Jost received some coffee from Fjord, it was definitely light by german standards. By far the lightest I gotten from a German roaster for very long time

I had a couple of Fjords. Light but they still had a strong lingering bitterness, not sure why, But it was a couple of years ago

Roast defects most likely

Just received a La Cabra. Thankfully not as dark as the ones I had in 2020. Probably like before. Still not as light as, say, Friedhats, but still nice

I am very much looking forward to trying some of the recommendations here. I just ordered from Rum Baba and was about to order from Nero Scuro but the shipping of 24€ within Europe is crazy high, there seem to be no other options nor a threshold for free shipping or is there a trick.

I think you'll be happy with Rum Baba

Neroscuro wow, that is a lot.. try checking with them via mail or DM on Instagram, they're quite reactive. Maybe there's an error in the quoted price. Of course 24€ is not feasible for a quick trip (if you are from Berlin as per the bio)

Wow Nero Scuro answered super quick and have the nicest customer service I experienced in a long while. The shipping is soooo expensive due to express delivery, however a slower and cheaper option would be nice. I understand that the italian post, while being cheaper, does not have tracking and is exceptionally slow on occasion, so it is no option.

Hmm, well it's up to them, but honestly I think in the recent years Poste Italiane has worked really nice and quick. At least here in northern Italy. My only problem is one of our local post men/women who is more like a post ninja. You never hear their visit, just find the note of absence!

MY post guy is the same. It is strange how all delivery services underpay their employees but rather spend the money to send them to Japan for Ninja training

I also ordered some beans from La Cabra when they offered free shipping. Not really lighter than I'm used to, but that is already light I guess
Had some Friedhats as well recently. Both were nice, perhaps a bit too clean really, but good quality.

3 comments about the beans from La Cabra (Colombia, La Celia, Anderson Castrillón. Anoxic fermentation, washed castillo):
I did have to grind significantly finer (~100µm) than usual or the drawdown was way too fast. Not sure if this was because of anoxic processing though..
There were quite a few broken or basically pinched beans in the bag, looked like mechanical damage during or after roasting.
The shipping was pretty slow given that I'm in a neighbouring country. Our postal services are actually run by the same company. Got the beans 2 weeks old and they did not improve with age.

Anyway, since it hasn't been mentioned yet I'd like to recommend https://www.standoutcoffee.com/collections/specialty - especially for those that like fairly edgy beans. I haven't tried their competition style coffee though.