Barnie’s Santa’s White Christmas: Best Coffee Flavor

I love coffee.  It’s my one true vice and I have no intention of giving it up any time soon.  Every morning I brew a five cup pot of flavored coffee and as soon as it’s done, I make my special iced coffee that could give Starbucks a run for their money.  However, it is the coffee I use that makes my concoction one that no other iced coffee can compare to:  Barnie’s Coffee and Tea Company- Santa’s White Christmas.

I have tried a lot of flavored coffees and Santa’s White Christmas coffee is by far the best coffee I have ever had!  In fact, Barnie’s says it is the “star” of  their coffee lineup and their #1 seller.  According to the Barnie’s website, it is a combination of  Barnie’s Blend coffee with added flavors of coconut, nuts, sweet caramel and vanilla.  But trust me, this description does not even do the taste justice.  All you need to know is that there is no other flavored coffee like it.  It’s not just a great Christmas coffee flavor, it’s meant to be enjoyed all year long.  Obviously, or it wouldn ‘t be their number one seller!  Actually, many of Barnie’s flavored coffees are excellent.  And Barnie’s was around in almost every mall and doing just fine until Starbucks swooped in and took over.  Well damn you Starbucks!  Because of you and your burnt tasting coffee, I lost my Barnie’s at the mall!  Does the mall really need three Starbucks in it?   Seriously?  You can’t share the caffeine lovers out there with Barnie’s?  Well you suck and so does your coffee!

After I had to accept the fact that I could no longer enjoy a Barnie’s coffee cooler or take home a pound of fresh coffee beans after spending my husband’s hard earned money on a new pair of shoes, I was elated when I discovered that my local grocery store started carrying Barnie’s coffee.  Even better, the one pound bag was cheaper than it was at the Barnie’s in the mall and often times, it went on sale.  I was a happy camper!  I got to savor my Santa’s White Christmas coffee all year round and  at a discount no less.  Screw you Starbucks and your overpriced, overrated, burnt coffee!

Well…it was great while it lasted.  After a few short years of  indulging  myself with my very favorite coffee at my own convience, the grocery store chain I shopped at decided to stop carrying it to make room for some other loser brand that can’t even compare.

I was DEVASTATED!  Are you kidding me?  WTF?  No more Barnie’s?  Say it isn’t so!

Unfortunately, it was.  Gone.  No more. 

It was then that I realized that if coffee was an illegal drug, I would be an addict and going through serious withdrawals.  I really did feel like I was withdrawing.  Every morning when I would take that first glorious sip of my iced coffee concoction it may as well have been a morphine drip in my veins.  After those first few gulps I immediately started to feel alive, which never ceased to amaze me considering the horrible nights sleep I always had.  But no no no.  No more Barnie’s.  No more Santa’s White Christmas coffee.  No more coffee high.

I now know what a true coffee snob I am.   Since I haven’t been able to have my Barnie’s fix for several months, I have had to find a suitable substitution.  I’m STILL looking.  So far I have tried several different flavors and brands and no dice.  I’ve even tried every flavored liquid creamer to use in boring old regular coffee and still…not even close.   I have searched all over town for my beloved Barnie’s and it is nowhere to be found.  However, I have found it online so it does still exist thank goodness.  If I want to pay the $12.99 lb plus s & h I can order it directly from Barnie’s Coffee and Tea Company. 

Hmmmm.  I DO love my Barnie’s.  But in all honesty, in this economy, I can’t afford to be the coffee snob that I am.  So for now, I guess I’ll have to suffer and get my caffeine fix with those other inferior brands and put the good stuff on my Christmas wish list.  Oh yeah, and if any of you are lucky enough to live near a Barnie’s (there are a few stores still around), please feel free to hook a girl up!