No Name Dark Roast Coffee a Review

No Name Dark Roast Coffee is not the worst coffee I ever had, but It's not all that great.

I was looking for coffee that would be acceptable and way less money than the Lavazza that I normally got. I use a lot of coffee in the Moka Pot, for just one mug of coffee (24oz). So I got this instead with my grocery order.

The taste is slightly burnt, slightly woody, and a faint hint of nuts. There is a bitter aftertaste that lasts a hell of a long time after you drink this stuff. It also leaves your mouth feeling oily.

For the price of it however, it's acceptable ($15.99 for 925g) a months supply of Lavazza was close to $40 - so it's a big saving. You do give up quality and taste for a saving.

It's like most truck stop coffee. Nothing special, just something to give you a kick start. Well it did have a kick to it, I'll give it that. But the taste is not great. I honestly think I'll just drink tea from now on, as I can get a lot of tea for less money than this one bag of coffee.

It would be great for camping I think. Getting that early morning kick in the woods, and not really caring how it tastes. Yes, it would be good for that. Also it would be good large batch coffee, like when the building association does a coffee and toast morning - a very large pot of coffee and this stuff would be good.

I'm going to give this a 5/10 - it's a pass, but only just. If it where more expensive, it would not be a pass at all. However the price per volume is acceptable and it does the job.

P.S. if you do this stuff in a Moka Pot, it's going to have a hell of a kick to it.

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