It is said that in 850 AD an Ethiopian goat herder named Kaldi discovered coffee when his flock began to dance around sleeplessly in the night. Curious, he discovered that his flock had been eating the cherries of coffee trees, and the rest is history. Ethiopian beans feature a fragrant aroma with hints of citrus and floral undertones. The subtle fruity taste of this bean is accompanied by a moderate acidity and light body. Excellent at any roast level.
Product Features
- High-quality raw unroasted coffee beans
- Coffee beans are packaged to ensure optimal freshness
- Roast the coffee to fit your own unique tastes
- Perfect for at-home coffee roasters
- 100% unroasted Ethiopian Yirgacheffe coffee beans
Decent value with shipping savings, but the quality wasn’t the “High quality” I hoped for. As it turns out everything that comes from Yirgacheffe is created equally. On a medium roast the flavor profile here was not as complex as I expected, brighter and less nutty than I expect from an Ethiopian origin, and had some green-bean-ish notes that might be okay if a light roast pushed towards tea flavors was what I was after, but not what I’ve come to expect from Ethiopian origins, and i found it unpleasant. It was much better as a Vienna roast, and some of those cups were quite good, but…
Great Single Variety Espresso I’m a big espresso guy, and I tend to gravitate towards the African continent coffee varietals since they stand up better to a darker roast.I roast using a heat gun and do small batches by hand — not the most refined method, but I find it a challenge to get an even roast and the slight differences in roast profile adds complexity to the batch that turns out to be pretty great for a coffee snob.These beans are not totally uniform in size, so especially challenging to get…
Beans Crawling With Bugs I’m fairly new to home roasting, and was very excited to find unroasted beans on Amazon. I usually procure my beans through Sweet Maria’s, but I like the speed and convenience of the Amazon purchasing process. I ordered a 5lb bag of unroasted Sumatra Mandheling beans and they arrived the following day.It was late in the evening before I got around to opening the bag. As soon as I cut the top off of the vacuum sealed bag, I noticed that the beans didn’t look quite right. They looked…