Primos Coffee Co. 3 Lb, Single Origin Unroasted Green Coffee Beans, Special Grade From A Single Nicaraguan Estate, Direct Trade (Caturra Variety)

Bought for my son's new coffee roaster as a present. They roast beautifully, and make lovely coffee. We've used a medium roast (about 24 minutes at 180°C, but it varies with weight of beans); when cool we sieve to remove the chaff and then leave a day before starting to use, medium getting in a cafètiere). Great fun, lovely coffee, amazing aroma from roasting.

I have been home roasting for several years and have enjoyed beans from around the world but this one is my new favourite! This bean is great at a medium roast but got some amazing results when I tried a darker, oily roast, too. And the extra bonus that it comes directly from a family’s farm in Nicaragua, makes it even more enjoyable.

Lovely mild taste when brewed unroasted. Worked well as an appetite suppressant too.

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.

This is an excellent Central American bean, just lovely. I roasted to first crack and enjoyed the results. It is mild, sweet, some cocoa notes - truly delicious! And what a great price for such a clean, high quality bean. I will definitely continue to order.