Smokin Beans Brazil Legender, Unroasted Green Arabica Coffee Beans 5-Lb 1ct

good value. medium roast tastes good. hardly any bad beans. will buy again.

I got this 5 pound bag of Brazilian ("Nutty chocolate cocoa creamy") coffee beans because I got a FreshRoast SR540 a couple of months ago and it came with several 1lb bags of coffee. The problem there is that I couldn't use the same beans to experiment with different roasts and setups, so I bought a 5lb bag of beans here. That really, really helped me get my roasting figured out and helped me to learn that the thing I was missing was the "set-up" so that the coffee wasn't really sour. Turns out that 2-3 days of letting the coffee sit and breathe (I'm using mylar bags I found on Amazon for setup, then I can just seal them up for storage). I'm doing this at a medium roast (fan 9, heat 5 for 6 minutes, fan 7, heat 5 for 6 minutes in the SR540) and then a 2- to 3-day setup. It smells amazing when ground and tastes wonderful in the cup. I'm not really experienced enough to go into flavor notes, but it's tasty and a bit sweet and I'm very happy with the results. A 2 day setup leaves it just a little tart, a 3 day setup removes the last of the tart and it's just a very, very good cup of coffee. I've ordered the 12.5lb bag of the same beans (I think) and another 5 pound bag of some Guatemalan to try. Coffee roasting is easy and a lot of fun. For the rest of the details of how I make it I'm using a hot water dispenser I got on Amazon (Northmas D20) on the highest temperature at 8oz with an Aeropress and following the manufacturer's instructions except for using a bit more coffee grounds (at the fine end of "drip" on my Shardor burr grinder I, of course, also got on Amazon) and filling the hot water up to the 2 mark instead of the 1. I'm using both a metal mesh filter and a paper filter. Best cup of coffee ever.

The beans are good but are smaller compared to Colombian or Dominican beans I buy at coffeebeancorral.com. And yes, nice body and with a chocolate taste. I use a Gene Cafe. Preheat to 375 for 10 minutes, then roast at 464 until a 1 1/2 after first crack (roughly roast between 12.5 to 13.5 minutes). Please let me know if you have a better profile

I'm a roaster so I decided I was going to give these a try. These were great beans and great for the price

Great coffee beans, I roast these in the oven and I get mixed roasted beans which is what I like. Smells and tastes great. Would buy again once I run out.

Great beans. Roasted well. I use the SR800 and roasted these about 11-12 minutes for full medium- almost city roast. A good 450 degree bean. (Low for 3 minutes drying then up the heat). Delicious and reasonable price.

This is my first bag of green coffee beans and my first venture into roasting, so I have nothing to consider that's to, but I live the coffee I make with these beans. I'll take them over what of was drinking before any day is the week. So good!

I was hoping for a coffee that would be good for "milk drinks" such as a cappuccino. Turns out this isn't the coffee for that. Nor does it have a creamy thick texture when making espresso type drinks. It does however have a good aroma and a mild taste. It's not a bad coffee at all for regular American style coffee drinks. It just doesn't do as well when trying to serve it Italian or Spanish style.