  I just smiled at her thinking, don’t they always say that? But then I drank the decaf and marveled at how good this coffee really is.  I drink my coffee black and this coffee lends itself well to that- the flavor really shines through.  That said, I can totally picture this coffee turned into a latte, or mixed with rum and brown sugar- oh the possibilities.  I went back to the store last night and they had a new flavor: pumpkin brulee.  Let me say that again, pumpkin brulee.  Jealous?

Fear not!  I decided right there and then that someone, someone who reads YDV, should experience this coffee too.  So I bought one of you an 8 oz. bag of freshly roasted pumpkin coffee beans.  This means that you’ll need a coffee bean grinder if you want to brew the coffee.  Still- fresh! pumpkin! coffee!  YAY!

Oh I forgot to mention, I’ve always been told that you can tell it’s “good” coffee by how greasy the beans are.  Now, I don’t know if that’s a bunch of crap or not- I’m no expert.  But if you are, or if you heard that too and wanted to see an up close shot of the beans, I gotcha covered.  Plus, look how pretty the birdy is…

Okay, so here’s the deal. If you want to win these, and you know you do, here’s what you got to do.

1. Leave a comment on this post telling me what kind of coffee concoction you’ll be making with them and
2. Tweet this post

I know, easy!  Since I want you to have the freshest coffee possible, I’m gonna close this giveaway Friday, November 26, 2010 at 8am.  Here’s some other important stuff to know:

1. Open to US residents only, sorry my overseas peeps.
2. You should tweet your tweet from this post (below) so your tweet will show up in the comments of this post.  Make sure you add the words “I entered” to the tweet before you send it out ;) Sorry peeps, that wasn’t wasn’t right.  Please just tweet the following, “I entered”
   [YDV Giveaway] Pumpkin. Coffee. Giveaway.  http://bit.ly/gkYlou #vegan

That’s it.  Good luck and happy tweeting!