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Nescafe

Nescafe, Gold Espresso Intense

Delve into an espresso experience crafted for you to enjoy any way you like—introducing NESCAFÉ Gold Espresso Intense. A high-quality instant espresso, NESCAFÉ Gold Espresso delivers café-style crema with a velvety, smooth taste.

8.6 /10
★★★★☆ Highly Recommended Overall Score · 80% expert / 20% community Ranked #666 of 1193 (Top 56%)
Our Coffee Score 8.4
Coffee Lovers Score 9.4
Overall Ranked #666 of 1193 (Top 56%)
Ground Coffee Ranked #168 of 200 (Top 84%)
Our Coffee Score Ranked #735 of 1193 (Top 62%)
Coffee Lovers Ranked #109 of 1193 (Top 10%)

Our verdict: Ranked #167 of our top 200 ground coffee — an outstanding medium-dark pick with smooth, rich notes, earning a 4.7★ average across 5,850 Amazon ratings.

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Key facts

Roast
Medium-Dark
Origin
Multi-region blend
Process
Roasted
Size
3.5 oz
Price / oz
$2.89
Best for
Instant, Espresso

Flavor notes

SmoothRich

The Coffee Score review

Delve into an espresso experience crafted for you to enjoy any way you like—introducing NESCAFÉ Gold Espresso Intense. A high-quality instant espresso, NESCAFÉ Gold Espresso delivers café-style crema with a velvety, smooth taste. Our team spent hands-on time with the Nescafe, Gold Espresso Intense 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 #167 of our top 200 ground coffee — an outstanding medium-dark pick with smooth, rich notes, earning a 4.7★ average across 5,850 Amazon ratings.

Delve into an espresso experience crafted for you to enjoy any way you like—introducing NESCAFÉ Gold Espresso Intense. A high-quality instant espresso, NESCAFÉ Gold Espresso delivers café-style crema with a velvety, smooth taste. Using golden-roasted Arabica coffee beans, this rich, smooth coffee is ready in an instant without expensive equipment. When prepared as directed, this 3.5-ounce jar makes up to 50 cups of espresso as a base for an Americano and other café-style beverages, no machine needed. You want to succeed your way, so start your day strong and make your world.

From the roaster

  • CAFÉ-QUALITY ESPRESSO: Experience the intense, rich flavor of NESCAFÉ Gold Espresso Intense with café-style crema for a velvety, smooth taste
  • ESPRESSO EXPERIENCE: Ready in an instant without expensive equipment, this flavorful espresso delivers an uplifting espresso experience
  • HIGH QUALITY: This instant coffee uses high quality golden-roasted Arabica beans
  • READY IN AN INSTANT: It's never been easier to get a perfect cup of coffee. Simply scoop 1 teaspoon of NESCAFÉ Gold Espresso instant coffee, add 2 fluid ounces of water if making an espresso or 6 fluid ounces for an Americano, stir, and enjoy
  • MAKES UP TO 50 CUPS: When prepared as directed, this 3.5-ounce jar makes up to 50 cups of espresso to use as a base for an Americano and other café-style beverages, no machine needed. You want to succeed your way, so start your day strong and make your world

What we liked

  • Strong overall Coffee Score of 8.4/10 — ranked #666 of 1193 (56% percentile).
  • Distinct flavor profile: Smooth, Rich.
  • Community agrees — a Coffee Lovers Score of 9.4/10 from 5,850 ratings.

How we graded this coffee

Mass-market brand Grading framework
Taste 40% weight 9.5
Freshness 20% weight 8.4
Bean Quality & Sourcing 15% weight 7.8
Value 15% weight 6
Roast Quality 10% weight 8.9
Our Coffee Score (experts, 80% of overall) 8.4/10

The Coffee Lovers Score

Averages 4.7★ from 5,850 verified Amazon shoppers.

5 star 86%
4 star 8%
3 star 4%
2 star 0%
1 star 2%
  • Krista Goodwin Verified purchase ★★★★★

    My Daily Iced Coffee Fix Without the Coffee Shop Prices!

    I absolutely love this coffee! It has become my daily go-to for making iced coffee at home and has saved me from spending money at coffee shops all the time.

    8 found this helpful

  • James & Gabrielle Verified purchase ★★★★★

    Love this Product's Taste!

    The texture and overall richness of this coffee are honestly amazing.

    9 found this helpful

  • BlueB Verified purchase ★★★★★

    Good bold flavor

    This espresso has proved to be bold, flavorful and fresh compared to other brands. The size and price are great! It definitely helped me cut down on my weekly or, let’s be honest, daily coffee trips and helped me save money.

    3 found this helpful

  • Ivy Verified purchase ★★★★★

    Smooth,strong and delicious

    So smooth and almost creamy!!for an instant coffee, there’s really no reason now to go back to drip after trying this. Strong but can make weaker by using less, the creamy texture is nice, the price is perfect for the amount and quality and I look forward to repurchasing

    5 found this helpful

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