Seattle’s Best Coffee, Dark Roast Ground Coffee

At Seattle's Best Coffee, we believe smoother coffee can bring on smooth days. Our team spent hands-on time with the Seattle’s Best Coffee, Dark 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 #156 of our top 200 ground coffee — an outstanding dark pick with bold, smooth, rich notes, earning a 4.6★ average across 2,244 Amazon ratings.

At Seattle's Best Coffee, we believe smoother coffee can bring on smooth days. That's why our roasters practice our signature smooth-roasting process to ensure each batch delivers café-quality coffee that's never bitter, never burnt and always smooth. Our commitment to crafting smooth coffee has remained at the heart of everything we do since we were founded in 1970, and that dedication shines through in every cup of 6th Ave Bistro coffee.

From the roaster

• SMOOTH-ROASTED GROUND COFFEE: Brew smoother days with smooth-roasted 6th Ave Bistro—a balanced dark-roasted ground coffee, each 12-ounce bag consistently delivers smooth, fresh-tasting roasted coffee—3 bags total
• 6th Ave Bistro: This bold and roasty blend of premium beans brews up a perfectly balanced cup, Seattle's Best Coffee 6th Ave Bistro makes a smooth-tasting cup every time you brew
• SIGNATURE SMOOTH ROASTING: Our signature smooth-roasting process defines every cup of Seattle's Best Coffee, with coffee roasters who craft each batch to deliver café-quality coffee that's rich, never bitter and always smooth
• HOW-TO-BREW RECOMMENDATION: For the smoothest brew, we recommend using 1 tablespoon of ground coffee for every 6 fluid ounces of water. Add coffee creamer, sugar, milk or any other additions to suit your tastes, or simply enjoy your coffee black
• EXPERTLY SOURCED COFFEE: Our coffee beans are expertly sourced and carefully ground to perfection for a number of brewing methods, including drip brewer, pour-over and French press

What we liked

• Strong overall Coffee Score of 8.5/10 — ranked #655 of 1193 (55% percentile).
• Distinct flavor profile: Bold, Smooth, Rich.
• Community agrees — a Coffee Lovers Score of 9.2/10 from 2,244 ratings.