A ground roast coffee tablet which is capable of being brewed in a conventional automatic drip coffee maker, and which exhibits sufficient strength to withstand all aspects of manufacture, handling, packaging, transport without breakage but also readily disintegrates when contacted with hot water during brewing. The tablet comprises at least about 91% ground roast coffee, has a density of at least 0.90 g/cm3, has a hardness of at least about 30 N and has a friability of no greater than about 10%.
