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

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!

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.

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

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.

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.

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? [/URL]

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

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

Ride & Grind

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 🤣

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