Starbucks Premium Instant Coffee, Medium Roast Coffee

Try the smooth and delicious taste that’s stirring up instant ground coffee. Starbucks Premium Instant Coffee is what a cup of instant coffee should taste like. Our team spent hands-on time with the Starbucks Premium Instant Coffee, Medium Roast Coffee 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 #96 of our top 200 instant coffee — an outstanding medium pick with chocolate, smooth, rich notes, earning a 4.7★ average across 4,078 Amazon ratings.

Try the smooth and delicious taste that’s stirring up instant ground coffee. Starbucks Premium Instant Coffee is what a cup of instant coffee should taste like. Starting your day off right is as easy as stirring this delicious premium coffee into hot or iced water and enjoying. Each tin of Starbucks Medium Roast Premium Instant Coffee makes up to 35 smooth and delicious cups. Created by Starbucks gourmet coffee experts using the same high-quality Arabica coffee beans brewed in Starbucks cafés, Starbucks Medium Roast has a smooth mouth-feel, with notes of chocolate and nuts.

From the roaster

• PREMIUM INSTANT COFFEE: Enjoy the Starbucks coffee you love at home with 3 tins of Starbucks Medium Roast Premium Instant Coffee—scoop your way up to 105 cups of oh so delicious instant coffee
• BALANCED: Starbucks Medium Roast Premium Instant Coffee is a balanced coffee—well-rounded and medium-bodied with a smooth mouth-feel, featuring notes of chocolate and nuts
• EASY TO PREPARE: It’s easy to make a smooth and delicious cup of instant hot or iced coffee—simply add instant coffee, pour water, stir and enjoy premium-tasting instant coffee at home
• CRAFT IT YOUR WAY: Starbucks Premium Instant Coffee lets you adjust how much coffee you add, so you can instantly stir up a cup, just the way you love it
• 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 8.2/10 — ranked #873 of 1193 (74% percentile).
• Distinct flavor profile: Chocolate, Smooth, Rich.
• Community agrees — a Coffee Lovers Score of 9.4/10 from 4,078 ratings.