Teasia Coffee, Sulawesi Toraja, Single Origin Fair Trade, Green Unroasted Whole Coffee Beans, 5-Pound Bag

This is my first experience with Teasia green beans. I roasted them to Full City in my Gene Cafe roaster. Not sure why, but these beans took a lot longer to roast than other beans I have purchased on Amazon (eg. Ethopian, Guatamalan, Brazilian, Peruvian). It usually takes about 18 minutes for Full City but these took a full 25 minutes on the same roasting profile. This hasn't been my experience with Sumatra Mandheling from other suppliers. The resulting brew was fine...nothing special. I would probably have given the beans 3.5 stars (if that were possible). Unfortunately, while I watched the beans roast, I saw something white in the roasting drum. When the roast finished and cooled, I discovered that the white object was a rough stone, or cement particle, about the size of a pea. I'm glad that it didn't end up in my expensive grinder. Yesterday, it happened again, although the object was a bit smaller this time. I have one more 5 pound bag of the Sumatra left to roast. I will be checking the beans very closely before roasting. This has never happened to me before with any other company's beans.

It appears this brand, in 5 lb Prime bags, all have the same approx 4.5 star rating despite coming from several different source countries/regions. There are dramatic differences worldwide in how coffee beans are processed, cleaned, and sorted. Broken beans from one region tend to be the norm but not from others. Brazil, for example, exports farm co-op beans which likely go through automated equipment and are always high grade (physically). Cannot say the same for another region, where broken beans and contamination is found. This is a good supplier, but origin matters a great deal, as does your optimal roast profile for a given origin.What would be legitimately helpful, rather than rating them all as if they are the same because of mere brand (seller) name, would be to separate ratings so they apply to origin and that way, if a specific origin from this supplier has high ratings then I can buy it and evaluate the actual product (as opposed to the supplier).

My first review of this bean was bad, a 1. I roasted 30% longer than I've ever roastedsecond crack bean and still it wasn't beyond mid city roast. This morning I tryed a 4th batch and decided to just keep it going until I saw smoke... Well guess what, after 10 minutes drying then almost 20 miutes on high with low airflow it began a second crack. Second crack took 7 minutes. That would cause most beans to turn to ash and smoke...not this bean. Just after cooling, the flavor profile is not bad... hopeful fairly good after a 72 hour de-gas.I'm still concerned about the low oil content and creme but we'll see.I've been roasting my own coffee for over 15 years and I've never purchased a worse green bean, especially from Papua which typically is great quality and holds up to second crack. It was tiny, with heavy husk still attached. The coffee never had a first crack or released 30% of it's chaff. It's has the least oil of any bean I've roasted. I'm thinking it must be very old green beans, poorly processed or not sourced from Papua.

My wife and I have been trying various green coffee beans from Africa for nearly a year now and we saw this Congo Kivu coffee beans and wanted to try. Teasia is known for the Tea that they sell, so no surprises that the packaging was top notch. The coffee beans are of good quality and they roast evenly in my hand roaster and I roast to City roast level typically and is recommended by SweetMaria's as well. Congo Kivu is the most fragrant of all the coffee that I have roasted and makes a decent cup of coffee as well. I am no coffee connoisseur but coffee definitely feels earthy and a bit on the sweeter side and those who know of Jaggery Molasses, it kinda reminds that because of the way it tastes. We definitely will go back to Ethiopian or Kenya coffee after this though.

It's been a few years since I had bought a bean from Ethiopia. Even though it's probably my favorite region to buy beans from, each time I go shopping for beans I seem to get enticed by a region or bean I haven't tried yet. I'm very glad I wasn't swayed to try something else once I came across this bean. Very good bean and tough to beat at this price per pound. Shipping speed and packaging was second to none. I took the first roast to full city and was met with a very smooth and flavorful cup. I'm hoping to play around with the roast a little in hopes that I find a little bolder cup...(5lbs at this price I think I can afford to take a few risks with the roast). Will definitely consider this bean and Teasia's other offerings in the future.

The is a superb bean - I have roasted three batches so far - three different ways. City, Full City, and Full City PlusFirst I would say I was a little off-put by some non-uniformity in the beans, but honestly this not unusual in beans of this variety and did not detract when it came to the result in the cup.In the lighter roast this bean is sharp and up front with lots of citrus and caramel - with some berry. - absolutely delightful! Going a little darker brings out some cocoa notes and tones down the citrus. A little darker and the cocoa really pops and a bit of toffee but you still get a really clean elegant finish with floral notes at all of the roasts I have tried so far. I would compare it to a very top grade Yirgacheffe.This is a fantastic bean. If you like roasting coffee and want to try a bean that is a notch above the average African variety - get this! I am very happy with my purchase.