Starbucks Cold Brew Coffee, Signature Black, Pitcher Packs, 8.6 Oz, Pack of 3

I'm absolutely sold on this product. Starbucks nailed it with being able to provide their cold brew at home. As mentioned in the comments, there's way to get the most bang for your buck here, but I stick to just a pack a pot. For those who care, here's my cost breakdown and analysis as that was an important consideration for me before I started purchasing this product regularly (BLUF: ~ $1.16 per 20oz fill):At the time of writing this, $20.88 gets your three boxes. Each box contains two packets. Each packet makes one pot (roughly 52oz when all is said and done). So, if you follow their instructions, you'll get six pots of cold brew for $20.88 ($3.48 a pot).I get about three fills of my Yeti Rambler (supposedly 20oz) per pot. That means, each filling of my Yeti is running me about $1.16. This is well within my tolerance for what I'll pay for coffee that tastes this good. The added benefit being that the pouches are super easy to use, require zero cleaning/work, and produce such a great brew. What used to be a splurge at Starbucks is now an affordable beverage at home and I'm here for it.

Wife and I love cold brew coffee and especially love Starbucks brand. I figured I would give this a whirl since it is the same grounds we get for our "we proudly brew" location at my work that I help oversee. So far no major compliants. I saw a few posts about the coffee coming in with a super short use by date (almost a week from when you purchase it). I did some digging and coffee grounds are good for 3 months after the use by date as long as they are sealed properly. I do think the product should be sent out with a longer shelf life. The second order I received had a date if 2+ months out and was 17 dollars instead of 25. Not sure or how to explain that one. Will continue to buy until we start seeing a decrease in quality. One more thing to note is that I brew this in a pitcher with a filter tube rather than using the packets. The packets I am sure are fine but I just cut them open and dump the grounds into the filter tube and off we go. I also use a little more filtered water to help stretch it and tone it down a bit. Taste is great and easy to make.

I usually make hot coffee every day but always keep a pitcher of cold brew in my fridge now after trying this out. I don't drink this every day, but only because I don't drink more than 2 coffees a day and the hot coffee usually doesn't run out.I am picky about my coffee - I like trying boutique coffee vendors but don't like a lot of the varieties that are out there. I am also picky about starbucks, where I prefer gold coast, sumatra, or yukon, and am not as much as fan of other flavors. I can tell if the beans aren't fresh too. I hate instant coffee, most keurig, and most hotel coffee.The flavor on this is wonderful, and it's easy to make. Only pain is needing to wait for it to brew (24 hours give or take). I use a cheap plastic pitcher to make this, and it always smells good and tastes great.No complaints at all!

I'm the type of guy that might drink a 2-3 cups of iced coffee a week. I don't consider myself a "coffee drinker" in the way that many Americans would (I don't require a skinny half-calf sugar-free 130.5 degree pumpkin spice latte otherwise going into Karenzilla mode), so I'm not picky about the nuances of taste and notes in coffee. I have worked in coffee shops and am very familiar with a lot of products, however. While I usually just view Starbucks as "doable', I do really like this stuff. That said, I do NOT make it as intended and stretch the worth of each bag much further than the instructions would have you make.I use a gallon-sized pitcher and let the bags soak for an extra 24 hours before removing them. It tastes the same as if prepping it normally (to me) and I get so much more baby for my buck. Three times as much, in fact!With the way I prep this coffee, the price is more than fair and lasts me months. I can't think of any other iced coffee on here that manages that level of price to quantity ratio. I can definitely see people that don't like Starbucks coffee also not liking this, but for the average person who's not picky about their coffee, this is more than enough!

Making my own cold brew with these Starbucks pitcher packs has saved me a lot of money! I used to buy several Stok and Starbucks refrigerated bottles to last me 1 or 2 weeks but they take up a lot of fridge space and I was trying to find a way to reduce grocery store visits during pandemic. I like to stock up on these so I'll always have some ready and know when to buy more.I took a chance buying on Amazon despite the posts of expired packets. Well today is 1/7/21 and mine expire 2/9/21. They're not expired but I wish I had a little more time, but I think I'll go through most of them by then. I actually only use 1 packet instead of 2 because 2 was a little strong for me. When I buy 1 box from Target, the exp date is about 6 months away. But buying thru Amazon I saved a whopping $1 per box LOL. I'll probably order again thru Amazon and quickly check exp date.

I also purchased Starbucks vanilla syrup along with these packs in order to duplicate their vanilla sweet cream cold brew, and overall, it tastes very close to the store-bought drink. Very good, smooth & strong flavor. The pitcher packs are easy to make too; however, the filter bags themselves are very delicate which is a con. They aren’t always seamed correctly so they tend to break open at the slightest touch leaving coffee grounds to fall into the pitcher of cold brew. Additionally, the price versus amount of cups isn’t all that different from buying the actual cold brew from the Starbucks store, so it’s not really worth it besides the convenience of saving some time.