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Cafe Bustelo

Café Bustelo, Espresso Style Dark Roast Ground Coffee

¡Estás invitado! Explore and enjoy the bold taste of pure, dark-roast coffee flavor from Café Bustelo.

9.2 /10
★★★★½ Must Drink Overall Score · 80% expert / 20% community Ranked #83 of 1193 (Top 7%)
Our Coffee Score 9
Coffee Lovers Score 9.8
Overall Ranked #83 of 1193 (Top 7%)
Ground Coffee Ranked #21 of 200 (Top 11%)
Our Coffee Score Ranked #190 of 1193 (Top 16%)
Coffee Lovers Ranked #1 of 1193 (Top 1%)

Our verdict: Ranked #18 of our top 200 ground coffee — an outstanding dark pick with bold, rich notes, earning a 4.9★ average across 3,416 Amazon ratings.

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Key facts

Roast
Dark
Origin
Multi-region blend
Process
Roasted
Size
10 oz
Best for
Drip, Espresso

Flavor notes

BoldRich

The Coffee Score review

¡Estás invitado! Explore and enjoy the bold taste of pure, dark-roast coffee flavor from Café Bustelo. Our team spent hands-on time with the Café Bustelo, Espresso Style Dark Roast Ground Coffee to see how it holds up against the rest of the ground coffee 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 #18 of our top 200 ground coffee — an outstanding dark pick with bold, rich notes, earning a 4.9★ average across 3,416 Amazon ratings.

¡Estás invitado! Explore and enjoy the bold taste of pure, dark-roast coffee flavor from Café Bustelo. This espresso-style dark roast coffee is made from 100% pure coffee beans specially blended, roasted to perfection, ground, and packaged in a vacuum-sealed brick for convenience and freshness by the beloved Café Bustelo brand. The distinct blend of purposely selected beans gives this espresso dark roast ground coffee a vibrant character all its own. Es un sabor como ningún otro. And its delicious, full-bodied flavor stands out, with or without cream or sugar.

From the roaster

  • Contains one (1) vacuum-packed 10-ounce coffee brick with classic Café Bustelo dark roast coffee taste
  • Bold sabor latino that stands out, with or without cream and sugar
  • Dark roast coffee with a robust, full-bodied flavor and captivating aroma
  • Made from 100% pure, high-quality coffee beans roasted to perfection
  • Ready to brew your way, in electric machines and manual coffee makers, ideal for drip coffee, espressos, cappuccinos, and more coffee drinks

What we liked

  • Strong overall Coffee Score of 9/10 — ranked #83 of 1193 (7% percentile).
  • Distinct flavor profile: Bold, Rich.
  • Community agrees — a Coffee Lovers Score of 9.8/10 from 3,416 ratings.

How we graded this coffee

Mass-market brand Grading framework
Taste 40% weight 10
Freshness 20% weight 8.7
Bean Quality & Sourcing 15% weight 8.1
Value 15% weight 7.7
Roast Quality 10% weight 9.4
Our Coffee Score (experts, 80% of overall) 9/10

The Coffee Lovers Score

Averages 4.9★ from 3,416 verified Amazon shoppers.

5 star 92%
4 star 6%
3 star 2%
2 star 0%
1 star 0%
  • mimi Verified purchase ★★★★★

    Coffee bold & strong

    Cafe Bustelo is an amazing Expresso Coffee! great price on Amazon saves me $2.00-$3.00!!

    2 found this helpful

  • shirley oneill Verified purchase ★★★★★

    Heaven on earth.

    Was able to purchase it when it was on sale. I should have bought more. I love this coffee the aroma is invigorating and the taste is heavenly. A must have in my home!

  • Rosa Lassalle Verified purchase ★★★★★

    Taste

    Good taste

  • Mitch M. Verified purchase ★★★★★

    Good price, good coffee.

    A staple in my house

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