An object is to provide coke having a high strength and excellent extrusion capability from a coke oven and a method for manufacturing the coke. In addition, provided is a method for quantitatively evaluating homogeneity of a coal blend. Using a mixing apparatus having a capability of controlling a degree of mixing to be 0.85 or more at 60 seconds after the start of a mixing and stirring operation when stirring and mixing a coal blend makes it possible to disintegrate pseudo-particles in the coal blend in order to homogenize the coal blend. Therefore, it is possible to manufacture coke excellent in terms of coke strength and extrusion capability. The degree of mixing is defined by equation (1): degree of mixing = ÃC 0 ˆ’ ÃC / ÃC 0 ˆ’ ÃCf Here, the degree of mixing is a value calculated from the standard deviation of characteristic values respectively determined for the samples taken from the stirred and mixed coal blend. ÃC 0 denotes the standard deviation of a characteristic value when mixing is not entirely performed, ÃCf denotes the standard deviation of characteristic values when mixing has been completely performed, and ÃC denotes the standard deviation of respective characteristic values of the samples taken.