Starbucks K-Cup Coffee Pods
[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': "I'm concerned that these pods are counterfeit as they do not have the Starbucks logo on them even though they were in a unopened Starbucks box when I received them. I contacted Starbucks and they informed me that all of there pods have the logo and I should not purchase any Starbucks products without there logo somewhere on them. I have replied to them that there was know way for me to know that until after the purchase and I opened the sealed box. Plus your pics and discription does not match what was delivered. I'm confused and concerned!"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I purchased the 96 count French Dark Roast Starbucks product on August 1st, 2018. Number of kcups and packaging was correct. However 90% of them are deflated, meaning the seals are leaking. Of the 15 or so that I have used one broke open in the coffee maker and leaked coffee grounds all over, the others tasted ok, but not as good as the ones that I purchased locally. Further inspection shows the expiration is November 12, 2018. I would not have a problem with the expiration date except for the leaking seals. These appear to be culled kcups that if not for being purchased sight unseen, would not be sold and would probably be discarded. I purchase 10 or more products from Amazon each month, and have had very few problems. I may have to rethink my Amazon commitment. I would never buy this coffee again and do not reccomend it.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'These k-cups are not legit! I buy Pike Place at my local grocery store every week and WOW.... I got these last night and tried one this morning and couldn’t even drink it.... I took two sips and dumped it. 100% not acceptable. It was watery and had a god awful horrific taste! Yuck! BTW... I had to pick at least one star to get this review online... it should be 5 red (negative) stars!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'This was not Starbucks coffee. It was in a Starbucks box. Doesn’t taste like it at all.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'What can I say, I love rich full bodied coffee without the bitter taste of French Roast. This one is it! Now that I got that out of the way, there is a problem with Amazon\'s description of this coffee. I did a search for Café Verona within Amazon and this page came up: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06ZYJVFC4/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1. It has a nice big picture of a Café Verona box. But the bold text description calls it out as "French Roast". If you read down into the detailed description, it called "Sumatra". Any Starbucks aficionado knows that all three of these are different types of coffee/blends/roast (well they are all dark roast). When I received the notice (text and email) of my order being shipped both notices called out French Roast. Today I received my order and it was the Café Verona (relief). My point to all of this is, the Amazon description for Café Verona is all messed and confusing and needs to be fixed. As a side note, when I clicked on write a review it came up "Starbucks French Roast Coffee K-Cup Pods | Dark Roast | Coffee Pods for Keurig Brewers | 4 Boxes (96 Pods)". Go figure....'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-3 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I do not have any problem with the flavor of these coffee, I’m a fan of the Starbucks But the shelf life is too short. I bought 2 boxes thought it was such a good deal but then I take a look at the expiration date( best before ) 28 July 2020! I just received the 2 boxes on the 2 July 2020. What’s am I going to do with the rest of coffee pods that expire I’m going to be able to drink it all in time. Thought it would have longer shelf life. Disappointed in the Amazon sells almost expire products to customer without letting them know the products near expire.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "For years now my wife has been mixing whole beans at home into her own blend and grinding them at home fresh each morning. That makes for a great cup of coffee. I'm not as fortunate as I leave for work much earlier. I had been buying Starbucks French roast kcups but decided to try one of the beans we use in our fresh ground blend - Sumatra. Dont get me wrong, the French roast is good but the Sumatra is so much better. Most of the stores don't carry this as a kcup option so was glad to see on Amazon. The flavor is what I like - a dark roast, but a well-balanced not acidic cup with full flavor of a dark roast. It also doesn't have the slight after taste that the French roast kcups have, I buy the Sumatra in bulk on Amazon, either the 48 or 96 pod boxes. I have a small pod machine right in my office, a great cup of coffee to start my busy work day. Weekends I save for fresh ground at home or one of our favorite coffee shops."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Update aug 10, 2020: I decided to try this again since some people got what was advertised and am pleased to say I received 4 boxes (96 cups) of Starbucks French roast and the expiration date isn’t until Jan 2021. Thank you distributor for the Starbucks coffee.\n\nJULY 2020: I’ve had the same problem as most. I received a box of loose kcups. Some had dents but none were open. The dates are expired; I guess the good thing is they expired 1/29/2020.... Hmm.... I put one I the machine to see what happened and to taste it; it didn’t explode and it actually tasted fine. I’m only thankful I drink a lot of coffee. Can I refer others to purchase? I’d say no! The information did say in 4 boxes and not expired. Unless none of this matters and you want a great price, then order away! Good luck.\n\n1/3/2022. Now that I am getting the 60 count for the last 2 months, everything is great. Always comes 10 in a box and none are expired !! Great price!!! Never any problems!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Pike Place is one of my favorite brews of coffee. It is considered a medium roast, but will stand toe to toe with a number of dark roast brands. The flavor is rich with that nice deep nearly dark roast flavor without the bitter after taste left in the back of your throat that many coffee brands tend to leave. My husband, a huge fan of dark roast, has more than once nabbed the last pod of Pike Place even though there were plenty of other darker roasts available to him. Yes, he has gotten more than a few glares over the years as a result. This is one of those coffees that you can drink as is, no sugar or cream. The price is a better value than when purchasing this exact item in a big box store. You might be saving a few cents per pod, but in the long run, it all adds up. As my grandma used to say, "even the crumbs are bread".'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I'm a coffee snob, and while I have a vast array of coffees I like, with starbucks being in the mix, the starbucks french roast is usually passed by. I can drink one of the small boxes of 10 in three or four days with my wife drinking them too and at this rate they are very costly, heck they are costly if it took a couple weeks to drink a box!\n\nBut when there is a sale for 96 of them, it's a no brainer! I would like to see their regular prices comparable to other coffees out there and not just when there's a sale.\n\nThere are coffees that are just as good and some better out there, and yes I usually wait till a big sale on any of my go to coffees, and snatch a couple cases at a time.\n\nI would also like to see them as recyclable as some of the other brands that are out there. If one of my usual brands and the starbucks french roast are both the same price, I'll go with the one that is easier to recycle!"}]