Colombia Organic Sierra Nevada FTO Santa Marta Colombia: Organic Sierra Nevada FTO, Santa Marta

This bean is quickly becoming one of my favorites! Roasted just to the first crack delivers a smooth cup with hints of chocolate reminds one of having a hot cocoa. Surprise find indeed.

This is a very good coffee. Not my favorite, that would be Costa Rican La Magnolia, but very good. What makes this so good is the way it roasts. If you're new to roasting grab a bag of these beans. They have a very recognizable first and second crack with a nice pause in between. I'm using a Behmor 1600 and my initial program is: 1#, P1, D, ++, start. I roast to about 15 seconds into second crack. Give it a try and enjoy.

Have ordered this 3 times now and it always delivers a good cup. I take it just into second crack ( 10 seconds or so ), let it setup a day or two, and then enjoy. I have a pound in the drawer I'm going to cook up, back up in quarters and send to special friends for Xmas. Oh, before I forget - the Corral is fantastic love the service!

These are great beans for a novice roaster. They roast fairly uniformly with great depth and character. The brew tastes wonderful.

Colombia Organic Sierra Nevada FTO has become a mainstay of our regular orders. It is rich and very smooth. We are not fans of the sweeter coffees. We like them dark and bold. Each of our orders, we get 5 lb of these beans, and try out some others. We have tried a number of different levels of roast with this one, and have found these beans to be fairly forgiving. We roast in a cast iron wok that came with my grill over a propane burner I use for brewing beer. Which reminds me, I have used these beans in a porter that came out excellent, too!

Whenever and wherever possible, I try to stick with organic coffees or those that are labeled RFI (Rain Forest Initiative), and FTO (Free Trade Organization). I just believe these are better tasting and better for you from a healthy perspective and better for the workers and sellers to the buyers. Colombian coffees have long been a favorite coffee among many people and especially as a breakfast coffee. I roasted a pound of this yesterday 7/6/20 (on our anniversary), and the aroma was wonderful. I'm impatient and even though one should wait anywhere from 24-48 hrs. to grind and brew, and this does make a difference. I just cannot wait that long. :) Ground and brewed a pot yesterday afternoon and another this morning. Honestly, I could not tell the difference. This is a GREAT morning coffee! Smooth and delicious and what one expects from Colombian coffee. Have not had this in a bit. Glad I ordered it! It is many people's favorite coffee of all and perhaps the most recognised? It is a good thing to have a variety of coffees and when you return to your favorite, your taste buds wake up and scream with delight, THANK YOU!!! :)

This coffee satisfies my search for a fine South American brew. I really like the high notes in this bean, which is precisely what I miss when I spend too much time on, say, a Sulawesi (which I like for other reasons, however!). It to me awhile to find the bean that satisfied my taste, and I warmly recommend it to you if you share my pleasure in Central and South American beans.

I don't know all the fancy terms for coffee, but after six decades or so of coffee drinking I do know what I like. And I like this coffee. I primarily do cold brew these days and brew if in batches. I've done this bean in both medium and dark roastsand both make a very tasty cup of coffee. You can definitely taste the difference between the two. Medium gives me a more fruity taste and dark more of a chocolaty taste. These days I stick to organically grown coffee and prefer to buy beans from the small cooperatives.

Another very smooth brew with a nice nutty finish.

This is the first time I've ever tried roasting my own beans and I'm really enjoying these. I don't know if I'll ever buy pre-roasted again. Thank you!

It performed amazing and everyone who has had the pleasure of tasting it would know it is wonderful, I pushed it to a full City roast and it tasted amazing.

We like this coffee.

When I first opened the bag of this Organic Colombian I was a little afraid of the quality because many beans were damaged and not consistently sized. However, after roasting this to just the start of 2nd crack, the flavor is incredible. This bean has a natural sweetness to it that I haven’t really experienced elsewhere. A very nice body and smoothness to it as well. Just slight enough acidity to give it some life. I’ll buy this one again!

Good coffee. Easy to roast and clearly Columbian.

The coffee bean is smaller and easy to roast. Very good flavor and I would order it again.

I ordered this coffee about a month ago, roasted it a few times. I cannot find any redeeming qualities of taste or flavor - it's just boring and bitter no matter how light/dark I roast it.

I roasted tis to a light medium roast and it very wonderful coffee. Made a cup for my neighbor who usually takes cream and sugar. She said she could drink this straight. I use it in an Aero Press.

Wonderful.

A solid Colombian bean for everyday drinking. Taken to a full city+ or Vienna roast made for pleasant drinking black, with balanced acidity and a mild chocolate aroma. I'd recommend this as an excellent modestly priced bean to bulk up on for home roasting.

Love this one.

I am just beginning to learn how to roast coffee. I'm using a Poplite Hot Air Popcorn Popper. I chose this variety because I have always enjoyed Columbian coffee and it's organic. So far the flavor has been consistent. I count on that as I experiment with time and temperature and how they affect the flavor. I haven't roasted a batch that I didn't like.

Coffee is very nice and smooth. Has very little chafe when roasting . Will probably purchase again.

This is a great coffee. I have enjoyed it immensely at about a city roast just at the start of the second crack and would recommend it and plan on making it a staple.

A well balanced cup. We love it. It is one of our go to favorites.

This is a good tasting coffee. Every cup I say, "what a great cup of coffee". I tried many types of coffee, but this to me is the BEST. The finest tasting coffee I ever had. I have been buying this coffee for some time. We ran out and since we had purchased other coffee we used those. UGH UGH. I stopped drinking coffee until I ordered this again. What a great tasting coffee. And my wife agrees.

Columbia Organic Sierra Nevada beans are really good. I will be ordering these again.

Excellent coffee with a very smooth taste. I would definitely reorder this coffee bean.

This has become a regular item and foundation as 50% of whatever blend is the menu at the time - consistently tasty with a rich fragrance as a dark roast.

Brewed a pound of this last night to a light roast and split the beans in half and flavored 1/2 as Cherry Chocolate Truffle and 1/2 as Butter Rum. The cherry was amazing and can't wait to sample the butter rum next. I will likely share the Cherry with the family for a great christmas surprise.

On a scale of 1-10, I really like it and your shipping is prompt.

I've tried many beans in my life, this is one of my favorites! A low chaff clean tasting organic Columbian. The beans look so good and I'm happy they're grown here in such place as Oregon.