Well the coffee turned up on Friday, so the extra I paid for UPs seems a waste, cheered up by the fact that the Kenyan Mbokam AB, washed SL28, Riuru 11 is proving very tasty, as good a Kenyan (or a coffee) as I have had this year. Notes are blackcurrant (tick), vanilla (tick) and rose (maybe?).

    MWJB Kenyan Mbokam AB

    I’m glad you are enjoying it, I am just waiting on my bag of it to arrive. Shipping seems very slow at the moment

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      16 days later

      Barn, Ethiopia, Sidama, Shantawene anaerobic natural mixed heirloom - I often get hooked by the notes describing Ethiopian coffees and am left wanting. However. this coffee certainly delivers, good flavour intensity and sweetness, My most preferred Ethiopian in recent memory.

      Notes are passion fruit (so expect a little tart edge), strawberry (not so much for me) and round (certainly not as tea like/delicate as many Ethiopians).

      4 months later

      They have free shipping on all orders to the UK now until end of this month.

      My first order had a 2 week wait before they cancelled it saying they had problems in their dispatch department, and were not going to be able to fulfil the order.

      My second order had a 1.5 week wait before they finally dispatched. One bag had a stone.

      Never again.

      think you can get duds from anyone, i had a bad roast from tim wendelbow and a a.m.o.c coffee that was just grass

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      • MWJB replied to this.

        Cuprajake Sure, but the long (& sometimes non) delivery times are a concern. I also had a bag not turn up, they sorted it as it was an error their end, but resulted in a 3-4 week delivery time total.

        A shame as the coffee was, on average, better than most I get in the UK.

          The beans are nice though. All three bags seem to be very small beans (peaberries?). I’ve also found I have to grind a bit finer with all three bags than most I’ve had.

          11 days later

          It seems that they can be a bit hit and miss. I took advantage of the April free delivery.
          I ordered them 22nd April, they were delivered today.
          Delivery was via UPS and tracking details were excellent.

          • MWJB replied to this.

            Igm45 Glad your order arrived OK, but 10 days via UPS seems a long time for a courier delivery & the accompanying upcharge?

              I’m not sure what you mean by the up charge?
              I ordered Monday night last week. Arrived today, I would’ve rested the beans for that length of time anyway so I’m relatively happy with that.
              Sure it could’ve been faster but I’m not in a rush, if they taste good I’ll certainly order again (or just buy some when I’m in Berlin later this year).

              • MWJB replied to this.

                Igm45 Sorry, I seemed to recall that courier delivery was an additional charge to regular post and that regular post was expected to be a 10 day service?

                  Perhaps that is the usual service, I don’t know as this was my first time ordering from them.
                  They ran a promotion in April for free delivery to the UK, I took advantage of that so the only costs were those of the beans themselves.