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Eight O'Clock Coffee

Eight O'Clock Coffee Dark Italian Espresso, Dark Roast

Coffee is amazing. It’s no mere beverage. And we believe this just as passionately today as we did when we first brought our gourmet coffee to market over 100 years ago.

8 /10
★★★★☆ Highly Recommended Overall Score · 80% expert / 20% community Ranked #1062 of 1193 (Top 90%)
Our Coffee Score 7.8
Coffee Lovers Score 9
Overall Ranked #1062 of 1193 (Top 90%)
Ground Coffee Ranked #200 of 200 (Top 100%)
Our Coffee Score Ranked #1084 of 1193 (Top 91%)
Coffee Lovers Ranked #659 of 1193 (Top 56%)

Our verdict: Ranked #200 of our top 200 ground coffee — a strong dark pick, earning a 4.5★ average across 4,336 Amazon ratings.

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Key facts

Roast
Dark
Origin
Multi-region blend
Process
Roasted
Size
18 oz
Price / oz
$3.02
Best for
Single Serve, Espresso

Flavor notes

The Coffee Score review

Coffee is amazing. It’s no mere beverage. And we believe this just as passionately today as we did when we first brought our gourmet coffee to market over 100 years ago. Our team spent hands-on time with the Eight O'Clock Coffee Dark Italian Espresso, Dark Roast 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 #200 of our top 200 ground coffee — a strong dark pick, earning a 4.5★ average across 4,336 Amazon ratings.

Coffee is amazing. It’s no mere beverage. And we believe this just as passionately today as we did when we first brought our gourmet coffee to market over 100 years ago. Throughout the years, we’ve explored new varieties, changed our look, rolled out ground coffee and single-serving Keurig K-Cup® pod packs…but there are some things we’ll never change. For starters, the classic flavors inside our new bags remain untouched. All our whole bean and ground varieties continue to be crafted using only high quality, 100% Arabica coffee.

From the roaster

  • Dark Roast, Ground Coffee

What we liked

  • Strong overall Coffee Score of 7.8/10 — ranked #1062 of 1193 (90% percentile).
  • Distinct flavor profile: .
  • Community agrees — a Coffee Lovers Score of 9/10 from 4,336 ratings.

How we graded this coffee

Mass-market brand Grading framework
Taste 40% weight 8.4
Freshness 20% weight 8.1
Bean Quality & Sourcing 15% weight 7.4
Value 15% weight 5.8
Roast Quality 10% weight 8.3
Our Coffee Score (experts, 80% of overall) 7.8/10

The Coffee Lovers Score

Averages 4.5★ from 4,336 verified Amazon shoppers.

5 star 77%
4 star 12%
3 star 5%
2 star 2%
1 star 4%
  • Lawrence D. Vaughn Verified purchase ★★★★★

    Great Espresso Ground Coffee

    Full bodied and delicious as usual.

  • karen Verified purchase ★★★★★

    No hype, all wonderful coffee. My go-to brand and flavor.

    I've been a big fan of Eight O Clock coffees for years. It's not a fancy brand, but it is reliable, consistent and always delicious. It compares well against far more expensive brands.I go through the espresso particularly fast because I use for a darker, richer coffee brew as well as espressos.

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  • Anonymous Verified purchase ★★★★★

    Our favorite daily coffee, economical and great flavor

    We find this coffee is delicious and a great value. If you are looking for coffee that tastes like coffee and not candy or dirt, this is the one for you. We have tried other brands that claim to be better, and even if they taste pretty good for a change, but we always go back to this!

  • LA resident Verified purchase ★★★★☆

    good product, but buying through Amazon is unreliable

    Good, but buying through Amazon is unreliable.Often times, it is "not currently available" without any assurance of when it will be restocked.Not sure how it could be viable to offer a recurring subscription when availability is so spotty.Much more reliable to get through Walmart retail store.

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