Verve Coffee Roasters Craft Instant Coffee Bronson Blend | French Dark Roast, Ground, Hand-Roasted | Enjoy Hot or Cold | Up to 6 Servings

I am a coffee snob, and I've tried at least twenty differnt brands of instant coffee over the years. Verve is one of the best I've had. I like dark roast the most, and theirs is great. I bought this for a backpacking trip, and it was a hit with everyone. I'd love to drink it every day at home, but at $3 per packet, it's just too expensive to justify drinking it on the regular.

I was excited to treat myself to this coffee while traveling, but was dismayed on day one of my trip when I opened the first packet and the granules were one very hard, stale, solid mass. It took aggressive stirring to get it to dissolve in hot water and was very bitter. Every other packet is the same. I would absolutely be returning and requesting a refund, but Amazon does not offer that option for this product.

A serviceable cup -- will satisfy many people, but not the most discriminating coffee snobs. No mess cleanup makes it a very good choice for camping and other situations where avoiding dishwashing is desired. I would be interested in learning about the shelf life behavior of the sealed envelopes.

Tastes like regular coffee, too dark for me personally. Flavors not obvious to me though.

This particular roast was not very tasty and on the bitter side. I couldn't distinguish any of the notes claimed. It's in a flaky form factor rather than a granular so dissolving it was inconsistent and it would clump onto my spoon.

Taste great. very convenient.

I bought two flavors. First one I tried (Bronson) was great, but this one (Buena Vista) was a flat, shiny, coffee shard that was difficult to dissolve and became sticky. I called Amazon and my money was refunded (y'all better start calling instead of just letting them keep your money), but I won't buy this from Amazon again. My guess is that maybe Amazon isn’t storing it properly or something, but this is unacceptable. Verve is going to ruin their reputation if they don't do something about this. Jus' sayin'...

Holds up well in the little packets. Good flavor. Not too bitter. Good caffeine kick.