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Fresh Roasted Coffee

Fresh Roasted Coffee

Italy is the home of espresso and the muse for this collection of true Italian espresso blends! Six delicious blends that produce a rich, bold flavor and a thick crema.

8.6 /10
★★★★½ Highly Recommended Overall Score · 80% expert / 20% community Ranked #731 of 1193 (Top 62%)
Our Coffee Score 8.6
Coffee Lovers Score 8.8
Overall Ranked #731 of 1193 (Top 62%)
Capsules & Pods Ranked #136 of 184 (Top 74%)
Our Coffee Score Ranked #628 of 1193 (Top 53%)
Coffee Lovers Ranked #935 of 1193 (Top 79%)

Our verdict: Ranked #140 of our top 184 capsules & pods — an outstanding medium-dark pick with bold, rich notes, earning a 4.4★ average across 401 Amazon ratings.

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Key facts

Roast
Medium-Dark
Origin
Multi-region blend
Process
Roasted
Size
39.2 oz
Price / oz
$0.89
Best for
Single Serve, Espresso

Flavor notes

BoldRich

The Coffee Score review

Italy is the home of espresso and the muse for this collection of true Italian espresso blends! Six delicious blends that produce a rich, bold flavor and a thick crema. Our team spent hands-on time with the Fresh Roasted Coffee 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 #140 of our top 184 capsules & pods — an outstanding medium-dark pick with bold, rich notes, earning a 4.4★ average across 401 Amazon ratings.

From the roaster

  • Italy is the home of espresso and the muse for this collection of true Italian espresso blends! Six delicious blends that produce a rich, bold flavor and a thick crema. Make these Italian espressos the foundation of your favorite cafe-style drink!
  • This single-serve coffee is compatible with most Nespresso OriginalLine brewers including: Essenza Mini, Essenza Plus, Pixie, CitiZ, Lattissima, KitchenAid, and Creatista. Not compatible with Nespresso VertuoLine machines.
  • These Italian craft espressos are proprietary blends of Arabica or Arabica & Robusta coffee. Certified Orthodox Union (OU) Kosher. Fresh Roasted Coffee is family-owned, sustainably sourced and proudly roasted, blended, and packaged in the United States of America.
  • Fresh Roasted Coffee is roasted on Loring SmartRoasters to reduce our carbon footprint and provide superior flavor. Fresh Roasted Coffee nitrogen flushes every single coffee pod to remove flavor-stealing oxygen and keep your coffee at its freshest and best tasting for as long as possible.
  • Our commitment to sustainability goes beyond the coffee itself. Our coffee pods feature a recyclable aluminum cup and lid, as well as recyclable packaging. The coffee grounds are home compostable. Rising in 2024, our advanced solar array will help us become one of the cleanest commercial roasters in the country.

What we liked

  • Strong overall Coffee Score of 8.6/10 — ranked #731 of 1193 (62% percentile).
  • Distinct flavor profile: Bold, Rich.
  • Community agrees — a Coffee Lovers Score of 8.8/10 from 401 ratings.

How we graded this coffee

Small-batch / craft roaster Grading framework
Taste 40% weight 8.6
Freshness 20% weight 8.9
Bean Quality & Sourcing 15% weight 8.8
Value 15% weight 7.9
Roast Quality 10% weight 8.7
Our Coffee Score (experts, 80% of overall) 8.6/10

The Coffee Lovers Score

Averages 4.4★ from 401 verified Amazon shoppers.

5 star 73%
4 star 10%
3 star 7%
2 star 3%
1 star 7%
  • Jaron Krause Verified purchase ★★★★★

    Best value, best taste

    I have tried a number of different pods for my Nespresso machine. These are most definitely my favorite. The flavor profiles are nuanced, and all really good.

    2 found this helpful

  • A. Stuart Verified purchase ★★★★★

    love them

    really excellent, will definitely buy again. used in nespresso citiz, very low cost per capsule and the coffee tastes great, no regrets. typically i purchase lavazza dark roast capsules for it and garibaldi for decaf. I think i'm a convert to this brand now.

    2 found this helpful

  • Jen Verified purchase ★★★★★

    Delicious

    Love this coffee. You get so many and it’s delicious. My picky husband even likes it.

    1 found this helpful

  • JR Verified purchase ★★★★★

    Really tasty espresso

    Amazing, rich espresso with easy to use pods. Definitely punches above its weight. Will buy again.

    2 found this helpful

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