Ethiopian Queen City Harrar Grade 4 Coffee Beans (Unroasted Green Beans, 5 pounds Whole Beans)

One of my favorite African coffees

Shipping was great. I have recently purchased yirgacheffe and Guji beans and find them similar not only pre ground but in tastes. I just roasted your Harrar after all the hype and so far the effects are quite a bit and the chaff stays on the beans. The pre grind is flat in aroma with no blueberry or fruity aromas. I will purchase this same seed from another vendor just to see if they are they same. I understand dry and wet deseeding methods. I hope the taste in the morning is not flat.2 days into gassing off and the taste is quite delicious...

I drink my coffee black and so need a high quality bean and roast or there's nothing to hide the taste. I have tried a few other beans on Amazon over the last year and this one is the best. I initially thought the roast was too light but, brewed up the coffee lasted fine. For the price this is a great value and I will likely repeat buy. The coffee itself has less of the fruity flavor I expected but is quite palatable.

I purchased 5 pounds of this coffee in green (unroasted) form for home roasting. I had just started home roasting and was not aware of of the different grades of coffee. Premium specialty coffee is typically Grade 1 or 2. Grade 4 is lower in quality. I roasted this coffee, and it was not bad, but not the level of quality I was hoping for. It isn't the seller's fault. They stated the grade of the coffee in the product description. In the future, I will be sure to check a coffee's grade before buying.

I've leaved an 1 star feedback to a Seller and got a unexpected reply making me upset.I know exactly roasting and Ethiopia bean was not uniformly roasted as shown in the 1st picture.And anybody would know that City do not mean non-uniformity but a specific roasting point before Fullcity.2nd picture depicts three coffee beans with different roasting point. The widely distributed at the upper side is my concerning Ethiopia bean ordered this time representing very colorful and actually have a smell of fresh bean. Right down is my previously owned Ethiopia bean which is roasted as exactly City. Left down is Kenya bean of Fullcity+ which is roasted by this seller.There are totally different story as shown in the last picture showing very different kind of roasted beans within Ethiopia bean ordered this time with City roasting point, but actually from Medium to French.This is the problem that I concern and I've just wanted to let seller know that roasting should be checked because I've read carefully Return Strategy telling that there could be no return when package is opened.However, I felt that seller do not want to satisfy or give sorry to not satisfying customer.This is another point of my concern.

Rhoads Roast is run by lovely people but, sadly, the reviews complaining of over-roasting are absolutely correct. Those who like extra-dark, Starbucks-style French roasting will like the "medium" roasted beans. But these beans are not for those who want a true medium. It wouldn't be inaccurate to say the beans are burnt. They were oily (in a lasting way, not a freshly-roasted way, which properly-roasted beans never should be) and the only discernable flavor was that of char. Very, very sad, because Harrar coffees have some of the loveliest subtle flavors of any, when properly roasted.I really do not like writing negative reviews, but in this case felt it was important to warn others. I waited quite a while before writing this, and see that several others have had the same experience (which was not the case back when I read reviews before buying). Adding an extra star for the nice people. The coffee itself is a "1".

Amazon and RhoadsRoast folks together equals fantastic service and quality. The coffee is from the most famous source and is amazingly delicious coffee. A miracle of quality and care!So much appreciation and thanks!!!!!

Superb coffee! You will need to do a little sorting as with most green beans - but the result is nothing short of superb. An excellent bean for roasting full city or a bit a darker - but I don't take it too far or it loses much of it's fruity character.This is one of my favorites in my pantry right now.