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Kicking Horse

Kicking Horse Coffee, Decaf

Swiss water process. A decaffeinated coffee should be exactly like every other one of our blends: deep, dark and delicious. And that's what this is, a tip-top taste with a mellow finish. Enjoy.

8.9 /10
★★★★½ Highly Recommended Overall Score · 80% expert / 20% community Ranked #298 of 1193 (Top 25%)
Our Coffee Score 8.9
Coffee Lovers Score 8.8
Overall Ranked #298 of 1193 (Top 25%)
Coffee Beans Ranked #87 of 200 (Top 44%)
Our Coffee Score Ranked #251 of 1193 (Top 22%)
Coffee Lovers Ranked #792 of 1193 (Top 67%)

Our verdict: Ranked #87 of our top 200 coffee beans — an outstanding dark (decaf) pick with chocolate, hazelnut, nutty notes, earning a 4.4★ average across 8,840 Amazon ratings.

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Key facts

Roast
Dark (Decaf)
Origin
Multi-region blend
Process
Organic
Size
10 oz
Price / oz
$1.49
Best for
Drip, Pour-Over, French Press, Espresso

Flavor notes

ChocolateHazelnutNuttyEarthy

The Coffee Score review

Swiss water process. A decaffeinated coffee should be exactly like every other one of our blends: deep, dark and delicious. And that's what this is, a tip-top taste with a mellow finish. Enjoy. Our team spent hands-on time with the Kicking Horse Coffee, Decaf to see how it holds up against the rest of the coffee beans we've tested.

Across repeated sessions we evaluated it on the categories that matter most: quality, consistency, value, and how likely we are to reach for it again. Ranked #87 of our top 200 coffee beans — an outstanding dark (decaf) pick with chocolate, hazelnut, nutty notes, earning a 4.4★ average across 8,840 Amazon ratings.

From the roaster

  • TASTING NOTES: Roasted hazelnuts, chocolaty balanced body and a long lasting finish.
  • DARK ROAST: Velvety, earthy, spirited. This smooth riding dark horse conjures up power from the depths of the shadows. This is the winner, the champion of taste.
  • ROASTED IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS: It’s all deep, dark and delicious, roasted right below the towering Canadian Rocky Mountain peaks. In our facility we only make only one thing: coffee! It's roasted from one ingredient only: green coffee. We don't use preservatives, additives, fillers or flavoring.
  • AROMA: Deep chocolate with a nutty complexity.
  • ALL ORGANIC & SUSTAINABLY SOURCED: Grown in a socially and environmentally responsible way, by farmers with sustainable businesses they can depend on.

What we liked

  • Strong overall Coffee Score of 8.9/10 — ranked #298 of 1193 (25% percentile).
  • Distinct flavor profile: Chocolate, Hazelnut, Nutty, Earthy.
  • Community agrees — a Coffee Lovers Score of 8.8/10 from 8,840 ratings.

How we graded this coffee

Small-batch / craft roaster Grading framework
Taste 40% weight 9.1
Freshness 20% weight 9.6
Bean Quality & Sourcing 15% weight 9.3
Value 15% weight 7.3
Roast Quality 10% weight 8.7
Our Coffee Score (experts, 80% of overall) 8.9/10

The Coffee Lovers Score

Averages 4.4★ from 8,840 verified Amazon shoppers.

5 star 70%
4 star 14%
3 star 8%
2 star 4%
1 star 4%
  • Alek Verified purchase ★★★★★

    Tremendous value

    I think I have ordered this over almost 10 times now? The quality and freshness is basically impossible to beat for decaf coffee. And I have looked extensively. I drink decaf elusively due to a caffeine sensitivity but I just love the taste of coffee.

    54 found this helpful

  • Judy J. Verified purchase ★★★★★

    Excellent! A little pricey, but worth it!

    Excellent! This is the best tasting dark roast whole bean decaf I have found. Sometimes I only want decaf later in the day. I find it is too expensive for my budget but once in a while for a treat, I will splurge! So smooth. Lovely flavor.

    2 found this helpful

  • Cascades Verified purchase ★★★★☆

    Good coffee but need to use finer grounds and 12g of coffee to 6 oz of water

    Updating from 3 stars to 4. Tasted strong when using with finer grinds and with this ratio 12g of coffee beans to 6 oz of water but knocking off one star as it's a little pricey.

    5 found this helpful

  • Storm X Verified purchase ★★★★★

    Good stuff

    So, I screwed up thinking it was ground. I asked for a return on this because I didn't have a coffee grinder. They told me to keep it. I got a coffee grinder. Results: really good coffee. Smooth, with none of the weird "decaf" flavor.

    1 found this helpful

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