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by William on September 19, 2022
First I roasted it to medium, but the flavor just didn't grab me. It tasted more baked than roasted. When my roast misses the mark, I assume that the fault lies with the roaster (me).
So my second batch I pre-heated by little desktop roasted and roasted 6 oz at 225 Celsius for 18 minutes, yielding a dark roast. I brewed it in my Bialetti and added Half n Half. The result was a rich, smooth, low-acidity, chocolaty brew. With rising coffee prices, I especially liked paying $4.77/lb on a 25-lb shipment. I'm tempted to give it five stars since it is truly delicious, but I'm saving the five-star rating for coffee that provides a truly outstanding WOW experience.
The truth is that if you've been buying and roasting coffee for any length of time, it has undoubtedly affected your palette. By the time you're reading and writing reviews online, and watching coffee videos by James Hoffman on Youtube, you've become a full-blown coffee snob, and can longer even drink that awful commercial-grade coffee in 99% of restaurants anymore. I didn't realize it until I got into roasting three years ago, but most of what's served out there is dreadful. By contrast just about everything I've ordered from CBC has been quite good.
I highly recommend Fazenda da Lagoa.
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by David Miller on November 24, 2018
This is November 2018. I was in Brazil in October and was only able to purchase one bag of beans (already roasted) at the airport. But, the coffee I tasted while in Brazil was decent every day, every place. Okay, once, it seemed they were a little off their game, but most days it was good coffee.
Now, to this bean. I never tried it before, but now I have, as a medium roast, and found it to be a flavorful cup of coffee. I'd order it again, but not yet, because I've got a lot of coffee to roast before I need more. I would advise anyone reading this not to buy it, then there will be an overstock of it, they will put it on sale, and I'll get it at a reduced price.
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