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The Yellow Bourbon beans have been consistently stunning.
Recent favourites have been the Sumatran - we liked it so much we bought the last 2kg. There is an amazing Costa Rican (I think it translates as black pearl) and an Ethiopian Guji Yuraga which have excited our palates this week. That Hermosa works well with milk.
We mainly make espresso based coffee with milk, but the beans have also been great in the aeropress too. The incremental improvements in the roasting of some of the beans over a few weeks have been interesting, with extra levels of complexity being revealed.
I believe the small batch roasting has enabled a really tight quality control and ensures beans are super fresh. Generally I’d suggest letting them settle for a few days after roasting. We are getting better at arranging a bean re up just under a week before the current stash runs out.
This is the third roastery Steve has worked at that I have bought beans from and with greater autonomy it appears he is buying better and more interesting beans. Can’t wait to taste 2018’s offerings.