Following on from a bit of coverage on here, I ordered and received yesterday 4 bags from them. Arrived nicely packaged with colourful labels on the bags. They offer a choice of conventional coffee bags or some nice looking tins which cost about £3 extra but since I had no use for them, refrained. All the beans were roasted on the 13th. I will select one to open in 2 days for use in my Clever then it will be about a bag a week after that. If anyone has tried them and has any comments feel free. I bought: Guatamala Antigua Electric Popoyan Decaf Motor Oil and Kenyan Kiamabara

I ordered the Ethiopian (in the pink tin) and the Motor Oil earlier in the year. The tins are really nice and make a good coffee gift although as you say, little use for them really. I remember shipping was very quick too. My experience was a mixed bag. The Ethiopian was one of the best coffees I’ve had. Flavour notes were bang on and I remember with milk it was a real treat. Motor Oil on the other hand seemed fairly mediocre. Not unpleasant, just not as enjoyable as the Ethiopian.

I ordered two bags earlier on this month, delivery was quick, prices reasonable but they sent a double order, I tried to contact them by email but no response from them so far. I’ve not tried the beans yet so can’t comment on the coffee. Guatemala - Antigua Regional #1 Re-fill Bag - Wholebean, 1kg Honduras - Carlos Alfredo Estevez Re-fill Bag - Wholebean, 250gr

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dfk41

Twotone2 Hi Tony, without further ado, I would just forget your double order and drink it. By the time they have paid returns postage and bearing in mind I am fairly certain they cannot re sell beans that are returned I doubt they will be overly concerned matey!

Twotone2

dfk41 Twotone2 Hi Ton7, without further ado, I would just forget your double order and drink it. By the time they have paid returns postage and bearing in mind I am fairly certain they cannot re sell beans that are returned I doubt they will be overly concerned matey!

Aye funnily enough the same thing happened last year with White Rose Coffee who also sent a double order and when I contacted them they told me just to keep the beans, think the guy said the courier would reimburse him.

ST30B

Motor oil is OK- nothing special.

The current Guatemalan - I got the orange, more so the longer it was left.
I preferred the previous Guatemalan they did but had no response from them on wether it will return and I’m not on social media. I’m assuming you got the current orange crop? Description differs from website

shaun__

I’ve had the honduran and guatemalan beans from them. I liked both and still have about 300g of the guat to go back to at some point.

I will use them again, might give the Ethiopian a shot at some point.

dfk41

I opened the Guatamalan yesterday 7 days post roast. I made 3 cappuccinos with it for guests who did not comment on it. Today I made a Cafetiere for myself. It was basically tasteless to me so I will leave it another 4 or 5 days to see if with age, anything develops. The remaining 3 bags which were all roasted on the same day, I will leave and not open until I have to.

shaun__

that’s interesting @dfk41 . i opened it quite early, probably a week in. and got the noticeable orange zest. is it definitely this same one?

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dfk41

shaun__ I am so glad you asked me that question! In my old age and forgetfulness, I opened the Kenyan!

Twotone2

I’ll try one or the other tomorrow guys just let me know which one?

Guatemalan or Honduran?

shaun__

Twotone2

They are very different, the Honduran was a typically “funky” natural for me with the pronounced “farmyard” notes, especially when grinding it. Nowhere near the tasting notes but that’s normal for me with central American naturals. That very particular bit very hard to describe taste/aroma. I really liked it.

The Guatemalan was more “clean” tasting as expected, chocolatey with plenty of sweetness and the orange zest/citrus acidity. I’ll need to get about my last 200g this week.

You’ll have to toss a coin, I think. :)

edit: for some reason the forum is censoring t-o-s-s…

Twotone2

shaun__ They

I tried the Honduran, smells amazing in the bag and when ground as said above, got the grind right bang on straight away, and can smell that ‘farmyard’ thing too, I like it as an espresso, kinda, not good in an Americano with a dash of milk which is the way my wife likes her coffee so she didn’t like it, I take mine with milk mainly flat white and the coffee was just okay but there’s a sort of unpleasant background smell when I’m drinking it, I wouldn’t buy it again but I’ve had coffees like this previously so probably not our thing although I did really like the Rocco mountain we had recently and this coffee is quite similar.

I’ve bought a 15g VST basket which should arrive tomorrow so I’ll give the coffee another shot when the basket arrives as the VST baskets are supposed to be good with lighter roasts so looking forward to tasting it again to compare.

Tony

shaun__

Twotone2

I think it’s probably quite far over to the “love or hate” side of the natural spectrum. I can imagine it might not work as an americano with a dash of milk.

I loved it as a cortado though, about half and half espresso to steamed milk.

Twotone2

shaun__

Thanks I’ll give that a go.

Twotone2

shaun__ I loved it as a cortado though, about half and half espresso to steam

Just had a cortado it’s much better, very fruity but still not enjoyable for us.

Interesting though, think I need to dial it in a bit better.

dfk41

Well, I rested the Kenyan for 9 days post roast and they were very wishy washy, so, I left them anouther 8 days and they have developed quite nicely. I think the tasting notes of Blackcurrant, Juicy, Ripe Mango are a little far fetched cos I got nowt like that! I have just finished the last of the bag so will open the Motor Oil, a Brazilian which promises Red Grape, Toffee, Hazelnut…..we live in hope!

Twotone2

I’m now on the Guatemala, it’s decent but there’s very little orange or tangerine, plenty milk chocolate coming through though, I’ve tried going long and short but it doesn’t change much, I’ve had the odd excellent coffee.

The Espresso is very nice in the cup, I’m grinding about 8 on the duo 15g in 35-40g out in about 30-35 seconds.

I wouldn’t order from them again both lots of beans have been nothings special so far.

I’ve a one kg bag of the Guatemalan left unopened and I gave my son the 250g bag of the Honduran.

dfk41

Well, I found the Motor Oil reasonable, the Guatamalan canny but the star of the show, for me anyway is the Electric decaf. Promising all sorts of exotic candied fruits which may or may not be there of course. I have only had it in milk today so my breakfast americano tomorrow will hopefully confirm that I will be placing another order very soon!

https://ridegrind.com/product/electric-popayan-decaf-re-fill-bag-250gr

dfk41

The decaf was good with milk but for my weird palate, not so good as americano, but I will persevere

Twotone2

The Guatemalan is good and it does actually smell of the notes on the bag when it’s espresso in the cup but those notes are so light that you really can’t taste them but very very occasionally you get a slight hint of Orange in a flat white or an Americano.

FadedFrontiers

Their Ethiopian just arrived and is a noticeably darker roast than I’ve had in a while. First shot tried as an espresso but it was very bitter so made it into a latte which was okay. 10/10 for the tin though 🤣