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Kicking Horse

Kicking Horse Happy Camper Ground Coffee, 10 Ounce

What makes a camper happy? Freedom, adventure and a cracking good cup of coffee! That’s what makes a Happy Camper. This coffee is at home in the wild, & hey, a little wild in the home!​

9.1 /10
★★★★½ Must Drink Overall Score · 80% expert / 20% community Ranked #156 of 1193 (Top 14%)
Our Coffee Score 9.1
Coffee Lovers Score 9.1
Overall Ranked #156 of 1193 (Top 14%)
Ground Coffee Ranked #45 of 200 (Top 23%)
Our Coffee Score Ranked #147 of 1193 (Top 13%)
Coffee Lovers Ranked #504 of 1193 (Top 43%)

Our verdict: Ranked #42 of our top 200 ground coffee — an outstanding dark pick with chocolate, caramel notes, earning a 4.6★ average across 338 Amazon ratings.

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Key facts

Roast
Dark
Origin
Multi-region blend
Process
Organic
Size
10 oz
Price / oz
$1.70
Best for
Drip

Flavor notes

ChocolateCaramel

The Coffee Score review

What makes a camper happy? Freedom, adventure and a cracking good cup of coffee! That’s what makes a Happy Camper. This coffee is at home in the wild, & hey, a little wild in the home!​ Our team spent hands-on time with the Kicking Horse Happy Camper Ground Coffee, 10 Ounce 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 #42 of our top 200 ground coffee — an outstanding dark pick with chocolate, caramel notes, earning a 4.6★ average across 338 Amazon ratings.

From the roaster

  • TASTING NOTES: Caramelized sugar, roasted nut, and chocolate finish.
  • MEDIUM ROAST: Freedom, adventure and a cracking good cup of coffee! That’s what makes a Happy Camper. This coffee is at home in the wild, & hey, a little wild in the home!​
  • ROASTED IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS: It’s all deep, dark and delicious, roasted right below the towering Canadian Rocky Mountain peaks. In our facility we only make only one thing: coffee! It's roasted from one ingredient only: green coffee. We don't use preservatives, additives, fillers or flavoring.
  • AROMA: Toasted marshmallow and chocolate malt.​
  • ALL ORGANIC & SUSTAINABLY SOURCED: Grown in a socially and environmentally responsible way, by farmers with sustainable businesses they can depend on.

What we liked

  • Strong overall Coffee Score of 9.1/10 — ranked #156 of 1193 (14% percentile).
  • Distinct flavor profile: Chocolate, Caramel.
  • Community agrees — a Coffee Lovers Score of 9.1/10 from 338 ratings.

How we graded this coffee

Small-batch / craft roaster Grading framework
Taste 40% weight 9.1
Freshness 20% weight 10
Bean Quality & Sourcing 15% weight 9.9
Value 15% weight 7.3
Roast Quality 10% weight 9.2
Our Coffee Score (experts, 80% of overall) 9.1/10

The Coffee Lovers Score

Averages 4.6★ from 338 verified Amazon shoppers.

5 star 76%
4 star 13%
3 star 7%
2 star 2%
1 star 2%
  • B Verified purchase ★★★★★

    Can't beat the taste or quality for the price.

    Ordered three times so far. Ive tried other espresso blends but this is by far my favorite. Its subtle, no burnt taste and its certified organic, Swiss water processed for decaf and half caffeine (no chemicals used), and it's third party tested for mold and mycotoxins.

    2 found this helpful

  • OJ Verified purchase ★★★★★

    I keep reordering it!

    I've tried a lot of different coffees, and Kicking Horse Happy Camper is one of the few that I've actually reordered. The flavor is smooth, balanced, and easy to enjoy every morning.

    1 found this helpful

  • Peter Graham Hyland Verified purchase ★★★★★

    Good quality and tastes

    Awesome new coffee blend, I accidentally ordered the pre-ground stuff because it was on sale for $10 for a pound of it and it was good. Next time I’d go for the whole bean version.

  • Pops Caffé Verified purchase ★★★★☆

    Good morning campers

    I've been a Kicking Horse buyer for several years... This one is a bit 50/50. It's definitely not a medium roast and is 100% light roast. I've made it drip, pour over and french press... Has a subtle but pleasant aroma of fresh graham cracker and mild chocolate.

    10 found this helpful

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