The gold roast is far superior to any other product. Other coffees are roasted too long, you can see how little of the caffeine and palmitic acid of their coffee is in the water when it is cooked - it looks like a weak tea and pretty much cleans like one too. The blonde roast makes an actual coffee and it is anything but weak especially for cleaning, you can and will feel it. Some of the darker roast competitors are decent for cleaning but unfortunately it seems like some of their coffee stays in my system and causes stomach issues later on in the day. The blonde roast is definitely a better clean and it seems to expel enough of it to not cause issue. Did I mention the blonde roast cools off better than it's competitors as well? I like spending less time waiting and more time doing.