Classic Whole Bean

My wife and I have tried many brands of whole coffee beans over the years. Eight O'Clock Coffee 100% Colombian Peaks is very consistent for freshness, flavor, and price. It smells great. Always high quality and one of the best medium roast on the market. I keep trying to find something that taste better, but haven't. We end up back with Eight O'Clock because it is very good. In fact, the only one that comes close is Peet's, but it is more than twice the cost. All in all this is really good coffee. Well worth a full 5 stars!

We've been drinking Eight O'Clock Columbian for well over 20 years. We've tried others, but we always come back to Eight O'Clock. It's a great value. For the money, my wife and I have found that this is absolutely the best coffee for the money you can find anywhere. We always buy the whole bean and grind it ourselves in a high-quality mill for the French press. My wife uses about 12 tablespoons for 8 cups of coffee, and most mornings I say to her, "Honey, the coffee is exceptional this morning." And I mean it. There are a few coffee shop in a 10 mile radius that serve a cup that's at least as good if not a little better (although none of them start with the letter "S"). It's a mild blend that works best (we think) when using ample amounts because that produces a hearty cup without any bitterness.

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I ordered whole bean coffee, and received ground in a bag that had a small razor knife cut in the bottom of the 8 O'Clock Coffee bag. I contacted Amazon, and the refund went smoothly, but they didn't require that I return the ground coffee. Overall, this is my favorite 'supermarket coffee', but like many supermarket brands, the dark roasts are really medium, and the medium are actually light roast. I have no idea what the light roast versions taste like!. I bought this to experiment with Cold Brew coffee. Knowing that it takes a LOT of coffee to make a decent amount of CB concentrate, I thought I'd buy a good cheap brand that I like. I made a batch with 8 O'Clock (Ground, what was I going to do with it?) and a batch with Allegro Blue Nile Whole bean (Medium Roast). In both cases, the cold brewed coffee had less of an acidic coffee "Bite" to it, However, the 8 O'clock version was much less flavorful than the (much more expensive) Allegro coffee. I suspect that the 'optimistic' branding of the 8 O'Clock coffee as 'medium roast' was to blame. It was almost 'medium roast' and it is close enough that the hot brew method with it's greater 'bite' hides it well, but that the cold brew can't hide the shorter, slightly lighter roasting time. The pre-ground nature of the coffee may have also played a part in this. It would be interesting to see if the 8 O'Clock dark roast flavors would be more suitable for cold brew. When I'm in the mood for experimenting, I will try it out. But for now, I can not recommend the 8 O'Clock Columbian, medium roast for cold brew. However it does make a pleasant cup of hot brew!

Best value for the great coffee

I've been enjoying the delicious mellow flavor of Eight O'Clock Whole Bean Colombian coffee for years. Accordingly I don't normally right a review every time I order it but I was compelled by what seems to me to be a noticeable improvement in the packaging of this coffee. I ordered two packs of this 40 ounce package and they were delivered to me today. So, they've changed the color of the packaging from primarily brown to primarily white. But most importantly, the two bags I got were vacuum packed tighter than I've ever experienced before. This will undoubtedly assure that when I open that second bag a few weeks down the road, it will be every bit as fresh tasting as the first package that will be opened in about a week from now. It's always nice, because it's rare, to make a good thing better. Kudos to Eight O'Clock for the most excellent vacuum sealing of your product. By the way, do NOT buy 8 O' Clock Wholebean Coffee 100% Colombian - 42 oz. (Original) . I and others have ordered this but the merchant shipping this ships, via fulfillment by Amazon, Eight O'Clock "Original" Whole Bean. It is not the Colombian and you will have to go through the hassle of returning it.

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I read some reviews before writing this one. Most were positive, and a few were negative in a way that I can only think came from either a one-off bad product or terrible judgment on the part of the reviewer. Don't kid yourself: This is not gourmet, froufrou coffee with infused spices or exotic growing regions. This is medium-roasted Arabica whole bean coffee for a good price. You, the coffee maker, can make terrible coffee with these beans. You, the coffee maker, can also make great coffee, using proper tools and technique. Unless you leave the bag to sit in your pantry until it expires, like all roasted coffee does, your skills with making coffee are the barrier between these beans and you drinking a good cup of coffee. I've used these to make everything from automatic drip coffee to espresso with good results. Matter of fact, the last bag I got was surprisingly fresh, to the point that it tasted better than some much higher-priced specialty coffee that took a little bit too long to get shipped in.

The price is good and the taste is OK, but lacks the intensity that we prefer. We won't order it again.