479 Degrees

All you can taste is sugar! Ugh.

I think I have written a 479 review before, but I am enjoying some new flavors this week thanks to a gift box from a friend. The Asiago, Parmesan + Cheddar is awesome and I cannot get enough of the Toasted Seaweed and Sesame (luckily they sell that at nearby New Seasons!) and the Farmer’s Market Herbs! I do not know how they come up with these flavors, but they are awesome! If you have not tried this stuff DO!

well, i bought the chipotle caramel pumpkin seed on an after work whim out of starvation. the product didn’t deliver the flavor profile promised. i tasted neither caramel (just adding sweet doesn’t make it caramel) nor chipotle (a little heat doesn’t make it chipotle) and i’m still digging through the bag looking for a single pumpkin seed. i checked the ingredients list like three times and sure enough, some of what was promised was on the list, but. no matter how organic or non GMO you go, if it doesn’t taste good, it isn’t worth a dime. sorry, not for me.

Super yummy popcorn got several bags at my local grocery outlet for a steal at $ 1.50. Love the strong cheddar and black truffle flavor will go back and stockpile more.

OMG. Best popcorn I’ve ever tried. I got the White Cheddar and Black truffle. and I’ll be honest, I got it at Ross for a whopping $ 2.29 and didn’t expect much. But WOW. It’s so delicious. Now I’m going on a hunt to get my hands on more flavors!

I came across their popcorn at the airport and couldn’t resist buying a bag of their Black Truffle + White Cheddar. I immediately regretted not buying more, and I’ve been wanting to try the other flavors ever since!
I drove to this address, thinking I could buy a few gift sets for friends and family who aren’t from SF. However, once I got there, I found out that this is just their shipping address (not an actual 479° store). Don’t make the same mistake I did! Order their product online or visit one of the retailers listed on their site.

Absolute perfection in every bite. It’s perfect in every way.

I tried the Black Truffle + White Cheddar popcorn for the 1^st time and all I have to say is… wow! I’m totally hooked and wanting to try other flavors :)

Ordered 48 bags for a company event. They arrived today. Beautiful packaging, non-​GMO corn, fabulous.
I ordered all four available flavors (no Paprika) — a dozen each. We did a mini-​tasting upon arrival and the favorites are Fleur de Sel and Black Truffle/​White Cheddar. My personal fav is the Cheddar. I should have ordered more of that one. Yum!
Eight days to send the product from San Francisco to Emeryville is a bit long so I deducted a star ($ 26 shipping). Seriously, it takes about 20 minutes to drive the distance.

WHAAAT? Stop what you’re doing right now. RIGHT NOW! Call a travel agent. Go online. Walk, drive, ride a bike, swim, whatever… just get to SF as soon as you can.* The best popcorn you’ve ever had awaits your tastebuds. You need this. Promise. The flavors are inventive. The company is local. The product is addicting. Even though 479 skews toward the sweet (and, despite a huge sweet tooth, I am not one for sweet popcorn… usually), there are some savory options to try… and you need to try them. What do you need to try? Well, I have been working my way through Chipotle Caramel & Almonds, Fleur de Sel Caramel, Ginger Sesame Caramel (sensing a theme yet?), and Vietnamese Cinnamon Sugar. I have to make *sure* that I am not a sweet popcorn kind of guy. Research. But, I know I am definitely a savory popcorn kind of guy? Why? How? Four amazing words, that’s why/​how.
White.
Cheddar.
Black.
Truffle.
I am so serious. I can’t put into words what this popcorn will do to you. I would wake up thinking about it. I would cancel meetings early just so I could come home to devour some. When I was out of it, I wept… and huffed the bag. I’m not joking. Why are you still reading this? Get some. Get some right now!
*Or, order online. That’s an option, too.

I love this popcorn, this is popcorn to kill for. Oh did I say that… Cool people here and yummy popcorn.

On a recent trip to Carmel I picked up a bag of the Black Truffle and White cheddar popcorn at a local deli. I was excited to see that it was made in San Francisco!
I opted for the popcorn over a bag of chips, it was a far healthier and very tasty option. The popcorn was super fresh and there was only a hint of truffle that complimented the white cheddar very nicely. I think that it is easy to go overboard with truffle, but 479 doesn’t.
I can’t wait to try some of their other flavors!

As a popcorn lover, I was really excited to try this brand. On my recent trip to SF, I made a mental note to hunt down this popcorn. I love Fleur de Sel so naturally that’s the flavor I chose. When I opened the small bag (about $ 4), I was a bit disappointed not to see one flake of fleur de sel. Obviously, I didn’t expect the popcorn to look like the gorgeous picture on the box but it should be somewhat similar. I thought all the salt had fallen to the bottom but that wasn’t the case. The caramel tasted good but nothing really special. Maybe I should have gotten the Black Truffle flavor… seems like everyone raves about that one.

Damn good. Stumbled upon this box o’ goodness at SFO. Bought it without looking at the price but vaguely recall it was, for all intents and purposes, pricey. That said, I am glad I found it. Who knew that northern Vietnamese cinnamon was different; I didn’t even know my parents’ homeland had such a claim. :-D

One of the best popcorn I ever tasted besides the Truffle Popcorn at Desnuda and their popcorn definitely outranks Dale and Thomas!
Black Truffle Oil and Black Truffle Salt Galore!
If you have a popcorn maker, I suggest you do the pop it yourself deal, since that’s the one that has the Black Truffle Set san cheddar.

This popcorn is awesome!!! Their flavors are super inventive and their popcorn is organic, local, made to order and really fresh, and amazingly flavorful! I met the folks at 479 a few weeks ago and they sent me their Globetrotter sampler pack to try. Check out my review of their popcorn and my giveaway here! I’d highly recommend 479 — they are great!

Not to mention this popcorn company was selected by Oprah as one of her «favorite things». Nevermind that the popcorn and other ingredients are organic… it is simply the BEST tasting popcorn I have evered savored! So memorable.
I first encountered this popcorn while vodka sampling at Hangar One, an artisan distillery in Alameida, California. Yes, the vodka, the liqueurs, the whiskey was all top notch and memorable, but the true winner was the popcorn being sold alongside of them! By the end of the tasting we had also sampled three different flavors of popcorn. Most memorable was the black truffle and cheddar cheese flavor… can’t get enough of the stuff! Also available are: Chipotle Carmel and Almonds (yumm!), Fleur de Sel Caramel, Vietnamese Cinnamon, Madras Curry and Coconut, and more.
If Alameida isn’t convenient for you, this popcorn is available at tons of locations across the United States (see their website for locations) as well as online. Once you try it you will be hooked!