Reviews Total
2.9 / 5
Recommended by
20%
1 out of 5 users
Pavel Verified Customer Show Original August 6
Does not recommend
200g
Nice to try
It can be used for iced coffee, where it can probably be used
it's just not good coffee
I wouldn't call it a coconut flavor, but an overly coconut weirdly artificial flavor
it doesn't smell, it doesn't taste good, the aroma overwhelms anything else that might be in the coffee
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Preparation method: espresso
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Dmytro Verified Customer Show Original July 28
Does not recommend
200g
If you know that you like "coconut" coffees, you are in the right place. If you're not looking for this taste, or you don't know about it, I would rather not recommend it. Ever since my first taste of Beansmiths's COCADA last year, I've been in love with "coconut" coffees.
Upon first opening and sniffing, this coffee instantly reminded me of something. Yes, I already had "her" last year, it's Rafael Vinhal from Brazil, last year Beansmith's had a lot from Mr. Farmer as COCADA with a slightly different description (coconut, cinnamon, wild strawberries VS this year coconut, milk chocolate, etc.).
When done right, it's not bitter, it's coconutty, sweet, reminiscent of a bounty bar. But unfortunately there is no additional bonus acidity.
Really light roast. We used it cautiously with 93° and rather medium coarse grinding, it tasted unsatisfactory. At 96° and quite finely ground, it creates a miracle in a cup.
I disagree with the first commenter. Yes, the beans are small and peaberries, with the occasional lighter "quakers", which I also see in other coffees, e.g. Ethiopia by Coffee Collective which I have now. I don't have broken grains any less, and the visual of the grains doesn't have to affect the taste to an extreme. Even "nasty" looking grains can taste fantastic.
You probably don't like it. It's a very specific coffee/flavor profile.
It's not DAK's Coco Bongo, but it's good too. It's not overwhelming with lots of flavor, but it's consistently pleasantly coconutty/bounty.
If you want to drink it straight and it is very fresh, unfortunately you will not enjoy it as much. You have to let it sit for 2-3 weeks.
I would have liked some extra acidity, unfortunately I didn't find that pineapple there.
With the wrong recipe, it is rather bitter, dense/earthy in a bad way.
Recipe
Preparation method: V60
Coffee (g): 15
Water (g): 250
Water temperature: 96
Grinder (setting): Fellow Ode Gen.2 (4)
Process: 50g bloom, wait a minute, 200g slow single pour
Slavka Verified Customer Show Original July 25
Does not recommend
200g
A whiff of coconut (but only on the fifth attempt at V60 switch with a ratio of 70g/l)
we couldn't find our way to each other - I tried different preparation methods, but it didn't look like the described profile (I don't have such a problem with other coffees)
In the background, an unpleasant grassy aftertaste that I couldn't get rid of
Lusan Drost July 16
Recommends
200g
Cool packaging
very aromatic and flavorful coffee
One of my favorite roasters from Holland
Petr K Verified Customer Show Original July 16
Does not recommend
200g
Lots of peaberries, lots of broken beans. Beans of 3 shades, some roasted and others not roasted. I tried 2 different coffees from the roaster (Brazil Coco + Costa Rica M&M Juciy) and I won't try it again, it didn't taste good and the beans look rather low quality.