CBC Blend: True Mocca Java

Whenever I get in a new batch of beans, it takes me a few roasts to figure out the correct temperature and a duration. For this Mocha Java, I heated the roasted to 420 C and cooked for 15 minutes. I ended up with a full city. This is where this blend really shines. Smooth yet bold. This is now one of my favorite blends.

The Yemeni beans roast differently than the Javanese beans. I brewed it in my mokka pot, and added a few drops of honey and a dab of heavy cream. The result was smooth, floral and light. Next time I decide to create a true Mocca Java roast, I will buy Mocca Mattari beans and roast them to first crack. I'll buy Blawan Estate beans and roast them to city. I'll mix the beans after they're roasted. Since I prefer a more full-bodied coffee flavor, I will add the Enrique Reserve from Colombia to the final output.

I will ALWAYS have this coffee on hand. It’s so unique hard to put your finger on it. The spice and fruit, meets earthy. I love the backstory in the blend also. It’s a winner at light roast.

Perfect blend. Absolutely the best coffee I've had in years

Roasted to a dark full city, a smooth cup, not bitter, interesting but not at all amazing. I will probably give it a try again next year. Been roasting coffee since mid 1990's so I might be a little too critical.

Really surprised these beans have a great flavor ! Been roasting now for about 2 years & my standard has been pretty high I've been trying to match roasts from boutique roasters like 4 Barrel, Blue Bottle, Equator, Acre ect. & those beans are selling for up to18.00 to 24.00 a pound ! I can get close with various blends I've tried but never quite up to what the pros are doing. But with these beans and about a 70/30 blend with some Costs Rica I got the best yet. Also the beans are very very good on there own. I roast for espresso only.

very nice flavor. We are new to home roasting and this ranks among our favorites so far. Would recommend and will purchase again.

So we mix this with 25% Sumatra Mandeling decaf. This lowers the caffeine a bit. But the blend is incredible and I highly recommend it. I roast at a medium dark roast. The result? A cup of hot cocoa flavored coffee that just can't be beat! If you like chocolate, you HAVE to try this!

I usually avoid blends, but this one is super. It's mellow and smooth. I'm not refined enough to describe the coffee with more sophisticated adjectives, but I do know what I like. I roast in an hot-air popcorn popper and the 1st crack of the beans is not as loud or distinct as other beans. BTW, I first heard of this blend many years ago from an old W.C. Fields skit called The Diner.

Don't let my skepticism dissuade you from buying this excellent blend. The problem is I have been disappointed too many times with advertisements in the nomenclature. For example the word "Sweet" in the name when the bean is everything except sweet. It is just marketing and has nothing to do with the quality of the bean. So, when my purchase did not look anything like the picture it threw up a red flag. In fact there were no yellow beans at all. All the beans looked suspiciously like Java beans. I am not sure, but this might make sense considering that Yemen has laws against marketing with areas that are not predominantly Muslim. For example a Yemen can buy from Hara but not Yirga Cheffe Ethiopia. To my surprise however, this blend did have the lemon cupping notes of Mocha beans. So much so that these beans must have grown under lemon trees and a lemon fell in. I like it. So enjoy! And tell the story about the 18th century sailors.

makes the best early morning latte's

Roasted to Full City on an SR800. Smooth is the first word that comes to mind. Chocolatey, slightly nutty, just a hint of floral on the back end. Soft mouthfeel, not bold. It's amazing how flavors of different coffees are detected in different areas of the mouth. The chocolate/nutty flavors in this one all appeared first in the front of my mouth, top and bottom. The slight floral taste came on after the other flavors had mostly subsided. Very enjoyable blend for sure.

This is a really good espresso blend. I roasted it into second crack and was very pleased with the result. On my reorder list!

Wow! This is just the best. So rich and full of flavor. This will always be in my rotation.

Newby here but this is incredible, definitely we are never going back! roasting our own from now on. Thank you for outstanding beans.

Roasted to a little after 1st crack to light medium color.. good aroma of hazelnut, dark chocolate.. winey. Minerality. Maybe slight grapefruit, jasmine.. nice body

Decided to try this on a whim, I've been stuck in an Ethiopia/PNG rut for a year or so and I was getting POed at not being able to find Yemen anymore. This came up just short of blowing my socks off. Chocolately as all heck and very well balanced. It's one of the few coffees I can drink black and not get a sour beer face. Not sure why everyone is roasting it so dark? It shouldn't have any bitter notes whatsoever or very faint behind the chocolate/earthy/fruity notes. I roast in a convection oven and I turned it down to 475 for this, I pulled it very close to finishing the first crack. I hate City/dark/etc. labeling but it's nestled in medium city. Please try it lighter if you're going to full city, you will be somewhere between pleased and shocked at the difference. IMO Craig has it bang on. BTW the best roasters will do this to several levels and blend. And will not tell you the proportions :D