CoffeeNov 6, 2026
The world's strongest coffee: a basement bet that nearly drowned in its own success
Official homepage: https://deathwishcoffee.com Most coffee stores sell comfort. Death Wish Coffee sells a dare the self-proclaimed strongest coffee in the world, built on a blend of dark-roast arabica and organic robusta beans that delivers roughly twice the caffeine of a standard cup. The origin story is even more caffeinated than the product: a failing Saratoga Springs coffee-shop owner named Mike Brown started blending beans in his basement around 2010, nearly went under when a Good Morning America feature flooded his rickety website with ten thousand orders, then won a Super Bowl commercial and became the top-selling fair-trade and organic coffee brand in the United States. One Man's Basement Blend Became a National Caffeine Dare Mike Brown w …