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Starbucks Whole Coffee Beans, Dark Roast Hot or Iced Coffee

Explore three of our most popular dark roast coffees with this variety of rich and bold roasts—Starbucks Single-Origin Sumatra, Caffè Verona and French Roast.

8.8 /10
★★★★½ Highly Recommended Overall Score · 80% expert / 20% community Ranked #452 of 1193 (Top 38%)
Our Coffee Score 8.7
Coffee Lovers Score 9.4
Overall Ranked #452 of 1193 (Top 38%)
Iced Coffee & Cold Brew Ranked #31 of 94 (Top 33%)
Our Coffee Score Ranked #467 of 1193 (Top 40%)
Coffee Lovers Ranked #123 of 1193 (Top 11%)

Our verdict: Ranked #31 of our top 94 iced coffee & cold brew — an outstanding dark pick with cocoa, caramel, spice notes, earning a 4.7★ average across 1,075 Amazon ratings.

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Key facts

Roast
Dark
Origin
Sumatra
Process
Roasted
Size
12 oz
Price / oz
$2.53
Best for
Iced, Drip, Pour-Over, French Press

Flavor notes

CocoaCaramelSpiceSmoky

The Coffee Score review

Explore three of our most popular dark roast coffees with this variety of rich and bold roasts—Starbucks Single-Origin Sumatra, Caffè Verona and French Roast. Our team spent hands-on time with the Starbucks Whole Coffee Beans, Dark Roast Hot or Iced Coffee to see how it holds up against the rest of the iced coffee & cold brew 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 #31 of our top 94 iced coffee & cold brew — an outstanding dark pick with cocoa, caramel, spice notes, earning a 4.7★ average across 1,075 Amazon ratings.

Explore three of our most popular dark roast coffees with this variety of rich and bold roasts—Starbucks Single-Origin Sumatra, Caffè Verona and French Roast. The Starbucks dark roast coffee variety pack lets you find a roast that fits your mood and palate—Starbucks Single-Origin Sumatra delivers notes of rich herbs and rustic spice; Starbucks Caffè Verona showcases notes of dark cocoa and caramelized sugar; and Starbucks French Roast coffee touts notes of dark caramel and sweet smoke. Discover a favorite with every sip.

From the roaster

  • PREMIUM WHOLE BEAN COFFEE: Enjoy the Starbucks coffee you love at home with three 12-ounce bags of Starbucks dark roast whole bean coffee​s—Starbucks Single-Origin Sumatra, Caffè Verona and French Roast
  • RICH: Starbucks Single-Origin Sumatra is a rich coffee—with a fuller body and lusciously velvety mouthfeel, this silky roast delivers notes of rich herbs and rustic spice
  • RICH: Starbucks Caffè Verona is a rich coffee—with a fuller body and lusciously velvety mouthfeel, this silky roast delivers notes of dark cocoa and caramelized sugar
  • BOLD: Starbucks French Roast is a bold coffee—dark and complex with depth of flavor, featuring notes of dark caramel and sweet smoke
  • HOT OR ICED COFFEE: Enjoy your coffee your way—brew it hot or over ice for a refreshing pick-me-up. Add your favorite coffee creamer for a personalized touch, or enjoy balanced, black coffee for a satisfying sip any time of day

What we liked

  • Strong overall Coffee Score of 8.7/10 — ranked #452 of 1193 (38% percentile).
  • Distinct flavor profile: Cocoa, Caramel, Spice, Smoky.
  • Community agrees — a Coffee Lovers Score of 9.4/10 from 1,075 ratings.

How we graded this coffee

Mass-market brand Grading framework
Taste 40% weight 9.7
Freshness 20% weight 8.4
Bean Quality & Sourcing 15% weight 8.9
Value 15% weight 6.3
Roast Quality 10% weight 8.7
Our Coffee Score (experts, 80% of overall) 8.7/10

The Coffee Lovers Score

Averages 4.7★ from 1,075 verified Amazon shoppers.

5 star 82%
4 star 11%
3 star 3%
2 star 2%
1 star 2%
  • Linda Campbell Verified purchase ★★★★★

    Fresh and good

    Fresh and good

  • RandomTexan,says: Verified purchase ★★★★★

    Slow to arrive but pretty good coffee

    Very fresh and delicious took forever to get though

  • Adolfo R. Dojer Verified purchase ★★★★★

    Love the dark roast

    Great coffe

  • mountain horse Verified purchase ★★★★★

    Coffee beans

    Starbucks coffee whole bean works

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