3 Lb, Single Origin Unroasted Green Coffee Beans, Specialty Grade From Single Nicaraguan Estate, Direct Trade (Caturra Varietal)

I absolutely adore this coffee and most coffees from Central to South America. This is the most inexpensive way to get the absolute best quality coffee is to buy your green unroasted beans and roast them yourself. Don’t be fooled by gimmicks. You can roast coffee in a good stainless steel pan with a couple of wooden spatulas or wooden spoons over a medium heat. It takes about 15 to 20 minutes to a medium roast. Longer if you want it darker but that’s the beauty you get to choose. There’s also some delicious coffee from the Honduras that I have my eyes on, I better go buy 10 pounds of that now too

Great flavor! I did a medium and dark roast. Both are full of flavor. Low acidity. Quality is great, it was fresh upon arrival and makes for a smooth coffee.

They are both quality beans with very few bad or broken beans. But I preferred the Caturra more. The Parainema variety had too much of an acidic finish. I tried the Caturra first and at just about any roast it came out really nice. The Parainema was roasted to medium and a slightly darker roast and mixed the roasts at a 2:1 medium to dark ratio. I'm tempted to try a blonde roast and see if that makes it more tolerable on the finish. My Roasting Method: I used a 1475 Watt popcorn popper with about 2 ounces in each batch. It took about 5 minutes to reach first crack and about 1-3 minutes after it began the second crack and then I pulled it off the heat during second crack. Brewing Method: This is where I might have gone wrong and will update my review if the acidic finish is just from using water that was too hot. I measured out 15 grams of coffee for 8 ounces of water. put the grounds in the hot water and let it steep for 3 minutes. Agitated it a few times and it created a dark cup of coffee with a very nice thick foam on top. Taste(Parainema Variety): It has a very silky mouthfeel, extremely easy to drink, with a depth of flavor, very smooth and easy on the palette. Then a lingering acidic aftertaste that just doesn't go away. It's just interesting how the finish is in such contrast with the initial taste. In the end the over-acidic finish was just overwhelming and will have to experiment to see if I can get that down a bit. I understand that this is a characteristic of this bean and there are many brewing methods that can change that profile a bit, so will experiment with different roasts, temperatures and brewing methods to try and make a less acidic result.

My wife and I have constantly been on the hunt for the best home coffee we can find for years. We had settled into Peet's French Roast and Starbuck's Verona, depending which one was on sale. Great products. Then I saw a video about roasting coffee at home, and remembered I'd always wanted to try it. While watching subsequent videos to learn how to do the roasting, I got tipped off to this brand of green coffee on Amazon. I ordered some, and my wife was very doubtful about messing with our daily coffee set-up. I took about 8oz. out of the bag to start with, and roasted it in a steel saute pan in the kitchen. I pulled out some of our regular dark roasted beans and roasted these green beans to just about match the color of the store bought ones. During this first roasting attempt, the kitchen filled with a light, aromatic smoke, but not enough to set off the smoke alarms. Luckily, I hadn't tried to roast a larger quantity, which almost certainly would have set off the alarm. The next morning, we brewed the new coffee. Compared to the commercial beans, the flavor was lighter with less of the ponderous, bitter taste we'd come to associate with dark roast. The aftertaste was more wholesome, and once our tastebuds adjusted to the lighter drinking experience, we realized this coffee went better with food, and was less acidy. Now we don't walk around with burnt coffee breath, and (not to be gross here) my urine doesn't smell like I'm rinsing out a coffee urn. Caffeine levels seem about the same if not a little higher. If you try to brew this coffee stronger to match the flavor intensity of the commercial beans, you will probably not reach the deeper, burnt commercial taste, but your fingers will start to tingle, letting you know caffeine is high. We don't have the need to go that strong, but to each his own. I now roast one pound at a time on the gas grill side burner outside, and that just about gets us through the week. I love the smoke smell sticking to my hands, clothes and sinus cavity after roasting. It's a pleasing, unique smell that I find myself beginning to crave. My wife loves this coffee, and is sure "this is the one" and our long search is at an end. After six weeks, I would be very apprehensive to switch her back to commercial coffee now.

I've always been a coffee lover. Being of spanish descent, having a good strong cup of coffee is of utmost importance. I grew up on Cafè Bustello and making coffee in the sock (coffee grinds in a sock that you pour boiling hot water over and let steep in a pot.) Much of the flavor derived from the coffee came from re-using the sock / coffee ground method over and over. As I got older, I upgraded to whole bean coffee and a grinder to grind myself. I threw away the sock method of brewing and used a simple pour over instead. As the flavors in coffee became more succinct and aromatic, I continued to explore new and innovative ways to make coffee. Recently I stumbled upon an article that talked about saving money by buying green coffee beans. It piqued my interest and I found I could roast my own coffee without having to invest in expensive gadgets. I did a quick search on Amazon for "green coffee beans" and came across all the great reviews that Primos Coffee Co. had. I decided to make the jump and quickly bought 3 lbs of green coffee beans. When the beans arrived I used a stainless steel pot to roast them. I waited 24 hours before grinding them and then quickly made myself a cup of coffee. I became hooked! I have never tasted such a rich and aromatic cup of HOME MADE coffee!! Who knew you could get coffee house style coffee at home and for a fraction of the cost. I would highly recommend these beans to anyone who is looking to brew coffee at home. There is a learning curve to roasting and especially if your looking to roast via the stove top method. Personally, I didn't want to spend money on a hot air popcorn popper because my kitchen is small and cupboard space is valuable real estate. Instead, I poured over article after article that discussed using a heavy stainless steel pot to roast green coffee beans. It was very challenging and because I like my coffee beans on the dark side, there's a fine line between dark / oily dark / and the dreaded burnt bean. Make sure you get the pot nice and toasty before pouring 1 cup of green coffee beans in. Once the beans are in the pot begin stirring with a wooden spatula and don't stop! Train your ear to listen carefully for that first and second crack. Once you get to second crack, the beans seem to come alive and it sounds like bacon sizzling on a frying pan. Throughout the entire process the key is to constantly stir the beans with a wooden spatula AS WELL AS shake the pot back and forth. This helps the beans get an even roast between them. I've experimented with just stirring and only shaking and found that a combination of the 2 motions help even out the roast of the beans. Otherwise, you'll have both dark-dark- roasted beans and chocolatey caramel colored beans in the same roast. Once the beans come to a preferred roast, quickly whisk them out of the pot and into a mesh strainer. If you live in the northeast, take your beans outside and whisk them in the chilly winter air to cool. It also helps get the chaff off the bean without having your kitchen look like a chocolate feather contest gone wild. After the beans cool, place them in a glass jar and seal. I've found that the flavor becomes richer the longer you let the beans rest. 3 day "old" beans are a perfect rich cup of coffee for me whereas next day or 2 day old beans have a mild flavor. 1 cup of green coffee beans yields me 5 days worth of coffee.

roasts evenly and has a wonderful depth of aroma and flavor

Now i'm going to give this a 3 for now, since i'm new to roasting coffees. (might just be me) When i first got the coffee, i was looking at websites to see how long to roast. I heard 1st popping for medium and first picture does look like that. It was still green/nutty non coffee tasting at this point though. I did a 2nd roast to how i like a dark shiny oils coming out roast. This coffee was sweet, and smooth, yet finished with a light bitterness, which i heard can be from roasting, so i'm going to try going just slightly less. 1st batch, med high gas stovetop with nuvo roaster, till i noticed first color on beans, then reduced to between low/high setting and sat 10 seconds, stir 10 seconds till 10 minutes. Result med bland roast, no flavor. 2nd roasting the blacker beans above was at medium heat, but constant stirring, lot more popping, almost all the way to a 15 minute mark, which i hovered over the fire about 3-4 inches stiring constantly. As you can see the roast looks awesome, like store bought beans with fresh oils coming out. The flavor like a mild smooth coffee, but just had that slight bitterness at the end. If i can figure out how to get that out, i'd give this 5 stars. I'm going to try different variety of beans using same dark roast method and will report back if it's just this type of bean. Anyways, for the price though, you're getting a lot of quality uniform beans, this coffee might be better for a blend.

Great quality, tasted best when roasted medium!