Ethiopia Longberry Harrar Ethiopia: Longberry, Harrar

I like a blend of 60% 15 minute roast and 40% 17 minute roast, I get the soil and plant flavors and the caramelized sugar flavors without sacrificing good mouthfeel. It is what I think coffee should taste like. Better than any Columbian bean (IMHO). Harar, hurrah!

I have been roasting now for about 2 years, with a Behmor 1600. I usually don't write reviews, but in this case I thought it was prudent, this coffee I found extremely dirty with chaff in cool down mode and it roast's very fast between first and second crack almost inseparable, thus it is easy to over-roast, other than that it is a good cup of coffee. Just thought I'd let fellow roasters know.

Dark Pan Roast this at 430am, and Everyone in the neighborhood wakes up.

Interesting flavor profile for sure. Roasted to about City +, very nice mouthfeel, rich and balanced. I taste some chocolate, with some blueberry on the back end, that stays with you for a minute or too. Nothing overpowering, very pleasant. I tend to like this over some of the other Yirgs that lean toward the strawberry side. As in many things, ratings are very subjective. You either like it or not so much. But even if a particular bean is not your favorite, that doesn't take away from the fact that it is a fresh, quality bean. Seems like every bean I've tried from CBC is fits that bill.

Good stuff! This has been first coffee roasting adventure and I just gave them a light roast in a cast iron dutch oven on the stove and I couldn't be happier. I've ordered this bean from coffee roasters before and knew it was one of my favorites so I couldn't be happier that I'm able to get that deep dark flavor and aroma just screwing around on the stove. Chocolatey, currant berries, maybe a hint of citrus for the lighter roast.

Very good flavor still learning the in and out of the coffee roasting

Deep, rich, complex, balanced. Earthy, chocolate, fruity and beautiful. Classic Harrar.

It's so wonderful !!! Thank you ❤️

I reread my last posted review and can only say... I got a new roaster, wore out the last one, I roast 60% for 6 minutes and 40% for 8 minutes. I roast 630 grams every Saturday morning for my weeks brewing. Quoting from my previous review " It is what I think coffee should taste like. Better than any Columbian bean (IMHO). Harar, hurrah!" I kicked the Starbucks habit and could not be happier in my breakfast drink of choice!

Roasted just to the end of the first crack. Very good! I'll order more of this one.

I read these reviews which say they taste chocolate or blueberry or caramel. My palate is not so sophisticated. What I do know is that with my single bean blend of roast times, My morning CUPPA tastes like what I think coffee should taste like. An ancestor of mine in the 1800s who served both the union and the confederate navies wrote in a book that mornings start with a cup of coffee and a cigar. I no longer smoke but my day starts with a coffee. I often wonder how his coffee was and from where it came. I imagine he drank his as black as mine and only the sweetness of the natural bean. What was the coffee of 1840? Back to the review, I give 5 stars because I can't register six! Here is to 60% City roast and 40% City +. As my mug says, "I drink coffee for your protection!"