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Death Wish Coffee

Death Wish Coffee Instant Dark Roast Coffee Packets

Single-Serve Convenience: Each pack includes 8 instant coffee packets single serve, delivering a perfectly measured brew in seconds. Just add hot water, stir, and enjoy a freshly made cup anytime, anywhere.

8.4 /10
★★★★☆ Highly Recommended Overall Score · 80% expert / 20% community Ranked #875 of 1193 (Top 74%)
Our Coffee Score 8.3
Coffee Lovers Score 8.8
Overall Ranked #875 of 1193 (Top 74%)
Instant Coffee Ranked #94 of 200 (Top 47%)
Our Coffee Score Ranked #849 of 1193 (Top 72%)
Coffee Lovers Ranked #876 of 1193 (Top 74%)

Our verdict: Ranked #103 of our top 200 instant coffee — an outstanding dark pick with bold notes, earning a 4.4★ average across 4,023 Amazon ratings.

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Key facts

Roast
Dark
Origin
Multi-region blend
Process
Organic
Size
1.4 oz
Price / oz
$8.69
Best for
Instant

Flavor notes

Bold

The Coffee Score review

Single-Serve Convenience: Each pack includes 8 instant coffee packets single serve, delivering a perfectly measured brew in seconds. Just add hot water, stir, and enjoy a freshly made cup anytime, anywhere. Our team spent hands-on time with the Death Wish Coffee Instant Dark Roast Coffee Packets 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 #103 of our top 200 instant coffee — an outstanding dark pick with bold notes, earning a 4.4★ average across 4,023 Amazon ratings.

From the roaster

  • Single-Serve Convenience: Each pack includes 8 instant coffee packets single serve, delivering a perfectly measured brew in seconds. Just add hot water, stir, and enjoy a freshly made cup anytime, anywhere.

What we liked

  • Strong overall Coffee Score of 8.3/10 — ranked #875 of 1193 (74% percentile).
  • Distinct flavor profile: Bold.
  • Community agrees — a Coffee Lovers Score of 8.8/10 from 4,023 ratings.

How we graded this coffee

Small-batch / craft roaster Grading framework
Taste 40% weight 8.8
Freshness 20% weight 9.7
Bean Quality & Sourcing 15% weight 9.3
Value 15% weight 4
Roast Quality 10% weight 8.7
Our Coffee Score (experts, 80% of overall) 8.3/10

The Coffee Lovers Score

Averages 4.4★ from 4,023 verified Amazon shoppers.

5 star 75%
4 star 11%
3 star 7%
2 star 2%
1 star 5%
  • Doc Verified purchase ★★★★★

    Absolutely Mind-Blowing – The Best Instant Coffee I've Ever Had!

    Wow! Death Wish Coffee Instant Dark Roast truly delivers. This is hands-down the best instant coffee I've ever tasted.

    6 found this helpful

  • Kate Verified purchase ★★★★★

    Convenient instant coffee with a kick

    I love the convenience of this instant coffee. I have to go to work really early in the morning, and as a natural night owl, mornings are hard for me.

    11 found this helpful

  • Sean Verified purchase ★★★★★

    My new favorite

    This has become my favorite instant coffee. I recently took two packs on my backpacking trip and my day was made better because it was so tasty. Great quality and portability with the packets. Soeasy to open it up and pour hot water. My new go to.

    2 found this helpful

  • jason mclean Verified purchase ★★★★☆

    The ipa of coffee

    Did the job, more caffeine in one cup

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