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Barista Prima

Barista Prima Coffeehouse® Single-Serve Coffee K-Cup® Pods

This rich, heavy-bodied cup with its ripe fruit and berry notes epitomizes the time-honored Italian tradition of dark-roasted coffeehouse brews.

8.7 /10
★★★★½ Highly Recommended Overall Score · 80% expert / 20% community Ranked #611 of 1193 (Top 52%)
Our Coffee Score 8.7
Coffee Lovers Score 8.8
Overall Ranked #611 of 1193 (Top 52%)
Capsules & Pods Ranked #108 of 184 (Top 59%)
Our Coffee Score Ranked #525 of 1193 (Top 45%)
Coffee Lovers Ranked #930 of 1193 (Top 78%)

Our verdict: Ranked #115 of our top 184 capsules & pods — an outstanding dark pick with berry, smoky, bold notes, earning a 4.4★ average across 1,224 Amazon ratings.

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Key facts

Roast
Dark
Origin
Colombia
Process
Roasted
Size
12.5 oz
Price / oz
$1.49
Best for
Single Serve

Flavor notes

BerrySmokyBoldSweet

The Coffee Score review

This rich, heavy-bodied cup with its ripe fruit and berry notes epitomizes the time-honored Italian tradition of dark-roasted coffeehouse brews. Our team spent hands-on time with the Barista Prima Coffeehouse® Single-Serve Coffee K-Cup® Pods to see how it holds up against the rest of the capsules & pods 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 #115 of our top 184 capsules & pods — an outstanding dark pick with berry, smoky, bold notes, earning a 4.4★ average across 1,224 Amazon ratings.

This rich, heavy-bodied cup with its ripe fruit and berry notes epitomizes the time-honored Italian tradition of dark-roasted coffeehouse brews. Bold yet ideally balanced, with a subtle hint of smokiness and a sweet, clean finish, our Italian Roast is a hearty and flavorful testament to the art of dark roasting. Its uniquely potent flavor profile has been masterfully crafted to occupy a special niche between the bright, bold taste of our Colombia offering and the intense, smoky-sweet essence of French Roast.

From the roaster

  • A deep, dark-roasted delight
  • Rich and heavy-bodied with ripe fruit and berry notes
  • Bold yet ideally balanced, with a subtle hint of smokiness and a sweet, clean finish
  • Caffeine free

What we liked

  • Strong overall Coffee Score of 8.7/10 — ranked #611 of 1193 (52% percentile).
  • Distinct flavor profile: Berry, Smoky, Bold, Sweet.
  • Community agrees — a Coffee Lovers Score of 8.8/10 from 1,224 ratings.

How we graded this coffee

Grading framework
Taste 40% weight 9.1
Freshness 20% weight 8.5
Bean Quality & Sourcing 15% weight 9.1
Value 15% weight 7.5
Roast Quality 10% weight 8.5
Our Coffee Score (experts, 80% of overall) 8.7/10

The Coffee Lovers Score

Averages 4.4★ from 1,224 verified Amazon shoppers.

5 star 72%
4 star 14%
3 star 7%
2 star 4%
1 star 3%
  • Kate Dunn Verified purchase ★★★★★

    King of the K cups!

    Being a coffee lover, I think I have tried nearly all the coffees offered here at Amazon. For a long while I subscribed to the Green Mountain Dark Magic, mostly because it was strong and not as expensive. In the limited cup sizes of the Keurig, coffee strength can be important.

    6 found this helpful

  • A Noel Verified purchase ★★★★★

    Perfect!

    Delish! It’s a great tasting bold but not bitter coffee! I love it !

  • Jameelah Verified purchase ★★★★★

    Excellent coffee. I love a good

    Excellent coffee. I love a good, dark, strong cup of coffee and this fits the bill. Smells great coming out of the Keurig, smooth, bold flavor without a bitter or burnt taste which can be an issue with French roasts. I find Italian roasts have the best qualities of a dark roast coffee with a roundness absent in French.

    1 found this helpful

  • JP Verified purchase ★★★★☆

    Wait for it. Wait for it. Wait for it. Ahhh...

    The coffee tastes delicious but you have to wait so long to receive it that I advise you to purchase something elsewhere if you need it anytime soon. It doesn't arrive by the expected date.. ever. Now I see why people purchase in mass quantities. If I receive these, I may go ahead and order my next boxes that day.

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