Starbucks Espresso Roast
This blend was pushed into the dark until origin stopped being the story: what's left is heavy body, caramel sweetness, and a roast structure built to hold up under milk.
Starbucks Espresso Roast
This blend was pushed into the dark until origin stopped being the story: what's left is heavy body, caramel sweetness, and a roast structure built to hold up under milk.
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6.3
Good
This blend was pushed into the dark until origin stopped being the story: what's left is heavy body, caramel sweetness, and a roast structure built to hold up under milk.
The Starbucks name costs more than the cup earns back, but heavy body and controlled bitterness give this dark blend a real case for milk drinks and espresso.
Cocoa powder on entry, a fast dry finish, and a price that reflects the Starbucks name more than what's in the cup.
Starbucks pushed this roast to maximum intensity and traded every trace of Latin American or Asia-Pacific origin character for a cup defined by char and smoke.
Sweetness comes up first and the bitterness never follows; the light roast did its job, and the cup is defined by what it chose not to become.