Peru Approcassi Cajamarca Fair Trade Shade Grown Organic Coffee Beans (Dark Roast (Espresso), 5 Pounds Whole Beans)

The Very Best Coffee I have ever purchased!I have found that roasting this in 3 small batches, at different time intervals and the grinding the beans and blending the 3 Roasts, brings out a magnificent flavor, aroma and quality.I roast three, equal amounts of beans at 9 minutes, 11 minutes & 13 minutes.I have used both my AirPop Popcorn popper and my Stove Top Popcorn Popper for Roasting. Both produce outstanding results.This process produces a very smooth, delicious, cup of Heavenly Coffee.No need to add Cream or Sweetener.If you do, try a little 100% Organic Real Maple Syrup and Grass Fed 1/2 & 1/2.Absolutely Scrumptious!This Roasting also produces an excellent Espresso!!!I quit buying coffee at any coffeehouse!This one is Superior to them all!My friends and family all agree!!!

I recommend that you buy the Medium Roast! I ordered 3 lbs of Light Roast. To me it tasted bitter. I called their custoemr service. I spoke to a customer rep and and then the manager. They were both *really* helpful and informative. They confirmed that they roast the coffee on the same day that they ship it. The manager told me that what I called bitter was probably a "green taste" - that this coffee is better at a medium roast. She sent me some Medium Roast. This is wonderful! I also learned to roast the Light Roast so that it is darker using my WhirlyPop popcorn maker. Now I have a deliciously smooth cup of coffee! Very happy! Update: Every single day I thoroughly love my fabulously delicious coffee!

I have ordered the Peru Approcassi Cajamarca from this company twice. The whole bean Full City + is a wonderful coffee. I hope my mailman likes the smell of freshly roasted coffee, I can smell it when I get about 2 feet from my mailbox, so I know the inside of the mail truck smells like a coffee roaster. I look forward to hand grinding small amounts each morning with a 100 year old grinder, I brew it in a stainless Frieling Press and and it is magnificent. The chocolate undertones are the first thing I taste, then the light fruit and very robust fullness, no earthy taste, just full body and very smooth. I don't drink coffee at any coffee shop now because everything else is a let down.

Used to be good, but quality has declined over time and their customer service is terrible. When I got a bag of really bad coffee (something went wrong with the batch) they were unwilling to help me and the tone of the email was kind of unbelievable given that I've literally spend thousands with this company over the years. I'm done - I'll take my business elsewhere.

These are great, affordable beans. Depending on how you grind and/or brew them, you can make a nice strong full bodied cup with good bitterness, or you can make a clean, bright cup that features a nice tartness, so its really like getting more than one bean, and at under $10/lb its a wonderful deal. I personally use a syphon for my brewing, and you should try this bean with a medium-coarse grind and about 45-60 seconds brewing time in your syphon and tell me if you don't love this bean.

very nice flavored roasted light to medium

I purchased "Peru Approcassi Cajamarca" (medium roast) specifically for cold brew but I also used it to brew coffee via French Press, Keurig, and espresso.It's a very strong bean, ultra-bold, but not my favorite flavor of bean. It's nutty and sweet. Almost fruity overtones. Many coffee drinkers I know appreciate this flavor, but I don't. I prefer chocolaty and bitter to nutty and sweet. For me, this coffee is good but not great. I don't see myself ordering it again, but if I did, medium roast is pretty bold / dark as it is. I'm not sure I'd get the dark roast.Because of its strength, if you appreciate this particular coffee flavor, this bean is for you if you like strong coffee flavor.

I prefer a light roast, which seems to be kind of hard to find. I purchased Peruvian Approcassi coffee at a Whole Foods store and loved it. This is tastes about the same for half the price. The package says it has a chocolate-like finish and it does. The beans are not very oily, but I'm not enough of a coffee snob to know how important that is. I'm just happy to find a great tasting light roast at a reasonable price.