French Roast
This is a cup of liquid smoke, our deepest, darkest offering.
- Blend
- Specialty Roast
- Flavor
- Light-bodied, smoky, intense
- Intensity
- Extra Bold
It takes an adventurous palate to appreciate this coffee’s blunt flavors. In fact, French Roast is one coffee that people seem to either love or hate. There is no in-between here.
If you are a Francophile, we’d like you to know that our French Roast is something we’re particularly proud of. Perhaps no other coffee demands more attention from our roasters. And the beans we use here are of the highest quality. In truth, they have to be in order to withstand the intense fires that make French Roast what it is – anything less than the sturdiest would totally consumed by the heat.
“This coffee is all about roasting beans to the extreme for an intensely smoky flavor. Roasters appreciate this roast and respect it. It requires special beans to go that dark – dense, high-quality beans. They get so oily they shine and the drum makes this quiet whoosh-whoosh sound. The smoke coming off the beans is so heavy it hangs down like dry ice. It’s spooky.”
— Brad Anderson, Starbucks Coffee Roaster, Seattle WA