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Seattles Best Coffee

Expert Reviews of Seattles Best Coffee

Citysearch | On-the-go coffeehouses spread this Northwestern roast across the nation.

This Seattle-based coffee chain has grown from a 1970s grass-roots operation to a brand name acquired by Starbucks and recognized nationwide. The simple cafes are outfitted with small tables and armchairs,...
citysearch.com - expert review - 10/09/2007
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User Reviews of Seattles Best Coffee

Yelp.com Review - by Tony L.

4 of 5 stars. Why I like Seattle's Best better than Starbucks. For starters, the beans they use are sweeter, they don't have that famous burnt roast taste that Starbucks is famous for. They also cold brew their…
yelp.com - user review - 04/23/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Frederick G.

5 of 5 stars. This is a great Location the staff here cares and is so friendly...After 2 months of not drinking coffee ..My schedule changed and had to be in to work before they open ...(5am yuk) i had a late start…
yelp.com - user review - 04/25/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Chris R.

4 of 5 stars. Now, you may be thinking that there's nothing special about a Seattle's Best. After all, they're owned by Starbucks, they must have lost their soul if they ever had one, right? Well, not quite. What…
yelp.com - user review - 04/14/2007
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SBC is Seattle's Best

Not only are the employees always smiling and helpful. The slow roasted small batch coffee is the Best! I had a Javanilla Milkshake (made with real ice cream) and it was the best ever. I Visit all of the 5...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/21/2004
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Better than Starbucks, not Torrefazione

They produce a nice espresso, strong and flavorful! Would select them over Starbucks any day.
citysearch.com - user review - 02/02/2003
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A rose by any other name...

First it was Stewart Brothers Coffee. You can morph it, spin it, or grind it but the best is still the best. And Stewart Brothers had the audacity to rename it Seattle's Best. With huevos like that, one had...
citysearch.com - user review - 02/01/2003
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Gross & disgusting

They should dubb this Seattle's Worst Coffee. The coffe is bland and weak and their interiors/ambiance is ugly and dated. They could use an entire re-branding of their image and coffee houses. It's no longer...
citysearch.com - user review - 01/31/2003
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Is the REALLY Seattle coffee?

It may be a coffee for people who like their coffee on the lighter side (I like the Folger Crystals review!). But for REAL Seattle coffee, this is NOT it. However, I give them high marks for consistency of...
citysearch.com - user review - 01/30/2003
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Seattle's Best for a Reason

The Stewart Brothers have got good coffee sense. Seattle's Best, no matter if I'm at Pike Place or elsewhere, always gives me a great cup of joe. Can't beat it.
citysearch.com - user review - 01/19/2003
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No Atmosphere

Although the coffee may be decent, chains like Seattle's Best and Starbucks lack character, atmosphere and, of course, individuality. If I'm the middle of suburbia and there's no where else, it'll do. But if...
citysearch.com - user review - 01/14/2003
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not your average joe

Without a doubt there is no worse coffee in all of Seattle. I'd rather use Folger's Crystals.
citysearch.com - user review - 01/14/2003
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fullfilling

Of all the coffee shops I have visited, this one has never disappointed me. I have tried different blends and always been pleased.
citysearch.com - user review - 01/03/2003
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You must mean Seattle's worst coffee!

Seattle's best doesn't come close to being anything near what I would call good coffee. I'd rather get some at a truck stop. They over-roast their beans horribly.
citysearch.com - user review - 12/15/2002
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Truly the best

The name says it all! I don't care for bitter coffee (like Starbucks), and SBC is the answer. I love the smooth taste.
citysearch.com - user review - 12/13/2002
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starbucks sucks

SBC is better than everybody and thats the only place i go to drink coffee
citysearch.com - user review - 11/30/2002
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No Way!

Cafe Ladro, Vivacci, Cafe Diva, etc... all have much better coffee than any SBC. Who voted- Monkeys?
citysearch.com - user review - 11/29/2002
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This is STARBUCKS city only!

Starbucks should clearly be number one. SBC is most definitely NOT the best!
citysearch.com - user review - 11/27/2002
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Choose Seattle!!

Disagree! In a city that offers the highest quality venues in america consider Vivace, Cafe Vita, Bauhaus, and Cafe Ladro as better alternatives. These shops offer a quality and experience that are hard to...
citysearch.com - user review - 11/22/2002
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YUK!

YuK! Come on Uptown Espresso is much better! None of the Big Chain Coffee Houses are consistent with their coffee!
citysearch.com - user review - 11/20/2002
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The Best Place To Get Seattle's Best.

This is going to floor you but of all the places that serve SBC coffee, including their own stores, the place that makes it best is McDonald's! I know it amazing, but don't take my word for it, try for...
citysearch.com - user review - 11/19/2002
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Seattle's WORST maybe...

Seattle's Best is more appropriate as Seattle's worst. Tully's and Starbucks have a much tastier blend of coffee..
citysearch.com - user review - 11/07/2002
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Consistantly inconsistant

I prefer a warm smile and a bad coffee to "hey" and a bad coffee. The pecentages aren't that bad... wrong coffee 20% of the time, wrong blend (too much or too little of something) 20%, herded like an animal...
citysearch.com - user review - 11/06/2002
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very warmy

nice coffee blends. good cafe ambiance. cool baristas. need to open more branches
citysearch.com - user review - 11/05/2002
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getting over the bitterness . . .

I have been drinking SBC blends for eight years now. I started back in college solely for the great affect cafein had on late night study vigils. My first few cups came from competitors, and honestly I didn't...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/23/2002
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mmm...javalicious!

I love Seattle's Best Coffee! The baristas' are friendly, the coffee is so much better tasting, and the cafes have less of a "cookie cutter" atmosphere to them, they all look different! I am also happy that...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/23/2002
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Light and Peppy! thats SBC

Light and Peppy! thats SBC SBC is excellent coffee, the best i have had. And starbucks is no match for SBC.
citysearch.com - user review - 10/21/2002
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Seattle WORST

Seattle's Best should be renamed Seattle's WORST!!!! They have the most awful, bitter coffee I have ever tasted. I do not know one serious coffee drinker that likes SB, therefore this must be rigged!
citysearch.com - user review - 10/21/2002
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Best coffee. PERIOD.

Never bitter, unlike other reknowned brand name coffee houses. I can count on it to taste right every time, no matter who's doing the brewing --- me or the staff!
citysearch.com - user review - 10/21/2002
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The Name Says It All!

Seattle's Best Coffee is exactly that! I have tried many others, yet the one that comes out #1 is Seattle's Best! You've tried the rest, now try the Best! Aloha!
citysearch.com - user review - 10/21/2002
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Not Quite

Good, not best. Major blend coffee seems quite acid and requires sugar to make it more palatable
citysearch.com - user review - 10/15/2002
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SWC: Seattle Worst Coffee

I am very dissapointed in SBC. I find that the baristas are not very knowledgable about the products that they serve! Not to mention that most SBC employees that I have encountered could care less if I, the...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/15/2002
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second best

starbucks is better. Their coffee is to acidic. But I like their soy lattes.
citysearch.com - user review - 10/14/2002
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Definately not Seattle's Best

I have dad some of the works amaricano's at SBC, and it is not even a Seattle Company.
citysearch.com - user review - 10/14/2002
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Seattle's Real Best Coffee

Seattle's best coffee is not Seattle's Best Coffee. It is following suit with Starbuck's and Tully's. Get some real Seattle's best coffee, by avoiding the three major coffee chains...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/14/2002
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you have got to be kidding!

SBC is a disgrace! The coffee always tast burnt. They should change the name to Seattle's WORST coffee!
citysearch.com - user review - 10/14/2002
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Yummy Good

Full bodied and flavorful. Great way to start the day.
citysearch.com - user review - 10/14/2002
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Great taste

I like a good cup of coffee, Seattle Best is the greatest coffee I have every tasted. It is so good I send it to my family every year at Christmas
citysearch.com - user review - 10/14/2002
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Seattle worst has nothing on Starbucks!!

I am sorry, but Seattle's Best Coffee, is not our best, it isn't even good. Starbucks is far better, and deserves recognition for being so.
citysearch.com - user review - 10/14/2002
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The best in the latte biz

I starting drinking Seattle's Best Coffee about two years ago. The closest store is about four hours north of where I live. I look forward to getting to go to Portland to have a wonderful, satisfying cup of...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/14/2002
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Not the "Best"

Seattle's Best Coffee really isn't the best. It was actually my first espresso experience about 10 years ago. I don't really care for it now....
citysearch.com - user review - 10/14/2002
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Seattles Best Coffee not Seattle's Best

While they hope the name might indicate their quality, Seattle's best coffee is not found within the walls of the stores initialed SBC. The lack of quality control and training means you get a different...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/14/2002
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Not the Best at all!

Seattle's Best is a name that baffles me. The coffee is so-so, and much like drinking Folgers to me. Their decaf is terrible tasting; it is so obviously decaf compared to their regular blends. Honestly, I like...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/14/2002
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Seattle's Best is Starbucks

A coffee shop should focus on coffee -- not be a cinnamon roll store that decides to pick up on the coffee craze.
citysearch.com - user review - 10/14/2002
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Seattle's Best is the BEST!

Sorry to knock the roasting flavor of Starbucks and Tullys... but even when I travel out of the country I take SB with me! They don't over roast like Starbucks and Tullys and never have I "ever" had abd cup of...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/14/2002
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Seattle's Mediocre Coffee

I have never felt SBC had the quality or flavor commisurate with their name.
citysearch.com - user review - 10/14/2002
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Former SBC employee Starbuck's convert..

Used to be a die hard SBC fan, so much eventually worked for the company. However, of late the worst coffee I have ever had has been from SBC. Since SBC was bought out by AFC their quality and customer service...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/14/2002
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Not as Bad as Starbucks

SBC roasts so-so coffee. It is still flash-roasted for that burned-and-sour flavor that Starbucks has, just not as much redolent of road tar as Starbucks.
citysearch.com - user review - 10/14/2002
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raunchy

I prefer a coffee shop that does not make mochas from pre-mixed chocolate milk
citysearch.com - user review - 10/14/2002
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Most excellent

It has been awhile since we've had coffee there, but they had a wonderful selection, with the coffee being flavorful without the burnt taste that is typical of the Starbucks blend.
citysearch.com - user review - 10/14/2002
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Think Again..

Better prices, better brew @ Cafe Ladro... If you are thinking of a great latte or cup of coffee ... make the extra effort to visit a ladro.
citysearch.com - user review - 09/09/2002
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Seattle's Worst Coffee

Poor roasting technique . . . generally bitter coffee, with very inconsistent services across all SBC stores. If you like adventure and inconsistent tast, go to SBC - Seattle's Worst Coffee.
citysearch.com - user review - 08/31/2002
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Anythings better than Starbucks

Great coffee, friendly staff and not at all sanctimonious like Starbucks.
citysearch.com - user review - 08/30/2002
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just the numbers

foo bar nothing to say except that indie coffee houses all over town have better stuff than SBC. At least SBC beat starbux.
citysearch.com - user review - 08/29/2002
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Good brew, not burned

Of all the coffee "houses" I have tried, SBC has the best flavor. The more popular coffee joint always tastes burnt to me, and I also appreciate SBC's frequent purchase program. Locations could be more...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/28/2002
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Who's Voting?

How can this be... Seattle's Best at the top of a coffee list? There must be a room full of monkeys with computers voting for this poll. I've had better coffee at the Zoo Tavern
citysearch.com - user review - 08/27/2002
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DRRRY ROAST

Where is the flavor??? Special roast I dont think so,give me a deep dark roast anytime. And the cup I get at McDonalds does complement the food fast and flat!!!!!!
citysearch.com - user review - 08/21/2002
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Everywhere but Seattle

I drink Mochas and Seattles Best uses unsweetened chocolate so they taste AWFUL!
citysearch.com - user review - 08/18/2002
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Hands down the best roast

The best brew, the best service, the best roast... hands down Seattle best cup of coffee.
citysearch.com - user review - 08/06/2002
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always liked sb

Nothing against Starbucks, but Seattle's Best is better. Much smoother blending.
citysearch.com - user review - 07/30/2002
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