10 Reviews: Best Coffee Beans for Cold Brew (Apr 2024)

This is Kuma’s signature house coffee, ideal for daily uses. Only the freshest, in-season coffees are chosen with care and intention. Classic is a fresh crop mix for those looking for cup complexity, consistency, and quality. The coffees will vary with the seasons, but the caramel, chocolate, and stone fruit flavors will remain constant.

All of Cold Brew Lab’s coffees are sourced, roasted, and blended particularly for cold brew taste profiles, blending acidity and smoothness with round, non-bitter flavors. All blends are made using USDA-certified organic Colombian Arabica coffee that is 100% Arabica. All of the beans are roasted in the city of New York. We recommend going with the whole bean and grinding it to your preferences using a burr grinder.

Really solid cold brew. I did a taste test with this and three other cold brews and this was my favorite (hubby picked a more fruity/bright coffee). This coffee is a nice well-rounded coffee coffee, you know? No hints of whatever, just coffee. It is good black or with milk and is now my go-to for cold brew.

by AG

Downtown Blend is a well-balanced mix of specialty-grade Arabica coffee beans from Peru, Ethiopia, and Indonesia. To produce this easy-going mix, the Korean-American mother-daughter pair behind the company meticulously blended each of the coffees together. The downtown mix is smooth and sweet, with caramel and chocolate tastes that go nicely with a cold beer.

Delicious. My husband and I have tried dozens of different brands and flavors, but we keep coming back to this one. It's rich but not too strong, smells fantastic and tastes even better. The grind size is perfect for our refillable Keurig. Well worth the cost.

by Zareen M.

Peet’s is one of the most well-known and well-respected coffee roasters and wholesalers. Baridi (which means “cold” in Swahili) is a specialty blend made for iced coffee and cold brew. The beans in the mix are all from East Africa: Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Rwanda, though they are not single-origin coffee. Products from these nations were chosen to maximize aroma, a feature that is frequently lacking in cold coffee.

Baridi is still my favorite! Full body flavor with no bitterness and a smooth taste.

by BATH TUB SOAKER

Cold Buzz Coffee makes cold brewing as simple as possible by offering pre-ground beans in teabag packs. All you have to do now is fill the container with water and soak it overnight. Their Arabica beans are sourced entirely from Central and South America, as well as Europe. They know that cold brew is more costly than hot coffee because it needs many more grounds, so they collaborate with roasters and distributors to keep prices down.

Excellent coffee! I adore cold brew but can't drink too much caffeine throughout the day if I want to sleep at night. This decaf cold brew was exactly what I needed! The strength was perfect after 12 hours of steeping and the flavor was bold and smooth. I love the ease of using the packets as my attempts to make my own decaf cold brew were messy and time consuming. I will be buying this again!

by LG

Cafe du Monde is a French coffee café in New Orleans that has been open since 1862. Many visitors claim that the city’s famous chicory coffee produces an outstanding cold brew. To decrease the bitterness of a dark roast, the chicory root is softened, ground, and added to coffee. It enhances much of what is already attractive about cold brew — low bitterness, smooth and light body, and mellow tastes — by adding a pleasant tobacco smoke aroma.

If coffee increases your anxiety and you are looking for a solution then look no further. I have tried several different natural non coffee brands but I always miss the taste of real coffee and the energy it gives me for work. So far soo good, this coffee has a bold flavor that can be altered according to how many scoops per cup you use. My anxiety is a quiet whisper when I drink this coffee.

by Zach

Tiny Footprint Coffee is a small roastery based in the United States that is as focused on creating wonderful beans as it is on making environmentally conscious choices. They claim to be the world’s first ‘carbon negative’ coffee, having teamed with the non-profit Mindo Cloudforest Foundation. They offset the carbon used in the manufacturing and delivery of each pound of coffee they sell by planting trees in the Ecuadorian cloud forest.

I love this coffee. I bought it to make cold-brew iced coffee and was nervous that getting it pre-ground would make the taste unacceptable. On the contrary, it's great. Delicious, and it couldn't be easier to make! (I use the Kungpro Kungroo Airtight Glass Cold Brew Iced Coffee Maker Pitcher Pot , 1 Quart coffee maker and it's a 2-minute cinch. I also love Tiny Footprint's environmental profile. Great company, great value, great products. Who could ask for more?

by Dana W

Coffee Bros. is a new coffee brand formed by two brothers who are passionate about good coffee. They stand out for their dedication to high-quality sourcing and small-batch roasting, ensuring that each roast gets the care and attention it deserves. Their medium roast Cold Brew Blend is expertly made to highlight the sweet and juicy flavors that make a refreshing cold brew so appealing.

Lovely packaging, however mine came with both a zipper top and a reusable sticker seal. The seal was unnecessary and left a sticky residue on the coffee bag. Very fresh - the natural oils left a beautiful oil slick on top of the coffee in the coffee press during the brewing process. It’s got a very bright, cirtrus-like mouthfeel. Great with oat milk and a tiny drop of vanilla stevia. It’s great hot or iced, but I think I like it best iced. I’m going to try a cold brew with it soon as well.

by Megan

Environmentally friendly, ethically manufactured, and healthful are all mentioned in the standards. Most people aren’t aware, though, that it makes a fantastic cold brew. Since light roast coffees might be acidic, we recommend using this one for cold brew. If you cold brew it for 16+ hours, the acidity will be reduced, leaving you with a smooth, flavorful cold brew. Consider trying this Lifeboost bean if you’re looking for something with low acidity, something nutritious, or simply want to make some exotic-tasting central-American cold brew.

Very good coffee and I feel better knowing it’s free of pesticide.

by Ginger L.

The Stone Street Coffee Cold Brew Reserve is a dark roast that has already been ground using the coarse grind process, which is a pleasant bonus—ready it’s to pour into a pitcher and steep right away. It’s a Single Origin Colombian Supremo that’s made entirely of arabica. This is an excellent spot to start a cold brew experience since it’s somewhat sweet and smooth.

This coffee is great. Smooth and delicious when cold brewed and makes an amazeballs hot cup of warmed after brewing. Other friends who are coffee fans have tried my brew and loved it too. Really seriously good stuff.

by Nic Boyer