5-Pound Ethiopia Sidamo Natural, Unroasted Green Coffee Beans, Fresh Current Crop Specialty Grade, Roast the Beans Yourself at Home on Your Roasting Equipment Prior to Using for Brewing Coffee

As far as Ethiopian coffee goes, it seems Yirgacheffe/Sidamo is what I see everywhere, but IMO Harrar is the best of the best.If you're reading this while looking up green coffee to roast yourself, you probably already know Ethiopia is the birthplace of coffee. It's embedded in the culture. I've been to Kenya, and looked for green beans, and Kenyans I was with could only find me instant Nescafe at the little town markets. Hardly anyone I ran into drank brewed coffee. I was shocked! All of Kenya's best coffee is exported.In Ethiopia, they export their second best. The best of the best they keep for themselves. I bought a bag of green Harrar at a little corner grocery store, roasted it when I got home to the US, and fell in love. Then I tried roasting Yirgacheffe and other Ethiopian green beans, and nothing I found compared to Harrar. A fellow coffee aficionado that I gave some to confirmed, this is one of the best coffees he's ever tasted.Harrar is known to have smallish, often irregularly sized beans, unlike other graded coffee beans.Buy from Smokin Beans. They're serious about their beans, and not just a markup retailer looking for a profit on turnaround. (No, I have no affiliation with the company.) I've gotten green Harrar from a number of Amazon and eBay sellers, and this is the best I have found anywhere. I've tried a few cheaper options (only a little bit cheaper by the way), but the beans were junk, and I was stuck enduring 5 pounds of mediocre coffee.These beans are a relatively consistent size and shape for Harrar. They're fresh and packaged well, and the price is very nice for such high quality coffee. I think this is the best coffee I'll find, short of flying back to Ethiopia and going to that little corner store.I started with Smokin Beans with a 5 pound bag. Most recent purchase was the 12.5 pound bag. That'll last me a while, and when it's done, I'll gladly click "reorder."

First I have to tell you I'm a connoisseur of coffee. After doing a little research, one of the biggest chains that produces your favorite coffee cup have their own farm in the same country. That's where these beans are from. A friend of mine from Ethiopia showed me how they roasted the beans. Very simple. You can use a simple saucepan and shake it frequently on the stove. Without direct heat. Takes about 15 minutes. You're looking for a glossy finish on the beans. Let them cool before you put it in your grinder. The first thing you will notice use half the amount of coffee you normally would put. Enjoy!

Harrar used to be a wonderful variety and then for a long time it wasn’t, and now after about 20 years, it is again. I think this is the best green coffee one can buy right now from among the African beans. It is fairly expensive but not insanely so. I roast it to the end of the first crack.

I initially tried these beans when I first started roasting my own coffee. I’ve tried two methods as I’ve become more advanced and can give a more educated review. First, customer service was excellent, and the shipping is always quick. The beans are good quality and roast up nicely and are my go-to for my morning cup. They are a little tricky if you’ve never roasted Ethiopian beans before, as they’re much smaller than Columbian beans (which is what I started with), and they can be a tad difficult to roast evenly. I’ve roasted in a hot air popper and also my Behmor 1600 Plus, and surprisingly, the air popper has produced much more consistent results over the Behmor. This coffee is much better as a lighter roast, I generally stop right at first crack and rest for a minimum of 5 days to let the beans off-gas and let the real flavor shine. It is a bit delicate, but I enjoy it immensely! You won’t need much milk and sugar if that is your preference. The only complaint I could offer is that they do tend to produce quite a bit more chaff compared to any other beans I’ve tried, but it’s not a deal breaker at all, just something to be aware of. Happy roasting!

After roasting many kinds of green coffee beans, the Ethiopia Yirgacheffe is our favorite for flavor. It arrived in one 5 lb. bag instead of five 1 lb. bags and it arrived quickly after ordering it.

I just did my first batch of roast your own beans and they can out great. The chaff came right off and there wasn't one bad bean that I could see. The flavor is very smooth, I don't know about smokey notes of cherry and chocolate, but it made a fine cup of coffee. So happy to have found this supplier!