Santa Barbara Roasting Co.'s Rincon Red Blend is a French roast coffee blending beans from Africa and Central America, priced at $22.50 for a 12oz bag. A Subscribe & Save option knocks the price down to $18.00 with a 20% recurring discount. The coffee is available in multiple grind options, including drip, whole bean, fine/paper cone, and coarse/French press, and it holds a strong 4.7 out of 5 rating from 74 reviews at the time of this write-up.
The review base includes a range of detailed, named feedback. Several customers were clearly enthusiastic — Robert L., Debbie K., John S., and others left positive notes on flavor and roast quality, while Larry M. offered a constructive suggestion about adding sampler bag options.
Not every review was glowing, and it's worth including that honestly. Lew C. wrote that the coffee was "very good, but WAY too expensive," adding that "at more than $20 for a fraction of a pound, each bean should have been gilded" — a pointed critique of the price-to-quantity ratio. Kate W. gave a specifically packaging-focused complaint, rating the product low not because of the coffee itself but because of a bag redesign: "I love the coffee – hate the new bags... They are really, really horrible... it spills!" That distinction matters for anyone deciding whether to buy — the criticism in that case was about the bag, not the roast.
At $22.50 for 12oz (or $18 on subscription), Rincon Red Blend sits toward the premium end of specialty coffee pricing. Lew C.'s review captures a fair concern for budget-conscious buyers: this is a splurge coffee rather than a daily-drinker bargain, and the value proposition depends on how much a buyer prioritizes the specific blend and roast profile.
Rincon Red Blend has built a solid reputation among reviewers for its French roast character and the African/Central American bean blend, but it comes with two consistent caveats worth weighing: it's priced at a premium, and at least one recent packaging change has drawn specific complaints about spilling. Buyers who value the flavor profile and don't mind the price point seem to come away satisfied; budget shoppers may want to consider the Subscribe & Save discount to offset the cost.
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