Espresso Roast

• What flavours are extracted from this coffee?

  Molasses and caramel
• Roast?

  Dark
• Growing region?

  Multi-region
• Acidity?

  Medium
• Body?

  Full
• Processing?

  Washed and semi-washed
• Blend?

  Pre-roast
• Offering

  Everyday Favourite since 1975
• Why we love this coffee?

  The rich and delicious heart of our handcrafted beverages, this is the flavour that introduced espresso culture to communities around the world. A blend that cuts through milk beverages perfectly.
• The story of this coffee

  First created in 1975 this multi-region blend still serves as the foundation of our handcrafted espresso drinks in Starbucks stores around the world. The perfect melding of beans and roasts reveals notes of rich molasses and a bold, caramel sweetness- a flavours profile so incredible it’s never been changed. Delicious on its own or with milk.
• Behind the design

  This design highlights both the rich, purple dark roast hues and the flavour notes of caramel and molasses. The silver accents convey waves of crema textures, and the small rows of beans add more dimension into the art while referencing the craft of blending.
• Thoughts from the cupping room

  Richly intense and caramelly blend first developed in 1965 by Dave Olsen, a local Seattle coffee shop owner, who shared a common love of Starbucks coffee with our founders
• Blend first developed by Dave Olsen


  1965
• Dave Olsen


  Local Seattle coffee shop owner who first developed the blend in 1965 and later joined Starbucks in 1987 leading buying, roasting and education
• Dave Olsen joined Starbucks career


  1987
• In 1984 we installed our first espresso machine into a Starbucks coffee
• Signature espresso

  Timeless blend that tastes great on its own and can punch through the creaminess of steamed milk to craft coffee forward lattes and cappuccinos
• Developing the flavour of this roast

  1. Many trials to get it just right

  2. Italian style espresso has a tell-tale sweetness with a bright bite of acidity
• Espresso roast was then, and is now, the heart of our handcrafted beverages
• what does espresso best pair with?

  milk

  chocolate

  caramel