#9 BestsellerReader FavoriteGreat Value

Death Wish Coffee

Death Wish Coffee

DARKER ROAST FOR BOLDER DAYS: Meet the yin to your yang. While you grit your teeth through the daily grind, know this bold and delicious dark roast brew will have your back all day long.

9.4 /10
★★★★½ Must Drink Overall Score · 80% expert / 20% community Ranked #25 of 1193 (Top 3%)
Our Coffee Score 9.4
Coffee Lovers Score 9.2
Overall Ranked #25 of 1193 (Top 3%)
Ground Coffee Ranked #9 of 200 (Top 5%)
Our Coffee Score Ranked #25 of 1193 (Top 3%)
Coffee Lovers Ranked #305 of 1193 (Top 26%)

Our verdict: Ranked #9 of our top 200 ground coffee — an outstanding dark pick with chocolate, cocoa, cherry notes, earning a 4.6★ average across 48,506 Amazon ratings.

BrewRank is reader-supported. When you buy through links on our site we may earn an affiliate commission — it never affects a score.

Key facts

Roast
Dark
Origin
Multi-region blend
Process
Organic
Size
16 oz
Price / oz
$1.09
Best for
Drip

Flavor notes

ChocolateCocoaCherryBold

The Coffee Score review

DARKER ROAST FOR BOLDER DAYS: Meet the yin to your yang. While you grit your teeth through the daily grind, know this bold and delicious dark roast brew will have your back all day long. Our team spent hands-on time with the Death Wish 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 #9 of our top 200 ground coffee — an outstanding dark pick with chocolate, cocoa, cherry notes, earning a 4.6★ average across 48,506 Amazon ratings.

From the roaster

  • DARKER ROAST FOR BOLDER DAYS: Meet the yin to your yang. While you grit your teeth through the daily grind, know this bold and delicious dark roast brew will have your back all day long.
  • CERTIFIED FAIR TRADE AND ORGANIC: Our balanced blend of arabica beans for smooth flavor and robusta for natural strength will kick the midday crash to the curb. Beans are USDA Organic and Certified Fair Trade.
  • RICH FLAVOR PROFILE: Taste profile of pleasant baker's chocolate and notes of cherries. Body: heavy, smooth. Acidity: low. Aroma: cocoa, cherry.
  • FIERCELY STRONG COFFEE: Death Wish Coffee is made to fuel bold souls—and bold souls deserve high-quality ingredients. We harness the power of naturally high-caffeine robusta beans and blend them with smooth, balanced arabica beans to produce a bold, delicious brew.
  • AVAILABLE IN GROUND OR WHOLE BEAN: 16 ounces of USDA Organic and Certified Fair Trade arabica and robusta. Find harmony, no matter the horrors your day has in store.

What we liked

  • Strong overall Coffee Score of 9.4/10 — ranked #25 of 1193 (3% percentile).
  • Distinct flavor profile: Chocolate, Cocoa, Cherry, Bold.
  • Community agrees — a Coffee Lovers Score of 9.2/10 from 48,506 ratings.

How we graded this coffee

Small-batch / craft roaster Grading framework
Taste 40% weight 9.7
Freshness 20% weight 9.7
Bean Quality & Sourcing 15% weight 9.9
Value 15% weight 7.8
Roast Quality 10% weight 9.5
Our Coffee Score (experts, 80% of overall) 9.4/10

The Coffee Lovers Score

Averages 4.6★ from 48,506 verified Amazon shoppers.

5 star 82%
4 star 10%
3 star 5%
2 star 1%
1 star 2%
  • Monroe Robbins Verified purchase ★★★★★

    10/10 from a caffeine fiend

    I got this on a whim, cause I’ve heard of it, and wanted to see what it was like for myself. Turns out it’s some of the best coffee I’ve ever had.I’m a college student, and have been drinking coffee for years. This coffee is super solid.

    165 found this helpful

  • Tyson Verified purchase ★★★★★

    Life is fine with a Cup of Sunshine

    Awsome coffee that opens the mind,expands the imagination and warms the soul for the journey ahead,,,I have had many different coffees,From Foldgers,Maxwell House,many instant brands, during all different temperatures during the seasons.When I ran into the Death Wish Blend,I noticed it was made of Beans and not roots or elephant of monkey poops.And as winter had approached I was in search of the perfect blend to sooth the conditions.Having no clue what it was about,,and being the strongest,I thought that a bag of this stuff might be a lot of bang for the Buck.So I Deffinatly agreed that this was the Caffeen of my choice,,and with winter rolling in quick I made the choice to Purchase this Stuff.When it arrived in just a few days after the order.,It was cold and I was tempted to sample the product.I prepared it with a simple coffee machine,,not expresso,.With the snow falling in flurries and the winds making the chills that sends shivers,I procedes to top off my cup for the first it,,,totally unaware of the consequences,,But very anxious to sample the goods.No sugar,no creamer,just straight Black coffee in my Hand granade cup.Upon the first contact,,I was absolutely impressed with the contents which seem to warm,satisfy my body's elements which was surrounded by conditions of True Blue Winter Time.I really enjoyed the moment as I was snowed in with no way out,but had plenty of coffee to last through the Storm of ice and snow.It delivered the warmth of comfort,the Caffeen to occupy the train of thoughts,and the satisfactions of knowing that I had my hands around a true cup of Coffee.The aroma which sifted the outside air as as the snow was falling,,was different that most brands,but was better,and lots smoother as the brew continued to roam the area with the smell of a fine product.I was very impressed with the decision of choosing Death Wish,,As the flurries piled up and the drifts formed,i was completely satisfied with the way that the day was conqured,The very next morning,,I gathered snow and melted it down and made a freashing pot out of the frozen precipation that made the lands resemble a wander land.Being totally impressed with the consumptions of the Skull and Bones.It sure made the frozen territory seem as if it was un chartered,and after the product warmed my innards,It was time to set sail over the untouched plains to explore the evidence of tracks which indicated the creatures that roamed the area.It was a different kind of Kick,,,most brands makes the shakes,and cold sweats,with jitters of crash,,,But Very Impressingly after many hours of consumptions over times and conditions of frozen elements,,I had no problems dealing with what Mother Nature had delivered at the right time..I have recommended to others,But as of now I have been out of the blend for a while now,and really looking forward to getting more soon,,There are other flavors that I would be willing to try out and Experiance.Out of all different kinds of cup kix Iv had over the years,,I will honestly admit,,This brand is by far the Best yet,,No crash,no jitters,and not only opens mind of thought and focuse that is clearly advanced.,I souly enjoyed the times with the Death Wish Product,,when I went out on the road to take care of some buisness,,it was one of the first Items packed..To each and all that has involvement.

    77 found this helpful

  • S. Williams Verified purchase ★★★★★

    Wonderful

    TL;DR: Death Wish Coffee is good.So my sleep habits are not a mystery to anyone. I average about 4-4.5 hours of actual sleep a night (as opposed to just laying in bed thinking about everything, like math because I do that). Needless to say, I drag in the mornings.Enter Death Wish Coffee.

    32 found this helpful

  • Darlene Baird Verified purchase ★★★★★

    Great taste

    Excellent coffee!

Read all 48,506 reviews on Amazon