Our Seattle's Best Coffee Level System Results and another $100 Amazon gift card giveaway

This is a sponsored review from BlogHer.

We've had a chance to go through the Seattle's Best Coffee Level System.

In case you're not familiar with it, Seattle's Best Coffee makes finding and enjoying premium packaged coffee easy with a unique level system that helps you find your taste profile. The new Seattle's Best Coffee Level System features coffee blends numbered 1 through 5, rated from lightest to boldest instead of trying to wade through names of various roasts.

Here's our (Busy Dad's and my) results:

Level 1 – "mild, light crisp" - Light, smooth, a bit of an after-taste, but a good one. It might be good for a casual coffee drinker.

Level 2 – "lively easy drinking" - This one is a good "regular" coffee taste, almost sweet.

Level 3 – "balanced, smooth, full-flavored" - As expected, this level was a little stronger, which I prefer. A good "middle of the road" coffee.

Level 4 – "rich, elegant, complex" - This one was my favorite, I liked it best with the way I drink my coffee: half-and-half only. Very smooth, yet strong enough to have a distinct taste.

Level 5 – "bold, dark, intense" - This one was strong, but without the "burnt" taste some bolder coffees have. It's smooth, and for the serious coffee drinker.

I'm a Level 4. I thought I was going to be a Level 5 for sure, but I preferred this one, it tasted a little smoother to me. Busy Dad turned out to be a Level 3 which surprised me a little.

Visit Seattle's Best Facebook page to find your level or try a cup for yourself.

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The giveaway:

Prize: $100 Amazon gift card

How to win: Leave a comment on this post telling us what level of Seattle's Best Coffee you are if you've tried it, or what level you think you might be.

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3. This giveaway is open to US Residents age 18 or older

4. Contest ends 5:00 p.m. (PST) April 30, 2011.

5. Winners will be selected via random draw, and will be notified by e-mail.

6. You have 72 hours to get back to me, otherwise a new winner will be
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I wrote this post while participating in the Seattle's Best Coffee/BlogHer program on behalf of Seattle's Best Coffee. I received the product to facilitate my post and monetary compensation for the time to write my post.

Staying healthy with Tropicana Orange Juice - Visa Gift Card Giveaway

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It's a big job keeping kids and families healthy. There's so many more temptations out there compared to when I was growing up, and kids have to learn to make healthy choices.

All 3 of our kids play sports, so they get lots of exercise, and we try to enjoy that outdoor time as a family, as well. But, they also like video games and using the computer, so we have to make sure they get a balance in their activity.

We're very lucky that they like most fruits and vegetables. But, sometimes as they get older and busier and eat away from home, it's harder to make sure they're getting what they need.

I try to keep fruits and vegetables interesting in the refrigerator so they'll choose them while they're standing there staring at the food (you know what I'm talking about). For example, for some reason, matchstick carrots have become wildly popular around here. I guess it beats the same old baby carrots day in an day out. Whatever the reason, I'll take it because everyone is eating carrots.

Fruit arranged in some sort of container seems to get more attention here, too. If I stack apples in a bowl, they go a lot faster than they do when they're just in the fridge. And, no one seems to be able to resist the call of the oranges in the little wooden crate.

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Seattle's Best Coffee Level System $100 Amazon gift card giveaway

This is a sponsored review from BlogHer.

We are coffee drinkers, mainly in the mornings.

Busy Dad drinks his with milk and sugar, while I drink mine with half-and-half only. He downs his before he leaves the house in the morning during the week, and I fix mine to go in a travel mug that I usually finish before I get to work.

On the weekends, I enjoy my coffee in a mug (I think it tastes better in a mug for some reason), and may drink 2-3 cups, while Busy Dad still tends to down his in one fell swoop. No, I'm not sure why...

We tend to buy the same brand(s) over and over, mostly out of routine. But, when a new Seattle's Best store opened near us, we enjoyed checking it out, so we were excited for the opportunity to try out their newest offering.

Seattle's Best makes finding and enjoying premium packaged coffee easy with a unique level system that helps you find your taste profile. The new Seattle's Best Coffee Level System features coffee blends numbered 1 through 5, rated from lightest to boldest instead of trying to wade through names of various roasts.

We're making our way through the levels, and I suspect it will turn out that we're each a different one, as he likes his close to the strength of a brown crayon dipped in hot water, and my coffee can stand up by itself.

Something tells me that most people fall somewhere in between that, but I could be wrong. I'm guessing we're a 1 and a 5, but who knows? Stay tuned.

Visit Seattle's Best Facebook page to find your level or try a cup for yourself.

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The giveaway:

Prize: $100 Amazon gift card

How to win: Leave a comment on this post telling us what level of Seattle's Best Coffee you think you might be.

1. No duplicate comments.

2. You may receive (2) total entries by selecting from the following entry
methods:

a) Leave a comment telling us what level of Seattle's Best Coffee you think you might be.

b) Tweet about this promotion (I'm @busymom) and leave the URL to that tweet in a comment
on this post.

c) Blog about this promotion and leave the URL to that post in a comment on
this post.

d) For those with no Twitter or blog, read the official rules to learn about
an alternate form of entry.

3. This giveaway is open to US Residents age 18 or older

4. Contest ends 5:00 p.m. (PST) April 17, 2011.

5. Winners will be selected via random draw, and will be notified by e-mail.

6. You have 72 hours to get back to me, otherwise a new winner will be
selected.

7. Visit the Official Rules

Don't forget to visit the Exclusive Offers section page for even more chances to win, and visit back here in 2 weeks to find out what levels we are, and for another chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card here at Busy Mom Reviews!

I wrote this post while participating in the Seattle's Best Coffee/BlogHer program on behalf of Seattle's Best Coffee. I received the product to facilitate my post and monetary compensation for the time to write my post.