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Dr. Smoothie

Café Essentials Salted Caramel Latte Frappe Mix

Discover the ultimate beverage experience with Dr. Smoothie Café Essentials – a versatile and premium drink mix collection crafted for every craving.

8.7 /10
★★★★½ Highly Recommended Overall Score · 80% expert / 20% community Ranked #590 of 1193 (Top 50%)
Our Coffee Score 8.7
Coffee Lovers Score 8.8
Overall Ranked #590 of 1193 (Top 50%)
Ready-to-Drink Coffee Ranked #46 of 109 (Top 43%)
Our Coffee Score Ranked #501 of 1193 (Top 42%)
Coffee Lovers Ranked #910 of 1193 (Top 77%)

Our verdict: Ranked #53 of our top 109 ready-to-drink coffee — an outstanding medium pick with cocoa, caramel, vanilla notes, earning a 4.4★ average across 410 Amazon ratings.

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Key facts

Roast
Medium
Origin
Mexico
Process
Roasted
Size
56 oz
Price / oz
$0.59
Best for
Iced

Flavor notes

CocoaCaramelVanillaSpice

The Coffee Score review

Discover the ultimate beverage experience with Dr. Smoothie Café Essentials – a versatile and premium drink mix collection crafted for every craving. Our team spent hands-on time with the Café Essentials Salted Caramel Latte Frappe Mix to see how it holds up against the rest of the ready-to-drink 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 #53 of our top 109 ready-to-drink coffee — an outstanding medium pick with cocoa, caramel, vanilla notes, earning a 4.4★ average across 410 Amazon ratings.

Discover the ultimate beverage experience with Dr. Smoothie Café Essentials – a versatile and premium drink mix collection crafted for every craving. With 28 indulgent flavors to choose from, including classics like Vanilla Chai, Caramel Latte, and Belgian Cocoa, alongside bold creations like Matcha Mint Chip and Mexican Spiced Cocoa, there’s a taste to satisfy everyone. Each mix is thoughtfully crafted with no artificial colors, flavors, sweeteners, or preservatives, and naturally sweetened with cane sugar for an authentic experience.

From the roaster

  • SWEET & SAVORY LATTE A rich caramel flavor with subtle salty undertones for a perfect balance. Crafted to elevate your coffee experience with every indulgent sip.
  • ONE PRODUCT, MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS - Can be used to make hot, iced, or frozen beverages and as a flavor enhancer to milkshakes, protein shakes, and indulgent cocktails.
  • HIGH QUALITY INGREDIENTS: Made with no artificial sweeteners, flavors, colors, or preservatives, and sweetened naturally with cane sugar. This shelf-stable mix is crafted in the USA to ensure premium quality and freshness in every serving.
  • 26 SERVINGS IN EVERY BAG Each 3.5 lb bag provides 26 servings, making it ideal for cafés, households, or offices. Enjoy consistent, café-quality salted caramel latte beverages with ease.
  • OUR MISSION: It is our social responsibility to create healthy products that nourish consumers. It is our passion to deliver unique taste sensations. Our goal is to approach everything we do with a healthy twist without compromising taste because, in the end, taste is king.

What we liked

  • Strong overall Coffee Score of 8.7/10 — ranked #590 of 1193 (50% percentile).
  • Distinct flavor profile: Cocoa, Caramel, Vanilla, Spice.
  • Community agrees — a Coffee Lovers Score of 8.8/10 from 410 ratings.

How we graded this coffee

Grading framework
Taste 40% weight 8.9
Freshness 20% weight 8.4
Bean Quality & Sourcing 15% weight 9
Value 15% weight 8.3
Roast Quality 10% weight 8.4
Our Coffee Score (experts, 80% of overall) 8.7/10

The Coffee Lovers Score

Averages 4.4★ from 410 verified Amazon shoppers.

5 star 74%
4 star 11%
3 star 7%
2 star 3%
1 star 5%
  • Colleen Verified purchase ★★★★★

    Perfect for iced blended coffees/fruit smoothies

    Makes my coffee frappe so good! I blend my coffee but this is also can be used as a mix rather than blended. I’ve used several other frappe bases and this stands out as my favorite. I use it daily and I like that it comes in flavors, I use the vanilla cream that’s my favorite!

    2 found this helpful

  • Cat Mann Verified purchase ★★★★★

    Very tasty, less sweet than chai varieties

    First time I've had this. Very tasty. Not as sweet as the chai varieties, which is fine with me.It's also way less dusty (larger particle size) than the chai tea, so spooning it out doesn't create a cloud of mix encircling your head.

    1 found this helpful

  • Dabear Verified purchase ★★★★★

    Smooth mocha … great taste and I’ll be back for more!

    Great mocha flavor and…. mixes well with coffee and ice cream… I will definitely buy again 😊

  • Lili Verified purchase ★★★★☆

    Good matcha but not best value

    This matcha is delicious, and it is the same one that my local coffee shop uses. I blend a few heaping tablespoons of this up with water to get it dissolved, and then add milk.

    2 found this helpful

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