Two days ago: I tell the wife I want to buy a Ninja Dual Brew Coffee Maker. We agree and I get it ordered. After work I am tired and would really rather hold down a chair with my ass, but instead I head to Best Buy in West Des Moines to buy it.

I go to the wrong Best Buy in West Des Moines.

I then go to the right Best Buy in West Des Moines and have it brought out to me. I stop at Friedrich’s Coffee on the way home and have some coffee ground up for us. I get home and pick up the box and immediately notice shit is moving around in the box.

I get inside and take a good look at the box. It’s obviously been opened before. I open it up and half the packaging is missing. Worse, it’s wet on the inside of the water reservoir. Even worse, I open it to look at the kcup needles and they are fucking dirty.

At this point I feel safe to say this is used. This coffee maker only came out last September so my guess is it is a returned Xmas present, but I don’t know how long it’s been sitting at the store. I don’t know how long water has been sitting in the line trying to mold.

So I pack it back up and head my tired ass back to the (right) Best Buy in West Des Moines. They only have one other in stock. We open it there and it’s obviously brand new. It’s just my luck that they only have two and they give me the shit one on the first try.

I drive back to Pleasant Hill. I get the maker all washed up and ready to go. I am going to brewed pots of coffee for a while so I remove the K cup attachment. I get it set for delayed brew. Tired or not, I am excited for the next morning.

Day 1: This is the Friedrich’s Rise and Shine, a medium roast. It smells wonderful. It tastes better.

Day 2: This is today. This is Friedrich’s Nutella. Now, I fucking hate Nutella. I originally wanted a half pound of Snickeroo as I remember it being good from a several years ago. A bit of flavor, but still noticeably coffee, which is great as I detest not being able to taste coffee in my coffee. When I was buying this the other night coffee the barista who sold it to me said they were out of the Snickeroo, but swore the Nutella was the same thing. I said OK and bought it.

So the coffee brews up while I am getting ready for the day. I get dressed for work (lounge pants, slippers, and a Harley t-shirt) and walk out to the kitchen and walk over to the coffee pit, get a whiff, and immediately want to vomit.

Seriously. The smell is awful.

So I did want any sensible coffee lover does, I poured it into my travel cup and traveled downstairs to start my day. This was 7:20 AM.

7:45 AM – Still smells awful.

8:00 AM – Still smells awful.

8:20 AM: – Smells slightly less awful.

8:45 AM – Smells OK..ish?

9:00 AM: While busy and not really paying attention, I reach over and take a drink. When it hits my tatsebuds, I realize it tastes pretty damn great. I continue drinking it, finishing it about 30 minutes later.

I am at a loss to explain this. When super hot it smells enough to turn my stomach, but when starting to cool it magically turns into the gogo juice I know and love? This would never happen with any other food. For coffee I’d risk this, but if this was any other food that smelled bad to me, I’d chuck that shit right out the door.