LOCAL COMMUNITYSouth Peruvian high jungle specialty coffee | Medium Roast Cusco Peru 100% Arabica | Notes chocolate-sour orange | 2.2 Pounds, 1 Kilo, 35.3 Ounce

Having lived in Peru for almost 4 years Iʻve drank my fair share of locally sourced coffee. From hotel breakfasts to artisan coffee shops, Peruʻs coffee is touted as some of the most delicious in the world. And the experts are right. But it wasnʻt until I tried Local Communityʻs Cajamarca specialty coffee that I found a new appreciation for the beverage. The medium roast and flavor profile is perfect and just my style, with the right amount of sweetness and acidity. Itʻs smooth to drink with or without creamer or sweetener. Iʻll definitely be ordering again!

I've tried both the Cuzco and Cajamarca coffees, and both are excellent for espressos/lattes.Both are more medium as opposed to dark roast, which I prefer - no burnt taste as with the darker roasts. Both are smooth and balanced, and I can't decide which I like better.The only ask would be for a roast date - as these come only with a "best by" date.I'm currently sipping my second bag of the Cuzco, and it seems to be even better than the first.

Bean's are dry and hard, apparently old.

I went to Peru and brought back some really great coffee. I used that to compare with this, since it shows from the same region and I could find no difference. Ordering my 2nd bag.

This is the first Peruvian coffee that I have had and it truly has a characteristic all its own. I used a manual burr grinder set to a finer grind and brewed it in my AeroPress using the inverted method and a paper filter. The result was a cup of coffee that has an aroma that does not give full credit to the soft, warm, and pleasant flavors that lie below the surface of the roast. The aroma is a mainly a roasted smell, but is missing some of the body to go with it (so it seems a little odd at first and like maybe this isn’t so great of a coffee). Once you start sipping away at the coffee, the first impressions are of the same roast you get on the nose, but then it followed by a much more mild and smooth body that has some acidity to it, but not too much and reveals characteristics of caramel but with almost the smoothness of a pumpkin pie (but much more subtle). Drinking this coffee seemed like the layers of the bean and the roast were miles apart, but neither bad and providing a more unique experience than I’m used to. I wonder how this would taste with a lighter or darker roast.The coffee comes in a foil lined paper bag and has a vacuum seal on it. The top of the bag is sealed and folded over with a wire tie to bend over on the ends and hold the bag shut (once cut open). Unfortunately, my bag tore open at one of the seams and released the vacuum, so while I can tell it had been sealed at one point, I can’t say how well the vacuum was. I think I was lucky as very few beans looked to have been spilled from the open seam, so I assume the seal broke near the end of the journey to my house and the beans were still reasonably fresh (and they tasted fresh enough).Overall, this is a nice coffee that I enjoy drinking. It provided a genuinely unique experience and wasn’t just another coffee. It was bold in its roasted top layer, but then gentle and polite in its body. I found it had a good balance of acidity and bitterness without getting sour. The main thing I will say, and my friends likely won’t like this coffee because of it, is that while the roast is nice, the body is quit mild. I enjoy it, but some people like rich and bold coffee, which this isn’t.

This Peruvian coffee is light, smooth, mellow, and quite understated. The small peaberry like beans appear to be of high quality, but are rather dry, replete of any natural surface oils. They seem to be slightly under roasted, certainly not a medium dark roast, actually closer to a light medium roast.I found this coffee to be exceptionally easy to drink, particularly in the late afternoon and evening. It’s not particularly well suited as a breakfast coffee, because it’s so light and mellow, but it’s certainly enjoyable. I tasted very subtle notes of chocolate and hints of sour orange, with no bitterness and very low acidity.My only complaint is that the beans I received are very close to the best by date, somewhat dry in appearance and flavor, with minimal shelf life remaining, certainly not fresh. At just over $17 a pound, it’s a fairly good value, certainly worthy of consideration. I recommend this coffee, especially to those who enjoy a light medium roast. If you enjoy a stronger roast, this probably isn’t your cup.

It's a good medium/mild roast. Of you prefer a darker more full bodied roast this isn't for you. The aroma is amazing. Pre grind it fills your nose with scents of stone fruit and rich dark chocolate, and fills your home with the same aromas while brewing.Taste is very mild in my opinion, slight acidity, but balanced in that regard. If you prefer a medium roast I think you'll be more than satisfied with these beans.

This is a good tasting coffee. Even though it says that it's medium to dark roast, it tastes more like light to medium roast. Not bitter at all and has hints of orange and chocolate in the end but nothing that is very prominent.It does however, has a hint of sourness that might not be everyone's cup of tea.