Ethiopia Longberry Harrar Ethiopia: Longberry, Harrar

Dark Pan Roast this at 430am, and Everyone in the neighborhood wakes up.

Tried at both light and medium roasts. Was not happy with either. None of the supposed Blueberry flavor. Major let down. Beans also roasted unevenly. Major let down These should be 3 dollars a pound at most.

One taste of this and we went back and ordered 5#. We roast our coffee on the lighter, brighter side, after years of shiny, ham-fisted, over-roasted coffee. This has all the great smell, complex personality traits and that woodsy-woody earthy taste that is very hard to come by! YAY!

Ordered 10 lbs of this to sample it, only roasted a couple small batches so far as a dark roast and I highly recommend it. As a dark roast it has such a rich dark chocolate taste up front and then a nice walnut at the backend. Most of my dark roasts do not have as deep of a flavor profile as this bean. I am excited to see what I can pull out of the bean with medium and light roasts!

really enjoyed this roast. Took it to a medium roast and used a French press once the beans rested for a couple of days. Will be buying again.

I have been roasting now for about 2 years, with a Behmor 1600. I usually don't write reviews, but in this case I thought it was prudent, this coffee I found extremely dirty with chaff in cool down mode and it roast's very fast between first and second crack almost inseparable, thus it is easy to over-roast, other than that it is a good cup of coffee. Just thought I'd let fellow roasters know.

Fast delivery and the beans are great for saudi coffee!!

When roasted dark to the point of an oily surface, this bean makes a TERRIFIC coffee liquour. It also makes a very good espresso.

I don't care for it at all, but it could just be my taste. It's kind of a bitter coffee and the beans were dry and didn't have much oil in them and didn't roast well. It's OK to mix in with other coffees to add some bitterness. I prefer a smoother more chocolaty flavor so don't care for the Ethiopian coffees that much.

Harar is a coffee that isn't always available, so kudos to CBC for having some to sell. I've had stellar Harars in years past and would not put this one into that level. There are a fair amount of "quakers" (immature beans) that weren't removed in processing. I prefer not to have any quakers in my cup, so I just pick them out and discard. I roast this bean just a few snaps into 2nd (on my Aillio R1) and find that it is at peak flavor about 6 days after roasting. I like using Harar along with equal portions of "Yemen Mokha Ismaili Hirazi" and "Sidamo" for my Red Sea Blend in a drip brewer.

Best coffee ever!

Good stuff! This has been first coffee roasting adventure and I just gave them a light roast in a cast iron dutch oven on the stove and I couldn't be happier. I've ordered this bean from coffee roasters before and knew it was one of my favorites so I couldn't be happier that I'm able to get that deep dark flavor and aroma just screwing around on the stove. Chocolatey, currant berries, maybe a hint of citrus for the lighter roast.

Toast to just after second crack. Offers a nice aroma and earthy, fruity flavor with wine undertones.

African coffee is always my truest preference. Although, the flavors in all African coffees are intense, Ethiopian Longberry Deep Blue Harrar does not fail to meet its bold expectations. Personally, I drink my coffee black, no sugar or cream. The flavor of this coffee is about the same of drinking pure cherry tart juice or cranberry, not everyone can tolerate these coffees. I have to say that the coffee is subtle as a stone when I drink it, unlike Latin American coffees that tend to be a little more lighter and uplifting. I have to say that it is not so much the flavor of these coffees that keep me drinking them, but it is that they are raw.

Definitely a coffee I will keep in my rotation.

Roasted just to the end of the first crack. Very good! I'll order more of this one.

Roasted this as both a lighter roast (just after first crack) and darker (beginning of second crack) and was disappointed by the flavor. It seems rather bitter with no actual unique characteristics. I wouldn't recommend.

I read these reviews which say they taste chocolate or blueberry or caramel. My palate is not so sophisticated. What I do know is that with my single bean blend of roast times, My morning CUPPA tastes like what I think coffee should taste like. An ancestor of mine in the 1800s who served both the union and the confederate navies wrote in a book that mornings start with a cup of coffee and a cigar. I no longer smoke but my day starts with a coffee. I often wonder how his coffee was and from where it came. I imagine he drank his as black as mine and only the sweetness of the natural bean. What was the coffee of 1840? Back to the review, I give 5 stars because I can't register six! Here is to 60% City roast and 40% City +. As my mug says, "I drink coffee for your protection!"