Häagen-Dazs - Coffee

Coffee - Coffee Ice Cream

Tomorrow is National Coffee Day!  That gives me an excuse to try a classic oldie but goodie from the Häagen-Dazs line:  Coffee.  It is one of their original flavors and they have not changed the recipe from when they started.  It has only five ingredients:  cream, skim milk, cane sugar, egg yolks and coffee.  They get their coffee from Brazil.  Without further ado, let's check it out!

Removing the lid and the protective plastic label shows the coffee base is a beautiful tan color -- perhaps even a taupe.  Unsurprisingly, it is the color of a cup of coffee with cream and sugar.  Digging in, the coffee flavor is pretty good.  It is flavorful -- though not too strong -- and not at all bitter.  It is simple, yet it works.  I checked with a friend who is more than a coffee drinker than I am and they liked it.  Good coffee flavor.

This is a classic old implementation of a coffee flavor which has held up pretty well.  That says quite a bit considering how much coffee drinking has changed since the early days of the Häagen-Dazs brand.  It is quite simple and the flavor is not too strong.  Coffee junkies may be interested in something which is stronger or more exotic.  Myself, I like a bit of chocolate with my coffee.  But for a simple four-dollar pint of coffee ice cream, you can't go wrong with Häagen-Dazs.