Honduras Organic 18 Rabbit Natural Marcala Honduras: Organic 18 Rabbit Natural, Marcala

I am an Ethiopian Yirgacheffe lover and mainly dry processed and mainly for espresso/cappuccino purposes. Rabbit Natural is different. More typical for Central American closer by taste to Brazil. It is nice and chocolaty, sweater rather, than fruity. Crowd pleaser. Comparable to Italian type of espresso. Makes good crema. Ethiopians are more exotic than Rabbit, but do not demean Rabbit. It is good overall. Roasting is tricky since small procrastination make your from medium to dark and oily very fast. May be depends what roaster do you use temperature regimen? I roasted 4 pounds so far. My observation that 1st crack comes very organized and all beans almost together and space between end of 1 st crack and begging of 2nd in my fist batch was barely noticeable. Finally by 4th pound I noticed that 40 seconds into 1 crack is enough to get you to what you want as they say medium roast. If you want for French Press or Chemex then wait for the end of 1 st crack and it will be still good. Going into 2 nd crack I found to be not really great.

This coffee is best right after roast. I have found the longer it rests the more it loses. Strong notes of strawberry and hint of cacao. I roast on a behmor 10- 15 snaps into first crack. Cool for about two minutes in machine and then cool manually. Makes for a chocolate strawberry latte.

HONDURAS,ORGANIC 18 RABBIT NATURAL, I roasted to medium and wow lots of fruity / berry sweet flavor, non acidic light body in the cup. The next batch will go for a fully city roast to bring out more body and hopefully tame some of the sweet fruit forwardness.

This is a life changing bean. What that change entails is up to you. Good or bad, at least you had a heck of a cup of coffee. I bought a bunch for the holidays, roasted it, and handed it out to co workers. I made the mistake of not trying it before I handed it out. I tried the little bit I had left and was kicking myself that I gave it all away. I will not be making that mistake again.

This coffee surprised me. I’m a big Ethiopian coffee fan, with the fruity berry flavors. This coffee mimics that exactly. It does go extremely fast from first crack to second, but I drop it as soon as first starts to slow down. Delicious! Ordering more as I write this!!

We got this as part of the organic sample pack, and we were so impressed we bought more. We roasted this until just at second crack and would classify it as right around a full city roast. It had a nice shine to it immediately after roasting, which was surprising as it usually takes a few days to release those oils. While roasting, we noticed some cocoa notes, but the fruity notes quickly became the more dominant smell (and the taste as well). We used this in our Expobar Brewtus espresso machine and found it pulled very well (17 grams in, 34 grams out in about 25-30 seconds). We usually pull shots around 198 degrees, but lowered it to 192 and liked the results. I enjoy this in a latte with either maple syrup or honey and my husband enjoys it as a straight shot.

Splendid cup of coffee. We roasted a light, medium and dark roast with it. The fruity and flowery came out with the lighter roast with a hint of chocolate. Though good it was my wife’s least (my second) favorite roast. The dark roast seemed to only have a chocolate note. My wife seconds favorite (my least) roast. We both agreed that the medium roast was by far the best cup of coffee. It had a great chocolate note with the other notes as more subtle.

Just roasted our first batch of this coffee. What a treat! Very balanced and smooth. This coffee is sweet with definite chocolate undertones and great aroma. Bean quality is excellent.

When referring to Dark or Light it is (Dark = 2 Cracks and Light = 1 Crack) and we rated it from 1:10. The Dark brew was with 88 and 49 and was Strawberry taste with a rate of 12 and Strong . The Light brew was with 88 and 50 and was sweet orange, slight nutty, vanilla with a rate of 12 and Strong .

First time with this batch type. Had previously tried the Honduran 18 Rabbit Black Honey. In my roasting this proved more flavorful to the previous, and I thought that one was great. I play with roasts, going from light medium to dark medium, trying to find the most flavor. This bean has a lot no matter the middle range roasts. An excellent SA bean.

Found Michael Weiss' review below spot-on. Roast goes very quickly from 1st to 2nd crack, and could get away from you very easily if not paying close attention. His review really helped me to focus, and my roast ended up at about Full City+, a tad darker than I had intended, but at least not burnt. Agree with his taste assessment as well. Fruity, but no particular fruit. Definitely sweet. All in all, pleasant tasting, but not spectacular.

This been has strong characteristics with intense berry aroma. The intense berry fruit forward flavour will develop into chocolaty mouthfeel. Such a rich and rewarding feeling. I keep reordering this bean. Just cannot stop drinking it.

One of the more interesting beans I've roasted. Heavy notes of dried fruits and dark chocolate. Translates decently into the cup. Roasted my sample pack around a lighter medium, but this seems like it would take to the darker side of medium quite well. I expect the black honey or washed process version of this bean loses a lot of the sweetness, but would be a much cleaner bean to roast.

This is an absolutely fantastic bean! The way we roasted it, it is extremely smooth yet sweet with virtually no acidity. It's a very complex bean that gives of a very unique flavor.

I posted a review on this coffee ☕️ June 17, 2019. Today, i would like to compare this natural process with the washed process. Both were ordered and roasted yesterday. Personally, I usually wait 24 hrs. After roasting before grinding and brewing, but honestly, I love ❤️ coffee ☕️ and waived my 24 hour rule. I roasted about 11 pm last night and ground and brewed (2) 4 cup pots about 10 am this morning to try and compare each. First off, the washed process had virtually no chaff where the natural process did. It was dark and starting with the washed process, it was roasted into the second crack and was a darker roast than I usually do (my preferred is a medium roast, a bit into second crack). But to be consistent, I noted the temp., roast time and end color and replicated this for the natural process. As to comparing these two processes of this Honduran coffee ☕️ note the difference in pricing. The natural process cost more, but in my opinion, it is warranted! I stand by my original review of 6/17/19 and it remains the most unique coffee ☕️ I have ever tried!! It is a fantastic change-up or in the mood coffee ☕️, but not something I would drink, week in and week out. Now, having said that, if only my likes were forced to just drink one single origin day in and day out, i would have no problem whatsoever, drinking Honduran 18 Rabbit 🐇 washed process! I am glad I do not have to choose and I’m glad that both of these are available!!! Thank you CBC!!!

First roasted to light or just after 1st crack. Nice aroma. The brew was very fruity, bright and slight chocolate. Reminded me of chocolate covered blueberries. Subsequent roasts were medium (to 2nd crack) and lessened the strong fruit but brought forth the chocolate sweetness. Good balance of fruit, sweetness and chocolate in the medium roast. Drawing out the 1st crack produces more fruit.

This makes a great cup of coffee.

My favorite so far!!

Very nice thanks!