Starbucks Italian Roast, Whole Bean Coffee

STARBUCKS ITALIAN ROAST 16oz DARK Roast WHOLE BEAN 100% Arabica Coffee This is Starbucks quintessential dark roast—expertly crafted to bring out sweetness and intensity. Our team spent hands-on time with the Starbucks Italian Roast, Whole Bean Coffee 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 #144 of our top 200 coffee beans — an outstanding dark pick with caramel, smoky, sweet notes, earning a 4.6★ average across 244 Amazon ratings.

STARBUCKS ITALIAN ROAST 16oz DARK Roast WHOLE BEAN 100% Arabica Coffee This is Starbucks quintessential dark roast—expertly crafted to bring out sweetness and intensity. It showcases the precision and skill of our roasters, who created a coffee that's slightly darker than our Espresso Roast without the smoky edge of French Roast. A great cup of coffee, it has a depth of flavor that holds its own with cream and sugar.

From the roaster

• Starbucks Italian Roast Whole Bean Coffee is Intense, Roasty, and Sweet with a rich, deep flavor and notes of caramelized sugar
• Starbucks FlavorLock Packaging Guarantees the Fresh Flavor of Our Coffees
• Start Your Morning Rejuvinated
• 1 Lb - 16 oz

What we liked

• Strong overall Coffee Score of 8.5/10 — ranked #630 of 1193 (53% percentile).
• Distinct flavor profile: Caramel, Smoky, Sweet, Rich.
• Community agrees — a Coffee Lovers Score of 9.1/10 from 244 ratings.