Ethiopia Organic Konga G1 Yirgacheffe Ethiopia: Organic Konga G1, Yirgacheffe

Great product. Coffee is as much about the roast as it is about the bean. Which is why I have roasted my own for years. The problem is it ruins you from the commercial coffee houses-can't stand Starbuck's and the rest-they burn their coffee which is why customers buy the Frappachinos (what ever they are called) etc.

I am new to roasting and getting consistancy is my lesson yet to be mastered. I can't wait until I get a real roaster. That being said, this bean is my favorite so far of 6 I've tried. Love the flavor of this bean. Can taiste the regional qualities strong throught a medium roast but something magical happens just going to 2nd crack or just past 2nd crack. Let it sit and degas 3-7 days and it not only keeps a bit of that regional flavor, the bightness drops just a tad and it seems to double in body - a wonderfully full cup from aroma to aftertaste! I am enjoying my roasting experience so far!

My wife and I just purchased this coffee, and it's awesome.I roasted a pound in my Cafemasy just to second crack.The aroma while roasting was a honey oatmeal smell.The flavor is definitely sweet and chocolaty and has a clean finish very smooth.We're also very happy with the delivery time.

A complex and smooth coffee. A bit of chocolate, some citrus fruit notes, and a touch of earthiness. Roasted just before 2nd crack and it's great.

I bought these beans because of the great things of heard about Ethiopian-grown coffee, and this was my first time roasting at home. I did the simple skillet method and constantly stirred with a whisk. Roasted to just after first crack for a medium roast, and oh my goodness, this is delicious. No cream and sugar needed or recommended, because the natural flavors and sweetness are all you need. Fantastic bean that I will always use.

Have not had an Ethiopian I didn't like. the bag you sent the 5 lb. coffee in was cool but I think this bag needs some type of liner to prevent air from drying the seeds. I noticed a difference in roast after bag set a week or so in dark container at 74 F. I have not noticed the with other coffees from other vendors using zip lock style or bags with liners. I'm using Kaldi 7oz motorized roaster and usually roast city to city+ with Ethiopian seeds

I've done Ethiopian Yergacheffe as a medium and light-medium roast, but not dark. Medium was about 30 s past 1st crack, and light-medium was just as first crack ended - SR540 roaster. Medium was citrus+dark chocolate and slightly bitter. Didn't expect that from an Ethiopian. Light-medium had too much citrus for me. I can understand how some people would like it, but I don't like the citrus bite in my coffee. I've had a really smooth floral Ethiopiian from a place further north called Hamasho Village that I prefer. I'll try roasting this Yerg to 2nd crack and see what happens.

Excellent coffee! Great taste!

My first order from Coffee Bean Coral and I'm very happy. This organic yirgacheffe has been a great first experience. Great flsvors all the way from almost-too-hot-to-drink right down to the last barely-warm dregs. Flavor variations over the whole temp range. Roasted to Full City and very pleased with the taste. I'll try a couple batches at FC+, but this will be hard to beat. And the price wasn't bad since it's yirgacheffe and it's organic.

Absolute Dynamite. What is there to say that hasn't already been said?.. Ethiopian yirgacheffe is absolutely delicious.

I'm usually a fan of natural process Ethiopians, so I wasn't expecting much from this washed variety. And to make matters worse, I accidentally let the roast go darker than I intended on my gas grill rotisserie rig -- mid second crack. I thought I had obliterated any trace of character from the beans, but the accidental dark roast is rich and flavorful. Tastes great as a pourover, an AeroPress, or a Mocha Pot. I want to repeat my happy accident. I'm ordering more!

Although this beans didn’t roast uniformly and took a long time to roast, my light roast tasted amazing! Sweet blonde roast, by the way I’m a dark roast person, but for the sake of time I settled for a blond roast on this one. I roasted on cast iron over fire. I can’t wait to achieve a darker roast on this unique beans.

Roasted lightly, you get strong notes of BLACK TEA and CITRUS. It's extremely delicious. I do highly recommend the light roast on this one.

I have to say that for $8 a pound this seems like a bargain! I just started roasting with an SR540 air roaster. First batches were awful. After a couple of weeks I'm getting some really good coffee. I love Yirgacheffe and it seems like it's a 50/50 chance of buying a good one these days. I love the fruity, citrus taste. I don't love paying $20 a pound for coffee though. This one definitely stands up to the better ones I've had. I normally like a light roast and I find that I need to get this to a medium / dark roast for the flavor to come out. Tons of chaffe with this so using two colanders in the breeze helps remove it. I noticed that once a lot of chaffe starts forming on top I know it's done.

So far of the three I’ve trie, this is my favorite! Smooth flavor. Just a hint of sweetness. Love it!

A very bright, bold and untamed Yerg. A virtual runaway freight train of flavor that might have some looking to tame it down a taste by adding some Indonesian to the mix....You will be getting your moneys worth of intense flavor!

If you take Geisha and Kona off the table, Ethiopia Yirgacheffe would be my favorite single origin for coffee, I prefer these roasted to a full city + The rich smooth taste of these beans never disappoint me.

The beans roasted perfectly…just not my flavor combo. Too much of a flowery after taste to me. On to the next one.

Great cup of coffee. Alot of people go for a light roast I went for a med-dark roast and it was perfect.

Wow! What a great coffee. It tastes like a very nice blended coffee with a special coffee twist at the end making it I'm sure a loved standard for many. My brother in law loves this one as well. This will be on my shelf as a regular but hard to keep on it as it will go fast. Highly recommended.

Roasted just into second crack and pulled to cool. Great roast for this bean and good bright flavor of chocolatey/fruity/vanilla notes. A well balanced, smooth cup of coffee and one of my favorites in the morning.

My favorite coffee from CBC thus far. I usually roast just past 2nd crack as I like a good medium-dark roast, and these beans do beautifully at that level. I brew them for my morning cup, and they are delicious.

I love this coffee and love this company! Easy to find your favorite coffee (the search was accurate for me), easy to order, and they ship fast. I started ordering last year and have had not one problem. I did experiment with a couple of other kinds of coffee, but it reinforced to me that Organic Ethiopian Yirgacheffe is by far the best choice for me. I love roasting it in my cast iron skillets. So fun and easy to do. Nothing like hand roasting, winnowing, grinding, and French pressing your first pot and every pot. The house smells amazing and this makes a wonderful hand crafted gift. I’m a very happy repeat customer.

Roasted to City+ on an SR800. This is an outstanding bean. Wife agrees this will be part of our regular rotation. Sweet, but not overpoweringly so, slightly nutty, dark chocolate on the back end, full- bodied. Balanced, no one attribute overpowers another. I'll be buying more and trying different roast levels. Cool thing about a quality bean like this is that once you find one you like, you can take it to various levels of darkness, and have, in effect, several "different" coffees to enjoy.

The Guji is a favorite! One of our customers purchases it from us Single Origin for his espressos, and we love putting it in a few of our blends to give them that fruity high note along with a satisfying mouth feel. Yes, you can smell the difference whether the bean is green or when you are grinding it. And yes, I can hardly wait for the brew to finish!

Great Medium roast using 2 mins after 1st crack. Makes creamy espresso and lattes are low on aroma but exceeds expectations on sweetness with our sugar. Well balanced coffee over all. Cheers

This is my favorite!

This is my all time favorite coffee which I have purchased and roasted for a long time. It has a wonderful spicy aroma and taste and a perfectly balanced cup. It is my weekend cup to savor and enjoy. I roast to medium. so as not to loose the subtle tastes and flavors.

Frest, bright and yet very sweet! A fantastic morning pour over cup with start your day beautifully. I enjoyed this coffee very much at light roast (shortly after first crack).

Outstanding flavor. first time roasting at home. I roasted the beans to 450 degrees and they are awesome for espresso. My favorite so far.

Great bean but sensitive to temp. Roast too high and it loses all the different flavors and becomes like any other bean. Roast it just right and many flavors come out, mostly chocolate, and yet the acidity will not overwhelm. I am a repeat buyer of Ethiopean and blend it (mostly) with Central American beans.

I love these beans! I don’t go too dark and it just bursts with flavor..will definitely purchase these as long as they are in stock. Coffee Bean Corral is great to deal with!

This coffee has become my all time favorite in 25 + years of roasting. It’s very satisfying and relaxing. I really have no words on how good this coffee is to my palette

A good quality Yirgacheffe bean, with careful roasting is on par or better than local specialty roasters in my area. Produces the typical fruity aroma and taste that the region is known for. Not my personal favorite though my fiance loves it, so I'd recommend trying it at least once to see if it's for you.

I roasted this at a cinnamin and have been extracting at 12 bar for espresso and really like the fruitiness. I am looking forward to roasting darker and exploring the additional flavors possible.

Ethiopia is where coffee beans were first discovered and brewed. Best coffee!

Ethiopian Yirgacheffe has always been one of my go-to coffees. This one is as good as advertised. Bought 5#, should have bought 10#! I roast it just to 2nd crack and brew at 1 to 17 ratio. Perfect for hot coffee as well as iced coffee. I haven't tried it for cold brew, but that's next. Very good bean!

First time roasting coffee, and the Ethiopian Organic Yirgacheffe FTO was what I used. I roasted a bit longer for a darker roast and it made the best cup of coffee I have ever made at home! My Wife said it’s the best cup of coffe ever! It definitely rivals anything I’ve tried from my local roasters/shops. Sweet and fruity, at the same bold and full!

Wow! Organic Ethiopian Yergacheffe is so smooth and sweet that you can barely tell when you swallow it! No bitter aftertaste. I am going to buy tons more of this coffee! I roast it to Full City. I pull the beans when the bean temp hits 440°F and give it a rapid cool.

This is the first time I've bought beans from Coffee Bean Corral. I roasted Ethiopian Yergacheffee full city. It makes a very nice smooth tasty coffee.

My other favorite bean (along with Kenya Makwa AA). Great flavor, with a little chocolate, a splash of citrus, and nice body. Not acidic. Highly recommended.

delivered on time, no bugs,, no bad beans. This is in my top 3 ... (I also like Bali Blue Moon) .... this one has slight citrus with an earthy chocolate base. When very hot it waters up your mouth like a lemon (back sides of your tongue) but without a super strong citrus taste per se, slightly cool we taste the earthy chocolate and subtle citrus, and its good cool too... cold its good. when I share this with folks I say taste for chocolate and slight citrus.. of course there is 'coffee' taste too.. that is the earthy part. its the chocolate and subtle citrus that stands out. can't speak to roasting technique.... each roaster is different ... I use an air fryer with rolling basket ... very slow roast technique .... I take to just past 1st crack to just start of 2nd crack. fresh ceramic conical burr grind, slurp. Have had batches that roast up and taste fine immediately, ,... most have to sit for a day though... and it seems sitting for 2 or 3 days is even better. You will know if it needs to sit , the brew will be very grassy, if so, let it sit. How are organic beans (any bean) shipped across the ocean... in sealed bulk containers or in open burlap type containers? My understanding is that some/most food products get sprayed for bugs, rot and mold when traveling across oceans in freight liners ... so if coffee beans are shipped in open containers are they getting sprayed??? any info to support or rebut this? I doubt they are shipping these beans in 1 lb plastic sealed bags. still love this coffee regardless - not stopping me from buying it.

Good product, arrived on time, reasonable price.

I just started roasting beans over a year ago, and I have tried many beans from different sources and about 8 or 9 from coffee bean corral. The Ethiopian Organic Yirgacheffe is by far my favorite. I roast it in my FreshRoast SR500, which notoriously roasts inconsistently, to 1st crack or to beginning 2nd crack, and that range has provides a nice cup. My palate is not refined enough to describe the flavor, but I do love this coffee! The South American coffees I have roasted have all been too sweet for me, but this organic African one suits my tastes perfectly.

Great coffee have re-purchased several times!!

excellent coffee

I am new to roasting coffee. Ethiopian Yergacheffe is the second bean I've ever roasted and I love it. I'm sticking with it. It is good almost anyway its roasted, but my favorite is just as the second crack in ending. Then the coffee is smooth and kind in your mouth with deep rich flavors.

To be ckear, I have not roasted this as a regular drinkinging coffee yet. Purchased a pound to use as oart of a blend for a dark roast. It is in my perfect blend for dark roast, used for espresso and etc. 50% Brazilian, 25% Kenyan and 25% Sumatra. Technically, these should be all roasted separately rhen blended, but I roasted them all together. I am a popcorn popper roaster (love it), used 4 ounces of Brazillian, 2 ounces of Kenyan and 2 ounces of Sumatra for a 1/2 pound single roasting and it is incredible!

Great aroma

I tried both light roast (stopped before second crack) and medium roast (20 seconds into the second crack). I found that I like the light roast much better, since the delicate flavor of this coffee is mostly gone with medium roast.

I am pretty new to roasting. This bean gives me everything I want in my coffee. I will need to experiment with different levels of roast. I bought extra to give to friends so I'll see what they think.

Organic Ethiopian Yergacheffe has proven to be the most smooth, flavorful bean I have yet to buy from Coffee Bean Corral. I actually have been buying Ethiopian and Brasilian from them for about 5 years. I think I have found my forever bean. I do not see me switching anytime soon. I love buying in bulk and getting a discount that nearly covered my shipping cost. I appreciate that my order was delivered within a couple days. Now back to my couffefe... Thanks to you!!

My first ever roast... Very malty, biscuity, and earthy. Kinda woody, peppery, and herby at the end. Touch of tangerine on the finish too. Rustic. Roasted to some where around Full City. want to try it darker, and lighter roasts.

Just brewed some and I like it. I held off because of the poor 7/18 review; I think I know that "berry musty" trait because I have 10 pounds of "org Yergacheffe" that I bought from somewhere else last year -- I also noticed that trait from the org Bali Kintamani Natural I got from here a month ago; so if you like that musty berry trait try out the Bali. FWIW I think that trait fades over time because I just brewed that old Yergacheffe bean and it isn't as pungent as it was a year ago. I'm going to corral some more of this org Yergacheffe and store some for the winter!

My first time roasting Yergacheffe and it was spectacular! All that it was advertised to be. City Roast yields the best, most delicate flavors. Delivery was super fast.

A favorite for many years! I roast mine about 30 seconds past the end of first crack ending.

We're new to roasting, and picked out a few beans...so far, this is the bean that has really stood out to us. I'm no expert, but it's easy to work with, and all of our friends have liked it very much. We're roasting it this year for Christmas and giving it away as presents!

Another great one, thanks for asking.

We absolutely love Ethiopian coffees, and Yirgacheffe is the best. This is our first time with the organic and it is good. It doesn't seem as flavorful as the non-organic, but still the same great flavor. And of course, the service, price and fast delivery form CBC is really the best!!!

Loved it. I use a Hottop roaster. Roasted to 393 degrees with full fan speed (little slower roast). The quality of this bean was excellent.

I typically stay away from Ethiopian coffees because of rot problems. It's that "blueberry" smell/taste. Many people see it as an attribute. I see it as a flaw. I've been roasting for ten years and occasionally I'll find a bean that has or develops this taste/smell if I hold it for a while after roasting. Sometimes you'll find it immediately after roasting. People I've educated on this smell then recognize it as well. I've found it in coffees from all areas of the world including Central American, South America and Africa. It's especially prevalent in Ethiopian and Yemen coffees. I got a pound of this Yergacheffe b/c of the rave reviews. But, this funky taste and smell is there. To me, it's not "elegant" or "complex". Interestingly, coffee roasters and enthusiasts may disagree with me on this and think I'm mission the charm of such a coffee. But, to me, it's a fatal flaw and I'll probably be throwing it into the trash.