We Tried Bones Coffee Company’s New Maple Waffle Brew

The season of flavored hot coffee drinks is finally upon us. While everyone is reaching for pumpkin spice coffee, or maybe hazelnut, I’m always opting for maple. Maple syrup is such an underrated sweetener for your joe―it provides both sugar and flavor, all with just one simple staple ingredient. Plus, it just hits differently come fall.

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This year, Bones Coffee Company took this dynamic duo a step further with their new Maple Waffle coffee. If plain old maple syrup and coffee is starting to get boring, what about infusing your cup with maple plus the syrup’s best friend? Even though this flavor is very apropos for the current season, it’s sticking around to be a permanent part of Bones’ coffee lineup. I got my hands on the new flavored brew, and I’ll use my years of professional barista experience and rampant coffee addition to break down whether or not it’s worth a spot in your morning routine this fall.

Bones Coffee Company Maple Waffle

I’ll be honest—I expected this coffee to have a maple flavor, assuming the “waffle” part of its name was just to spruce up its appeal a little bit. But I was dead wrong. As soon as I opened the bag, my kitchen was flooded with the smell of syrup-soaked breakfast breads, like I had just stepped into a diner. I brewed my pot in a French press, and while I waited for it to steep, I couldn’t help but hover over the carafe and breathe in the breakfast-y essence for four straight minutes.

The flavor was a little more subtle than the aroma, but this brew managed to incorporate the taste of fresh, genuine maple syrup and golden-brown waffles. There was a subtle sweetness from the maple that was brought to life by a toasty, buttery flavor reminiscent of fluffy Belgian waffles. The added flavors laced a medium-dark roasted coffee with a full-ish body.

I tried a cup black, and it felt like it was missing a little something. With some sugar and a hearty dose of extra-creamy oat milk, Bones’ Maple Waffle was all it should be. The milk makes the buttery flavor more apparent, and sugar accentuated the maple. In fact, if you wanted to up the maple factor by adding a little syrup, it wouldn’t hurt. That toasty taste is bold enough that a little added syrup wouldn’t mask it. This is a great coffee for those who like to skip out on a carb-heavy breakfast most mornings, but still want something indulgent to start the day.