Starbucks Dark Roast Whole Bean Coffee — Espresso Roast — 100% Arabica — 1 bag (12 oz.)

Has good flavor, consistent from one package to the next.

An espresso roast ground course enough for pour overs and drip. Illy and Lavazza are excellent but the pre-ground is too fine and meant for esspresso machines. This Starbucks espresso is courser, so I can make it with a regular coffee machine. When the grounds are powder-fine then they clog a #4 paper filter. This out of the bag is okay to use with a #4 cone paper filter. I like that it's vacuum packed, and has a long shelf life. When I make it, I don't use fully boiling water. I let filtered boiled water cool a bit.

Fresh beans that grind well. Bold dark flavor. I love strong coffee and this delivers. I have tried other types of coffee and I keep coming back to this one.

First bag I bought was fine, I didn’t have too many issues besides it did taste a little burnt. The second bag, however, was god awful. It smelt and tasted absolutely disgusting. Espresso is supposed to be ground differently than this, however, in my espresso maker this worked fine in that area. My concern overall is the lack of consistency between bags and with that, unfortunately, I will be looking elsewhere for my espresso roast.

Coffe for espresso machines should be ground finer this is too coarse.

This stuff tastes burnt and stinks. If you want espresso you need to buy it from a specialty roaster. (I ran out of my normal so I was desperate) I'm not sure if they intend for this to be drip only coffee and just call it espresso or not. This is in no way what they serve in their store. Do not put this in an espresso machine and expect good results. (Whole bean version ground fresh in my bur grinder)

Thought this would be decent from the reviews, but first latte I made and let my sister try said it tasted like McDonald’s! And she was right taste exactly like a frappe. I will be going back to other brands. These dark beans are a little off. Even Dunkin’ pre ground espresso tasted better after a few weeks in the fridge. Target should get knct I can’t find it locally and have to have it shipped

Love these starbucks beans, use them all the time in my espresso maker

Fast service. Great coffee

Smells great, tastes strong, if you don't like strong go with a classic roast.

Best creama espresso extracted from my Breville espresso machine. Add Lactaid whole milk, it's a heaven latte.

Notes of burnt coffee and disappointment. I do not recommend this roast.

smell good , taaste good and fresh.

Blatantly, this coffee is not good. Compared to other coffees you can get in the same price range, this one misses the mark and carries the price tag because of the Starbucks name. After cupping this coffee I can verify it is one of my least favorite coffees I've had in a while. I'm not a fan of dark roasts usually, with a couple exceptions, but this is the reason why. Starbucks has roasted this coffee beyond recognition, ruining the hard work of their farmers and suppliers by burning their coffee so harshly that the taste us unrecognizable. This is the reason the beans are so oily, by the way. Nevertheless, my theory for such a disgustingly dark roast is that they believe the long roast time will cover any inconsistencies while growing the coffee. i.e. complexities in altitude, reliable processing, excessive fermentation, etc. could cause different flavors in the coffee, therefore roasting it so hard that there is no flavor will fix it right up. It's pretty shocking how dark this coffee is, but compared to the raw shoe rubber flavor of their Italian roast, at least this one is bearable.

Love Starbucks Espresso beans. Been buying and drinking this flavor for years.

Love it! The taste is immaculate!

We have used whole bean espresso for about 6 years. Something has changed, the coffee is bitter. Did Starbucks change the coffee supplier? If so, please change back

Always delicious. Buy 3 pay only $5.99 each.

online order for store pick-up, need to pay caution to exp. date when receive them.

Starbucks Espresso roast has a rich and dark taste; although it taste a little mellow compared to the French roast. Lately, I have preferred the mellowness of espresso compare to stronger or sharper task of the French roast.