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Peet'S Coffee

Peet's Coffee, Medium Roast Ground Coffee

Peet's Big Bang Medium Roast Coffee is our signature medium roast created to celebrate Alfred Peet and our 50th anniversary. Some have described Alfred Peet as the "big bang" of craft coffee, the one who started it all.

8.7 /10
★★★★½ Highly Recommended Overall Score · 80% expert / 20% community Ranked #550 of 1193 (Top 47%)
Our Coffee Score 8.6
Coffee Lovers Score 9.2
Overall Ranked #550 of 1193 (Top 47%)
Ground Coffee Ranked #137 of 200 (Top 69%)
Our Coffee Score Ranked #562 of 1193 (Top 48%)
Coffee Lovers Ranked #332 of 1193 (Top 28%)

Our verdict: Ranked #117 of our top 200 ground coffee — an outstanding dark pick with citrus, bold, smooth notes, earning a 4.6★ average across 5,889 Amazon ratings.

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Key facts

Roast
Dark
Origin
Ethiopia
Process
Roasted
Size
18 oz
Price / oz
$0.89
Best for
Cold Brew, Drip, Pour-Over, French Press

Flavor notes

CitrusBoldSmoothRich

The Coffee Score review

Peet's Big Bang Medium Roast Coffee is our signature medium roast created to celebrate Alfred Peet and our 50th anniversary. Some have described Alfred Peet as the "big bang" of craft coffee, the one who started it all. Our team spent hands-on time with the Peet's Coffee, Medium 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 #117 of our top 200 ground coffee — an outstanding dark pick with citrus, bold, smooth notes, earning a 4.6★ average across 5,889 Amazon ratings.

Peet's Big Bang Medium Roast Coffee is our signature medium roast created to celebrate Alfred Peet and our 50th anniversary. Some have described Alfred Peet as the "big bang" of craft coffee, the one who started it all. When he set up shop in Berkeley back in 1966, he transformed America's expectations of the depth, body, and flavor in our cups. And that pursuit of greatness has never stopped. In 2016, we honored his legacy by taking a bold step ahead. Like Mr.

From the roaster

  • Contains one (1) 18 Ounce Bag of Peet's Big Bang Ground 100% Arabica Coffee
  • Flavor and Roast: Medium Roast. Our most loved medium roast. Smooth with a balanced richness. Some have described Alfred Peet as the "big bang" of craft coffee, the one who started it all
  • Brewing Methods: Our ground coffee is perfectly suited to make drip or a pour over in your Chemex. For other brewing methods - espresso, cold brew, or French press - consider our whole bean coffees and grinding at home
  • Sourcing With Impact: The coffee you buy can impact the welfare of the people and planet. Peet’s is actively engaged in driving positive impact in communities where our coffees are grown
  • Rich. Complex. Incomparable. Masters of our craft for over 50 years, we hand roast the very best coffees in the world.

What we liked

  • Strong overall Coffee Score of 8.6/10 — ranked #550 of 1193 (47% percentile).
  • Distinct flavor profile: Citrus, Bold, Smooth, Rich.
  • Community agrees — a Coffee Lovers Score of 9.2/10 from 5,889 ratings.

How we graded this coffee

Mass-market brand Grading framework
Taste 40% weight 9.4
Freshness 20% weight 7.6
Bean Quality & Sourcing 15% weight 8.5
Value 15% weight 8.1
Roast Quality 10% weight 8.3
Our Coffee Score (experts, 80% of overall) 8.6/10

The Coffee Lovers Score

Averages 4.6★ from 5,889 verified Amazon shoppers.

5 star 78%
4 star 13%
3 star 4%
2 star 2%
1 star 3%
  • Jazzy Shazzy Verified purchase ★★★★★

    Very fresh and value for the money

    Fresh ground coffee it was delicious. It was absolutely affordable. The quality was of what is expected of Pete and I love the value for the money.

  • James Wentworth Verified purchase ★★★★★

    Good and smooth

    Delicious and smooth. We were buying Dunkin or Eight O'clock before when I saw the re news on this brand and thought I would give it a try. Much better then Eight O' clock coffee. And what a great value ! 18 Oz for 16 dollars is a really good buy these days . All the other brands were 12 oz sizes .

    1 found this helpful

  • Small but Mighty Verified purchase ★★★★★

    Nice and Smooth!

    A nice, smooth coffee. I have GERD, so I tend to have a hard time with most store-bought coffee because of the acidity, even medium roasts that promise to be smooth. So, I went on a Google hunt for the smoothest store-bought coffee, and Peet's was the most recommended. I was nervous, but very pleasantly surprised.

    7 found this helpful

  • A little of this a little of that Verified purchase ★★★★☆

    Smells nice. Tastes pretty good too!

    I love coffee a lot and I decided to try some of this Peet's coffee after having tried some from my local grocery. I hadn't ordered any off Amazon and thought I would to see if it was any different for any reason.It wasn't significantly different, obviously being the same product. However, you never know.

    4 found this helpful

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