AmazonFresh Dark Roast Whole Bean Coffee, 12 Ounce (Pack of 3)

This coffee is outstanding and at a very reasonable price too! We enjoy our morning coffee medium-dark and that's just what this is. We grind at a medium setting and use a Cuisinart drip coffee maker. The packaging is good and easy to seal.We plan to reorder more of this coffee!

This Amazon medium roast whole bean coffee is surprisingly delicious! Smells fresh and wonderful as soon as you open the package. I’m not good at describing coffee notes but there seems to be a subtle fruity, nutty flavor with absolutely no bitter aftertaste. Pleasantly surprised that an Amazon coffee could be more enjoyable than expensive name brands and coffee shop brands. This may become my go to brand from now on!Update: I also got the Amazon Donut shop one and just tried it and it’s also very good!! Smooth without any bitterness or aftertaste. It has a nice robust flavor without it being too overpowering. I’ve tried other big brand so called Donut shop coffee beans and was disappointed. This one is great! Would buy again!

I was using Starbucks Veranda for many years so I was used to its taste. This does have a different taste. Now that I am on my second bag of the Amazon I am getting more use to it. At this point, I am not sure that it is getting a consistent rost. The taste seems to vary somewhat. I am not sure if this is just because I am coming from Starbucks... which I found very consistent, or not. I am not a coffee snob, but I will have to give it a few more 2-pound bags before I make a decision. I use 2-pounds a month, whole bean.

Using this whole Arabica bean product for two years now. Love I can grind it to my preference. The subscription saves serious money too. And the flavor-? It’s heavenly!

The TL;DR version of this review is: this is not a light roast coffee.Most modern coffee scholars divide coffee consumption into three historical eras:First Wave: Folger's, Maxwell House, "Good to the Last Drop." This is the coffee that was pre ground and freeze dried and hopefully was not "the best part of waking up." But it brought coffee to the masses and the masses to the coffee.Second Wave: Starbuck's, Pete's, Seattle's Best, et cetera. This is the dark roasted coffee that was rarely drank "neat"/"black" and demanded a rather burnt flavor to be noticed amidst the sea of foam, caramel shots, and milks (bovine, almond, soy, oat, peanut brittle). Many folks are still drawn to this coffee due to undiagnosed Type-2 diabetes.Third Wave: back to the bean. Slowly the style that has taken over in the last 15 years (at least in urban areas) is chiefly about the flavor of the bean. Terroir, pour over, conical burr grinders, and light roasts... if you've ever been to a "cupping" this is what you're after and you are less likely to mask the flavor of the coffee. Cafes that specialize in this style usually don't carry any sort of syrup and half the patrons drink it black (vs in a latte or what have you).If you are curious about Amazon's take on, ostensibly, what should be the sort of "Third Wave" coffee you might expect from Blue Bottle, Stumptown, Huckleberry, Corvus, Middlestate, Herikmer... really the list is endless, look no further.First off, this is cheap coffee. It's about a third of the cost of my usual go to (Huckleberry's Phantom Limb) and I can get it delivered. This is nice as the nearest coffee shop where I can buy coffee is a block away! (Seriously, though, I am often out of beans and too busy with work to leave my apartment, which is sad in its own way.) Kidding aside, there is something to be said for convenience (especially when you work at home and deadlines are looming).Now, I've tried the "other" (I believe there is only one) "light roast" that Amazon produces and it was quite disappointing. I had higher hopes for these beans as they did have a "country of origin" proudly displayed on the bag.But then I opened it.Sigh.As you can see from the picture attached, Huck's Phantom Limb (which some even consider on the darker side of light roasts) is a chalky, cocoa powder brown. It looks more like dirt and less like the shiny back of a cockroach. It tastes jammy and bright, almost sweet. Not mind blowing, but a reliable third wave sort of bean. Insert your normal favorite here and you get the idea. Now the Amazon coffee... looks like a dark roast. Maybe a medium roast, at best. And the taste matches: slightly stale (there is no roast date on the bag), very bitter, with that nutty sort of dried out flavor you would get from... diner coffee! There's nothing wrong with diner coffee, mind you. But when I'm at home and doing all the "coffee nerd" things like weighing the kettle, the beans, popping a fresh filter in the Chemex, and flipping on the burr grinder, I greatly prefer "third wave" style coffee.Basically, this is my "backup" coffee when work/life keeps me too busy to simply walk down the street for a bag. While that may be pathetic, the fact that I can throw a bag in with my groceries and have it delivered while I'm working is rather nice. If Amazon can possibly do a better job of roasting these beans, they could actually be good. As they are, it will remind you of a certain ubiquitous chain's coffee (and not Timmy's) which, while wildly popular, is the coffee equivalent of Applebee's. It isn't terrible, but you can do much better. Support local roasters, keep this stuff for emergencies.

I was out of coffee and with the last order of Gevalia, I got an Old ripped bag of stale coffee. This however is the freshest coffee I've ever purchased. I didn't pay attention that it was whole bean, but I had a grinder. The beans have the freshest aroma but most importantly was covered in a light oily sheen. This lets you know they are extremely fresh. This was a pleasant surprise! This was a deal at $13.00. It is definitely a full bodied coffee. Much better than Starbucks.

I'm a huge fan of dark strong roasts, and this roast was most definitely hit right out of the ballpark by Amazon. There is no burned, bitter aftertaste even when extra strong coffee is brewed. It's very smooth and velvety. Reminds me of certain French roast taste from famous Seattle coffee roasting company. I'm thoroughly enjoying this coffee!Making this coffee is easy, just grind up the beans to your desired consistency and use it in any drip coffee maker. Single serve extra fine ground is my preference.On the side note, packaging could be a bit more robust, complete with a degassing valve. But at this price point I find it hard to complain.

When I first purchased the whole beans for my Miele machine, they were perfect. Creating the perfect cup of coffee, great aroma, taste and minimal waste. My most recent order, which was on subscription, the beans were oily. Oily beans put more wear and tear on the machine creating you to run cleaning maintenance more frequently. Not sure if the beans were processed differently or what has changed. Still delicious