Maple bacon, root beer float and whiskey-inspired coffee are real products—not just café experiments. This list brings together 23 distinctive packaged coffees and nine unusual ways to serve a cup, with the flavor, format and practical differences explained.
Some use added flavoring. Others get their character from the roast or processing, and a few stand out mainly for their names and packaging. Start with a small bag of a flavor you already enjoy in food; for something different without new beans, try espresso tonic.
Dessert and breakfast flavors
1. Maple bacon coffee
Sweet and smoky · flavored beans
CoffeeAM brings two breakfast aromas into one bag: sweet maple syrup and smoky bacon. The base is arabica coffee, so this is a brewed coffee with added flavor rather than a syrup-heavy breakfast drink. The unusual part is the savory suggestion sitting alongside something sweet.
It makes sense as a small-bag experiment for someone who enjoys sweet-and-salty food. Brew a plain cup first, then decide whether milk helps the balance. The flavor name describes the intended experience; it does not establish that the coffee contains pieces of bacon or maple syrup.
2. Banana split coffee
Banana, chocolate and sundae flavors
CoffeeAM's Banana Split goes further than chocolate and banana: the roaster also describes French vanilla, hazelnut and cherry flavors. That gives it a recognizable ice-cream-sundae theme, even though the product is coffee beans or grounds rather than a powdered milkshake.
This is an option for someone who already likes flavored mochas and wants a fruitier variation. Choose the grind for your brewer and try it without extra flavored creamer first; another strong flavor can obscure the banana. CoffeeAM lists nut extract in this blend, an important detail for anyone avoiding nuts.
3. Pistachio coffee
Nutty · flavored arabica
Pistachio is a quieter departure from ordinary coffee than maple bacon or a dessert-sundae blend. CoffeeAM describes a light roasted-pistachio flavor on an arabica base. It offers the idea of a pistachio café drink in a bag of coffee, without requiring a separate flavored syrup.
The useful distinction is between this flavored coffee and a latte made with pistachio paste: their texture and sweetness will differ. Start with the coffee on its own if the nut aroma is what interests you. This particular product contains nut extract; the flavor is not merely a naturally occurring tasting note.
4. Atomic Apple: apple pie coffee
Apple pie · Fallout-themed bag
Bones Coffee's Atomic Apple puts an apple-pie flavor inside a Fallout-themed bag. It is a current alternative to searching for an old seasonal apple-pie edition. The attraction is the bakery flavor as much as the collectible artwork, and the maker offers both whole-bean and ground choices in its listing.
Treat it as a dessert-inspired coffee, not a cup containing actual slices of pie. A familiar brewing method makes the new flavor easier to judge. The licensed product is listed for US residents, so it is a more practical gift suggestion for US readers than for someone ordering internationally.
5. Maple waffle coffee
Breakfast-inspired · flavored coffee
Maple Waffle from Bones Coffee takes the breakfast idea in a sweeter direction than maple bacon. Its packaging and flavor description center on waffles and maple, making the concept easy to understand before opening the bag. The current listing includes a full-size bag and the range also has a smaller sample format.
This is the kind of flavor to explore if you like the smell of a weekend breakfast but want a brewed coffee rather than a blended drink. Compare a plain cup with a little unflavored milk before adding syrup. A maple aroma and actual syrup sweetness are different experiences.
6. Sir Fry Alot: funnel cake coffee
Funnel cake · vanilla and pastry theme
Sir Fry Alot turns a fairground dessert into a coffee flavor. Bones describes warm funnel cake, vanilla and a powdered-sugar impression. The medieval-style illustrated bag carries that fairground theme into a coffee you can brew at home.
If bakery-style coffees appeal to you, this gives you a different direction from the usual cinnamon bun. Keep your first cup simple so the pastry flavor has room to come through.
7. Soda Shop Swirl: root beer float coffee
Root beer and vanilla ice-cream flavors
Root beer is an unexpected partner for roasted coffee. Bones Coffee's Soda Shop Swirl is designed around a root-beer-float flavor, with vanilla ice cream as the second part of the theme. Those are the maker's flavor descriptors; brewing the bag does not create a fizzy drink.
That makes it quite different from the cola-and-coffee combination later in this list. Here, the novelty is in the flavored beans. If you dislike root beer's distinctive character, the coffee is unlikely to be a safe surprise gift. For an enthusiast, a small amount offers a more adventurous experiment than another vanilla blend.
8. Twin Sun Tiramisu coffee
Tiramisu · Star Wars collection
Twin Sun Tiramisu combines a dessert that already contains coffee with a Star Wars theme. Bones describes mascarpone, cocoa and coffee flavors, while the bag features characters including Luke Skywalker. The point is a tiramisu-inspired aroma in brewed coffee, not an instant substitute for the layered dessert.
It is a useful choice to consider when the recipient enjoys both the flavor theme and the artwork. Compare it with the chocolate-truffle and cookie coffees below by the dessert you actually prefer. Being part of the same licensed collection does not mean the coffees have the same flavor.
Whiskey, rum and liqueur-inspired coffees
9. Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey Coffee
Whiskey-infused · non-alcoholic coffee
The black tin is unmistakable, but the contents are coffee. Jack Daniel's Coffee describes a medium-roasted arabica blend infused with Tennessee whiskey and explicitly identifies the finished product as non-alcoholic. It is different from an Irish coffee or any drink made by pouring a measure of spirits into the cup.
The maker shows regular and decaffeinated versions, so match the tin to the coffee you want. The pictured package is the regular 8.8-ounce version. For someone attracted to whiskey aromas, this offers the theme in a brewed coffee format without turning the serving into an alcoholic cocktail.
10. Bourbon barrel-aged coffee
Barrel-aged beans · medium roast
Bones describes aging raw arabica beans in charred oak barrels previously used for bourbon, then roasting the coffee to a medium level. That is a processing method rather than simply adding a shot of flavored syrup after brewing. The maker's description emphasizes sweet and smoky bourbon character.
Confirm the grind before ordering, particularly if you do not have a grinder. Barrel aging alone also does not establish an alcohol-content measurement for the finished product. If strict alcohol avoidance matters, ask the producer for confirmation about this exact coffee.
11. Wicked Rum coffee
Rum and vanilla theme · whole bean
Wicked Rum is Bones Coffee's collaboration with Wicked Dolphin, a Florida spirits producer. The roaster describes vanilla and rum character and labels the product as barrel-aged. This gives readers interested in spirit-inspired coffee a second direction beyond whiskey and bourbon.
The listing specifies whole beans, so it needs a grinder or access to one before brewing. Keep this distinct from adding rum directly to hot coffee: the product description is about the coffee being sold, not a cocktail recipe. As with any spirit-associated product, check with the maker if alcohol avoidance is a deciding factor.
12. Mexican liqueur and cream coffee
Liqueur-inspired flavor · no alcohol
CoffeeAM's Mexican Liqueur & Cream is a flavored-coffee alternative to the idea of a coffee-liqueur drink. The roaster describes a smoky, molasses-like aroma with a cream theme and states that the product contains no alcohol. It is not a bottle of Kahlúa, and the names should not be treated as interchangeable.
This is a useful distinction when buying for someone who enjoys the flavor idea but does not want an alcoholic drink. Brew it as coffee in the grind appropriate for your machine. Add actual cream only if you want that texture; a cream flavor in a bag is a separate thing.
Memorable bags, characters and bold roasts
13. Marley Coffee One Love
100% Ethiopian · medium roast
One Love has a musical name, but it is not a novelty flavoring. Marley Coffee identifies it as a medium-roasted Ethiopian coffee and describes floral, berry, vanilla and spice notes. Those describe the coffee's character rather than a recipe containing berries or vanilla syrup.
It belongs here as a gentler alternative to deliberately flavored beans: a memorable bag with a more conventional coffee inside. Pay attention to the exact format, since the brand appears in more than one package and market. The pictured package is the 10-ounce ground-coffee bag, not a pod or a whole-bean edition.
14. Joffrey's Star Wars Dark Side Blend
Dark roast · character-themed coffee
Joffrey's current Dark Side Blend puts Darth Vader on an 11-ounce bag of dark-roasted arabica coffee. The maker describes a smoky finish. This is a useful example of a coffee whose unusual name and packaging are doing more of the work than an unexpected added flavor.
Choose it for someone who likes dark roast as well as Star Wars. The current bag is different from older Vader-branded coffees, so a familiar character is not enough to identify the same product. The listing offers ground and whole-bean formats; match that choice to the recipient's equipment.
15. Death Wish Dark Roast
Arabica and robusta · bold branding
Death Wish's skull-and-crossbones bag is memorable, but this is a dark-roasted arabica-and-robusta blend rather than a strange dessert flavor. The maker describes dark chocolate and black cherry notes. Those are tasting descriptors, not evidence of chocolate pieces or cherry ingredients in the bag.
The distinction between strong taste and caffeine matters here. The brand publishes caffeine information for a particular serving and preparation; your oversized mug is not automatically that serving. Choose it because the coffee style interests you, not because feeling jittery is a target. Our caffeine guide explains the serving-size issue.
16. Bones After Dark
Extra-dark roast · cocoa and spice notes
Bones After Dark pairs a dramatic illustrated bag with an extra-dark roast from South and Central America. The roaster lists bittersweet cocoa, caramel and spice notes. Here again, those are descriptions of a roast profile rather than a dessert-flavored recipe.
This makes it a more straightforward coffee choice than the bag might suggest. Someone who normally enjoys dark-roasted coffee with milk has a clearer reason to consider it than someone who simply likes the artwork. Dark roast is a flavor direction; it should not be interpreted as a quantified promise of extra caffeine.
17. Dark Side Chocolate Truffle
Chocolate truffle flavor · dark roast
Unlike Joffrey's Dark Side Blend, this Bones Coffee product is deliberately flavored. Its theme is chocolate truffle, with the maker describing a milk-chocolate-ganache character on a dark-roast base. Darth Vader artwork appears on both products, but they are different coffees from different producers.
That difference matters more than the shared Star Wars branding. Choose between a dark-roast profile and a chocolate-flavored cup before choosing the bag design. If you usually add a chocolate syrup to coffee, the truffle theme may be the more interesting experiment, although it does not reproduce the syrup's sweetness or thickness.
18. Wookiee Cookie coffee
Chocolate chip cookie flavor
Wookiee Cookie puts a chocolate-chip-cookie flavor in the Star Wars collection. Bones describes the familiar cookie theme, and the bag features Chewbacca with Han Solo and Leia. It sits closer to a bakery-flavored coffee than a plain roast sold in collectible packaging.
For a gift, the flavor is easy to explain without relying on the character name. For your own cup, compare it with the darker chocolate-truffle version if you want to explore how different chocolate themes are presented. Choose the bag format deliberately: a whole-bean bag and a box of compatible pods are separate purchases.
19. Wasteland Crunch coffee
Chocolate candy-bar theme · Fallout
Wasteland Crunch takes its visual identity from Fallout and its flavor idea from a chocolate candy bar. Bones lists it alongside Atomic Apple in the licensed collection. It is a darker dessert theme than the fruit-and-pastry idea behind Atomic Apple.
The practical choice is chocolate-candy flavor versus apple-pie flavor, with the artwork as a bonus. This product is listed for US residents. For someone who collects the artwork, remember that coffee is still a food product: buy a quantity they can use rather than treating old bags as fresh coffee indefinitely.
Coffee mixes and unusual origins
20. Chike Original protein iced coffee
Mix with cold water · whey protein
Chike Original is a coffee-and-protein drink mix, not ground coffee for a filter basket. The manufacturer lists 20 grams of protein and 150 milligrams of caffeine per prepared serving. Its flavor is built around espresso and cream, with a texture closer to an iced latte or shake than black coffee.
Use the labeled serving and mixing directions rather than treating the powder like instant black coffee. Chike advises mixing with cool or room-temperature liquid before warming, because whey does not mix well directly into hot water. It contains dairy protein; the plant-based version below is a different formulation.
21. Toasted coconut mocha protein coffee
Plant-based drink mix · coconut and chocolate
Chike's plant-based Toasted Coconut Mocha combines coffee with a coconut-and-chocolate flavor and 20 grams of plant protein per serving. The maker distinguishes this range from its whey-based products, so it offers a different formulation as well as a different flavor.
This is still a prepared drink mix rather than flavored roasted beans. Compare the current label for sweeteners, serving size and allergens, especially when choosing it as a substitute for another Chike product. The appeal is a convenient creamy coffee drink with protein; the package alone is not a reason to expect a better workout or weight-loss result.
22. Jacu bird coffee
Brazil · unusual bean processing
Fazenda Camocim's Jacu coffee is unusual because of its production route. The farm describes cherries selected and eaten by jacu birds, with the seeds recovered after digestion and subsequently processed into coffee. It is not a coffee flavored with an animal-derived ingredient.
The current range includes a 250-gram tin, shown here, alongside other formats. This is a specialty curiosity to investigate through the producer's sourcing information, not an automatic upgrade over ordinary coffee. Rarity and a striking story do not establish that you will prefer the cup. US buyers should confirm shipping and the exact format before ordering.
23. Black Ivory elephant-processed coffee
Thailand · rare processed beans
Black Ivory describes coffee cherries passing through elephants before the beans are collected, washed, dried and processed. The coffee sold for brewing is the cleaned and roasted seed. Its current Treasure package contains 40 grams, in a presentation box with a small tin.
The small quantity makes the package size especially important: it is not a normal full-size bag. The producer describes chocolate, tamarind and plum notes, but those remain the producer's tasting account. Read about the production and animal-care arrangements before deciding whether the experience interests you; the unusual process does not prove a health or quality advantage.
Nine unusual combinations in the cup
These are drinks or serving styles, so they do not have one definitive coffee pack. The ingredients added after brewing are what make them different.
24. Coffee and cheese
Cheese can take coffee toward a savory, creamy combination rather than another flavored syrup. There is no single recipe behind the phrase: a cheese topping is different from a drink served with pieces of a particular cheese. Nguyen Coffee Supply describes cheese among variations on Vietnamese egg coffee, alongside other additions.
Choose a specific drink to explore instead of melting whichever cheese happens to be in the refrigerator. The texture matters as much as the flavor. A café serving is a useful first introduction when the combination is completely new to you.
25. Vietnamese egg coffee
Vietnamese egg coffee puts a whipped topping of egg yolk, condensed milk and sugar over concentrated coffee. Nguyen Coffee Supply's recipe uses robusta as the base and describes a thick, foamy egg cream. The result is closer to a coffee dessert than an ordinary splash of milk in a mug.
For an uncooked or lightly cooked topping, use pasteurized eggs. Hot coffee or a brief warm-water bath is not a reliable substitute for a proper cooking step. The topping is the point here; adding raw egg directly to your normal brew is not the same preparation.
26. Sea salt coffee
85°C Bakery Cafe's Sea Salt Coffee combines a sweetened Americano with sea salt whipped cream. The salt belongs to the topping, where it contrasts with sweetness and coffee bitterness. That is a much more specific idea than sprinkling a generous amount of salt into black coffee.
If you enjoy salted caramel, the sweet-and-salty direction will be familiar even without caramel syrup. Try the drink before asking for extra sweetener. For anyone avoiding dairy, the named café version contains milk, and the published allergen information also lists soy.
27. Butter coffee
Butter coffee changes the richness and texture of the finished drink. Bulletproof's version combines brewed coffee with butter or ghee and MCT oil, then blends it. It is a preparation, not a particular roast or a flavoring added to dry beans.
Think of it as a rich coffee drink rather than a complete breakfast. Follow the quantities in the chosen recipe; free-pouring oil is an easy way to make the result unpleasantly greasy. If blending hot coffee, use equipment approved for hot liquids and follow its venting instructions.
28. Lemon coffee
Lemon can add an aromatic garnish or become a major ingredient. Peel and juice do different jobs: peel contributes aroma, while juice changes the drink's tartness. Lavazza's Espresso Lemon Twist is a cocktail example of the wider citrus-and-coffee idea, rather than a standard recipe for every lemon coffee.
For a simple experiment with your usual cup, begin with the aroma of a small peel garnish instead of committing to a large squeeze of juice. If the coffee already tastes too sharp to you, more tartness is unlikely to be the change you want.
29. Nitro cold brew
Nitro is unusual mainly because of texture. Starbucks describes infusing cold brew with nitrogen as it leaves the tap, producing tiny bubbles and a cascading appearance. The foamy head can look creamy even when no milk has been added.
Order a plain version to understand that difference before comparing sweet-cream or flavored versions. Nitro does not automatically mean a sweeter recipe or a fixed caffeine content; those depend on the underlying coffee and serving. It is a café-style change you can explore without committing to a whole bag of unfamiliar flavored beans.
30. Espresso tonic
Espresso tonic combines coffee with tonic water's sweetness, bitterness and bubbles. Lavazza's method starts with ice and tonic, then adds espresso slowly. Leave room in the glass and pour gently: the visual layer is part of the appeal, but overflowing foam is not.
If the drink tastes harsh, try a smaller espresso addition with the same tonic and ice, then notice whether the coffee still comes through. You do not need flavored beans for this experiment. Lavazza also suggests moka pot or AeroPress coffee when an espresso machine is unavailable.
31. Coffee beer
Coffee beer puts the coffee character into an alcoholic drink. Some products use actual coffee or extract; a beer's roasted flavor alone does not establish that it contains coffee. Look at the brewer's ingredient description and alcohol label rather than assuming every dark beer delivers the same combination.
It is better approached as a beer style to explore than as a challenge to mix large amounts of espresso and alcohol. Caffeine does not reduce alcohol's effects. Coffee aromas may complement a beer, but added coffee will not make drinking or driving safer.
32. Cola and coffee
Cola moves coffee toward a sweet, carbonated soft drink. Unlike the root-beer-float-flavored beans earlier in the list, this combination gets its bubbles from an actual fizzy ingredient. It also differs from tonic water, so liking one does not guarantee that you will like the other.
Start with a small glass and cooled coffee so you can judge the balance before making a larger serving. Both the cola and coffee may contribute caffeine; check the cola label and consider the total. There is no need to track down an old branded coffee-cola can to understand the flavor idea.
Choosing a coffee you will want to finish
Start with a food flavor you already enjoy, then buy the smallest sensible quantity. Root beer float and pistachio are very different bets. A character on the bag can make a fun gift, but the recipient still needs to like the coffee inside and have the right brewer or grinder for its format.
Use a brewing method you know for the first cup. Try it plain, then add unflavored milk if you normally drink coffee that way. Flavored creamers can hide the very thing you bought the bag to explore. Our coffee-tasting guide helps separate aroma, sweetness, acidity and texture.
Keep added milk, syrups, butter and other ingredients out of your brewer's water reservoir. Add them to the finished coffee unless the equipment is specifically designed for that ingredient.
Frequently asked questions
Do flavored beans contain sugar?
The flavor name alone does not tell you. Tasting notes, added flavoring, syrup and sweetened drink powder are different things. Compare the ingredient and nutrition labels for the exact product, especially with protein mixes and dessert-style drinks.
Are chocolate tasting notes the same as chocolate flavoring?
No. A roaster may describe chocolate-like qualities in an unflavored coffee. A product explicitly sold as chocolate-truffle-flavored coffee is a different proposition. That distinction explains why two similarly named bags can produce quite different cups.
Does whiskey coffee contain alcohol?
Jack Daniel's Coffee and CoffeeAM's Mexican Liqueur & Cream explicitly describe their products as non-alcoholic. Do not extend those statements to every barrel-aged coffee or to drinks made with added spirits.
What can I try without buying a special bag?
Espresso tonic changes the drink after brewing. Follow the linked Lavazza method with espresso, moka pot or AeroPress coffee. A single café serving of sea salt coffee or nitro cold brew is another way to explore without buying a full bag.
