Authentic Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee, Whole Bean, Medium Roasted, 227g

**** WARNING**** This is not the stuff of legend. It's just plain gross. It smells burnt when you open the bag, Yuck, it can't be that bad, yes it can and it is. This is truely the worst coffee I've ever had. About 6 of the 8 ounces of beans are going in the garbage because it is undrinkable wretched swill. I wouldn't normally spend $40 on HALF a pound of coffee but Amazon suggested it, and in a moment of weakness I thought why not try it? I have about 7 years of experience pulling shots on a Rocket R58 using a Eureka Specialita as a single dose grinder. The grinder was well cleaned before I pulled the first disappointing shot. It's dialed in now and just as bad. Coffee beans can be graded on a scale of 1(best) to 5 (worst) this could be a 6 or 7 Looks to me like the roast is inconsistant and varies from a medium ~5%?, to dark ~90%?, to burnt black ~5%?. The beans vary in size from the smallest peaberry to XL. The variation in bean size matters. Nearly the entire bag is made up of defective beans, those that are shells, broken, chipped, or burnt. Some of the lighter roasted beans have dents that are burnt which I've always assumed meant the bean had started to rot before it roasted, I've only seen a few of those over the years, until this bag. I have ordered specialty coffees that were roasted on demand and at that price point it's to be expected so when Amazon quoted 12 days for delivery I assumed it was roasted to order. Nope, it was burned, I mean roasted almost 2 months before I got it. So here we are and I can say this with conviction "This is, without a doubt, the worst coffee I have ever had in my life" You have been warned.

I purchased (1) package as a sample to see how it compared to my first experience with 'Blue Mountain' that I purchased in a little bodega in Manhattan by chance over fifty years ago. I'd never heard nor tasted the original before but it changed the way I tasted coffee to this day. This sample was actually very close to that original. I immediately bought a 2nd package and it was undrinkable. Stale, old, disgusting, and dead are a few words that come to mind; hence the (3) stars for my experience. If I was 100% certain that every package was truly fresh I would subscribe. However, at this point it's 50-50 and as many times before, the ads and reviews praise their coffee as 100% 'Blue Mountain' and it's simply a waste of money. I've been attempting to find that original taste on Amazon and 'No One', except the aforementioned 1st package, has comes close. It's worth the risk, but be forewarned!

Excellent flavor and freshness for an Amazon product. It definitely ranks top 5 for coffee blends I've had. I definitely like single origin beans from Clifton Mound Estates or Wallenford from specialty importers more though. I would still buy this again if I'm ever looking for more budget friendly blue mountain coffee.

Yum!

It is a delicious and well balanced cup of coffee full of flavor and lower acidity. That being said, the price should be closer to $30 a lb, at the time of this post, it is $80 a lb. If not for the high price, I'd order it more often.