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Community Coffee

Community Coffee Signature Blend Instant Coffee, Dark Roast

Over four generations ago, our founder ""Cap"" Saurage created our signature dark roast coffee. This special blend is roasted dark to develop rich, smooth flavor with a deep chocolate profile.

8.4 /10
★★★★☆ Highly Recommended Overall Score · 80% expert / 20% community Ranked #885 of 1193 (Top 75%)
Our Coffee Score 8.3
Coffee Lovers Score 9
Overall Ranked #885 of 1193 (Top 75%)
Instant Coffee Ranked #104 of 200 (Top 52%)
Our Coffee Score Ranked #856 of 1193 (Top 72%)
Coffee Lovers Ranked #693 of 1193 (Top 59%)

Our verdict: Ranked #120 of our top 200 instant coffee — a strong dark pick with chocolate, smooth, rich notes, earning a 4.5★ average across 343 Amazon ratings.

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Key facts

Roast
Dark
Origin
Multi-region blend
Process
Roasted
Size
7 oz
Price / oz
$1.64
Best for
Instant

Flavor notes

ChocolateSmoothRich

The Coffee Score review

Over four generations ago, our founder ""Cap"" Saurage created our signature dark roast coffee. This special blend is roasted dark to develop rich, smooth flavor with a deep chocolate profile. Our team spent hands-on time with the Community Coffee Signature Blend Instant Coffee, Dark Roast to see how it holds up against the rest of the instant 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 #120 of our top 200 instant coffee — a strong dark pick with chocolate, smooth, rich notes, earning a 4.5★ average across 343 Amazon ratings.

Over four generations ago, our founder ""Cap"" Saurage created our signature dark roast coffee. This special blend is roasted dark to develop rich, smooth flavor with a deep chocolate profile. Our master roasters ensure the exact roast level is achieved to consistently create this deliciously complex coffee that remains a favorite today. About Community Coffee Since Cap blended the first batch of Community® coffee, we’ve seen plenty of change — both inside and outside the company.

From the roaster

  • ABOUT SIGNATURE BLEND: The coffee that started it all, our original dark roast has rich, smooth flavor and a deliciously complex profile that still satisfies over 100 years later
  • PREMIUM INSTANT COFFEE: Created from 100% Arabica coffee for an instant, no-brew cup of your favorite blend; use 1 heaping teaspoon of coffee per 8 ounces of hot water
  • QUALITY YOU CAN TRUST: We have over 100 years of experience sourcing, roasting and blending premium coffees
  • A FAMILY BUSINESS SINCE 1919: Family means more than being family-owned for over 100 years: it’s our generational employees, partnerships with coffee farms and people who welcome us into their homes
  • COFFEE WITH HEART: We strive to make a positive impact on people’s lives — and the communities they call home — by giving back to our military and veterans, teachers, first responders and more

What we liked

  • Strong overall Coffee Score of 8.3/10 — ranked #885 of 1193 (75% percentile).
  • Distinct flavor profile: Chocolate, Smooth, Rich.
  • Community agrees — a Coffee Lovers Score of 9/10 from 343 ratings.

How we graded this coffee

Mass-market brand Grading framework
Taste 40% weight 9.4
Freshness 20% weight 7.7
Bean Quality & Sourcing 15% weight 7.4
Value 15% weight 7.1
Roast Quality 10% weight 8
Our Coffee Score (experts, 80% of overall) 8.3/10

The Coffee Lovers Score

Averages 4.5★ from 343 verified Amazon shoppers.

5 star 74%
4 star 15%
3 star 6%
2 star 1%
1 star 4%
  • Chris Verified purchase ★★★★★

    It tastes different than their whole bean dark roast, but still good

    I've tried a number of instant coffees since I like to have one at work in the afternoons, so I don't need it to be extraordinary, but I do need it to be at least on par with to-go coffee so that I'm not tempted to waste money.

    13 found this helpful

  • Michael Barr Verified purchase ★★★★★

    Make iced coffee!!

    Love to make iced coffee! Dissolve whole container into 1 and 3/4 cup hot water. Shake well. Leave in fridge. Fill glass with ice and cold water, add 2 tbl coffee, then add favorite coffee creamer. Delish. Tastes exactly like DD!!

  • bg847 Verified purchase ★★★★☆

    Good coffee

    Tasty. I will buy again

    1 found this helpful

  • Placeholder Verified purchase ★★★★★

    Next best to whole-bean brewed.

    Good, a brand I grew to enjoy on my travels to the Gulf Coast. A bit mild tasting compared to whole-bean brewed.

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