Do you have any particular preferences, and if there’s a particular reason - why? Small shop beans roasted on demand, or maybe larger brands like Lavazza and the likes?

Are there any neat little known facts about the beans (or the brand) that you prefer?

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[–] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

I have a lot of them, actually. I really like anaerobically fermented coffees that get that really funky, tropical fruity and boozy flavour profile. I've had several of them over the years, currently drinking a batch from Rwanda (Gitoki Gatsibo) that had a 60 hour fermentation and it's great.

A few years ago I drank some aged Sumatra Mandheling which I know is a controversial bean with coffee connoisseurs but I really enjoyed it. Zero acidity and tasted like pipe tobacco, leather, spices and wet jungle floor, with a kind of black peppery note as well. Also had an aftertaste that kept developing for like a full minute. Will definitely buy it again if I come across it.

But honestly the variety is the best part, I like always trying new beans and exploring new flavours, that's half the enjoyment. Even trying stuff I'm less of a fan of, like the bag of Gikirima Kenya (Nyeri & Kirinyaga County) I have that tastes of herbs and sun-dried tomatoes and has almost a salty note and that I don't really enjoy drinking hahaha.

EDIT: I buy a lot of my specialty coffee from Tadah, which is not exactly local but at least Swedish.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 days ago

    Anaerobic funky coffees are way ahead of the pack, I don’t think I’ll drink anything else ever again. Apart from the super expensive papayo, but I’m never getting any more after it’s gone.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Had no idea that Sumatran coffee was controversial. That was my gateway into being a coffee snob. I too like the funky stuff.

    Sadly, my local roaster gets an unfermented Sumatran bean, so for now I just rotate through their normal and special selections.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    The giling basah process they use there creates a very distinctive flavour profile (that I enjoy), but some coffee snobs complain that you taste too much of flavours coming from the process and too little from the bean. James Hoffman talked shit about giling basah coffee this way in his World Atlas of Coffee, as an example.

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