Primos Coffee Co. 3 Lb, Single Origin Unroasted Green Coffee Beans, Special Grade From A Single Nicaraguan Estate, Direct Trade (Caturra Variety)

Bought for my son's new coffee roaster as a present. They roast beautifully, and make lovely coffee. We've used a medium roast (about 24 minutes at 180°C, but it varies with weight of beans); when cool we sieve to remove the chaff and then leave a day before starting to use, medium getting in a cafètiere). Great fun, lovely coffee, amazing aroma from roasting.

My wife and I have constantly been on the hunt for the best home coffee we can find for years. We had settled into Peet's French Roast and Starbuck's Verona, depending which one was on sale. Great products. Then I saw a video about roasting coffee at home, and remembered I'd always wanted to try it. While watching subsequent videos to learn how to do the roasting, I got tipped off to this brand of green coffee on Amazon. I ordered some, and my wife was very doubtful about messing with our daily coffee set-up. I took about 8oz. out of the bag to start with, and roasted it in a steel saute pan in the kitchen. I pulled out some of our regular dark roasted beans and roasted these green beans to just about match the color of the store bought ones. During this first roasting attempt, the kitchen filled with a light, aromatic smoke, but not enough to set off the smoke alarms. Luckily, I hadn't tried to roast a larger quantity, which almost certainly would have set off the alarm. The next morning, we brewed the new coffee. Compared to the commercial beans, the flavor was lighter with less of the ponderous, bitter taste we'd come to associate with dark roast. The aftertaste was more wholesome, and once our tastebuds adjusted to the lighter drinking experience, we realized this coffee went better with food, and was less acidy. Now we don't walk around with burnt coffee breath, and (not to be gross here) my urine doesn't smell like I'm rinsing out a coffee urn. Caffeine levels seem about the same if not a little higher. If you try to brew this coffee stronger to match the flavor intensity of the commercial beans, you will probably not reach the deeper, burnt commercial taste, but your fingers will start to tingle, letting you know caffeine is high. We don't have the need to go that strong, but to each his own. I now roast one pound at a time on the gas grill side burner outside, and that just about gets us through the week. I love the smoke smell sticking to my hands, clothes and sinus cavity after roasting. It's a pleasing, unique smell that I find myself beginning to crave. My wife loves this coffee, and is sure "this is the one" and our long search is at an end. After six weeks, I would be very apprehensive to switch her back to commercial coffee now.

Primos Nicaraguan green beans roast beautifully and very evenly in my home roaster, producing an excellent cup with a smooth chocolate-forward profile and low acidity. I consistently get reliable results and would definitely recommend these beans, especially for home roasters who enjoy a sweet, chocolatey Nicaraguan coffee. Great value for the bag, as well.

I have been home roasting for several years and have enjoyed beans from around the world but this one is my new favourite! This bean is great at a medium roast but got some amazing results when I tried a darker, oily roast, too. And the extra bonus that it comes directly from a family’s farm in Nicaragua, makes it even more enjoyable.

Had never ordered unroasted beans from Amazon before, nor this brand. Roasted up a batch and I'm quite pleased with the quality.