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We normally drink what we roast and don't buy that often. For my wife's birthday we bought some Cartel Kenyan called Kiandu. It was $24 for 12 oz or $32 a pound. We are enjoying it and will save some to try on the Slayer. Got me thinking...

Hi H-B folks. Your chitchat drove me to get a Decent Espresso machine, which has been super fun. I'm hoping for some advice on what to put in it.

Though I'm experimenting with bright and fruity roasts, good dark roasts are still where my...

Just got into my subscription this morning. Started with the West Coast blend. I'm finding it a bit on the bright side so far, even at the roaster's recommended parameters.

No clue what is in the blends either. Just East Coast and West...

A friend gave me a bag of Flying Squirrel Parama Luxury Blend, from Pollibetta, Coorg, Karnataka, India.

I have to say, this is unusual coffee. The roast level is very light. However, the flavor is quite earthy and low in fruit. In fact,...

There has been a good amount of talk about Black and White Roasters on the What is wow'ing you? mega-thread so I thought I would give them a try. Big thanks to IMAWriter for bringing this to everyone's attention over on that thread.

I am...

Hello, as most of you already know, I am really into high extractions. Yes, I know that in the cup there are more compounds that are not picked by the refractometer, but in my head extracting something more comes with a package of...

Just got an email from Ninety Plus Coffee with title The story behind the $10,000 coffee.
Wonder if anyone tried the coffee with taste review or not.
This story also appeared in the Daily Coffee News with title Ninety Plus Sells World's...

I've looked around on HB out of curiosity of what people know about this topic, but have not seen a significant amount of discussion compared to lighter roasts seen more commonplace in the US. Much of this discussion also seems to be...

I have felt like I have had a lot of good coffee this year, but nothing that has really wow'd me. So I am just wondering if you guys could point in me in the direction of some exceptional coffee, only caveat is that I am not comfortable...