Independent cold brew testing & rankings
I drink way too much cold brew so you don't have to waste money on bad coffee.
Every bottle, concentrate, can, bag of beans, and brewer on this site was bought with my own money, tasted blind where possible, and scored out of 100. Then I tell you exactly what to buy — and what to leave on the shelf.
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Ranking · 3 tested
The Best Store-Bought Cold Brew, Blind Tested
I bought the shelf, poured everything blind at 38°F, and scored each bottle out of 100. The leaderboard, the gaps, and what to buy for how you drink.
La Colombe · Store-bought
La Colombe Pure Black Cold Brew Review
The single-serve can that keeps winning my blind pours — steeped, pressed, and clean enough to drink black on purpose. You pay for the privilege.
87/100 · Snob-approved
STōK · Store-bought
STōK Un-Sweet Black Cold Brew Review
The fridge-staple 48-ounce bottle, blind tasted against the category. Honest strength and unbeatable value, with a roasty edge that keeps it out of the top tier.
83/100 · Very goodThe Snob Score
Full methodology →One hundred points, eight criteria, zero mercy. Every packaged cold brew gets the same blind test and the same scale — so an 87 here means the same thing it meant last month.
Taste is worth 40 points because taste is the reason the product exists. The last five points — would I buy it again? — are the most honest question in reviewing, answered with my own money.
Pick your poison
Reviews & rankings
Store-bought bottles, concentrates, and cans — blind tested and ranked.
道Gear
Brewers, grinders, and filters I actually use, measured over weeks, not unboxings.
抽Brewing
Guides, recipes, and beans — ratios, steep times, sweet creams, and blind-tested bags, all in one place.
旅Cold brew around the world
City guides and shop scores — the Snob World Rankings.
Cold brew around the world
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San Francisco · USA
Cafe X
A robot at SFO pours Onyx cold brew with a house-made banana syrup. It's a little sweet for me — and it's still a 9, because almost nobody else is doing this.
9/10
Kuta, Lombok · Indonesia
Curfew Coffee
A surf-town spot in Kuta, Lombok pouring a remarkably smooth cold brew from locally roasted Aceh Gayo beans — floral caramel up front, chocolate and orange behind it.
9/10
Singapore · Singapore
Sojourner Coffee
A polished CBD specialty bar pouring a Colombian cold brew that tastes like a fruit plate — pineapple, white peach, blood orange — held back half a step by a bitter edge.
8/10