Starbucks Hopes New Blend Will Perk Up Sales

Starbucks has a new blend it calls Pike Place Roast it hopes can jump start the company amid slowing growth. It will be available everyday "alongside the traditional 'Morning Pick' for customers desiring a flavor adventure," the company says.

It is so good, according to CEO Howard Schultz, that it "is truly one of the best coffees we have offered our customers in our 37-year history and it will reinvent brewed coffee."

PPR, according to the press release, has "a smoother finish balanced by soft acidity and subtle, rich flavors of cocoa and toasted nuts."

So it's it really the best thing since sliced bread? Opine below.