Wallenford Roasted Whole Bean Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee, 8oz bag

I made the sorry mistake of buying blue mountain coffee while in Jamaica during cruise. Once I was home and tried it, I couldn’t and still cannot, own or buy any other kind of coffee. The reason I’m “sorry” is because it’s expensive but lord have mercy, it’s just sooooo good!This was a new brand for me as I had only tried Jablum but this was slightly more affordable but JUST as delicious. The flavor is perfection. So smooth. Not bitter. I didn’t even know I was drinking bitter coffee until I tried blue mountain coffee! It’s a huge difference. Smelling the coffee grounds before putting it in my coffee machine has become a favorite thing to do - I’ve never been that way about coffee before - like what? My favorite thing to do is smell coffee grounds before making coffee? It sounds so weird lol but this kind of coffee has really brought out a side in me I never knew and I’m grateful. My day is always better when I can start it with this coffee....I wake up earlier to make it and enjoy it before work. It’s that good. I’m compromising sleep!My only complaint is the cost - for coffee it really is expensive 😞

This was the second time I purchased this coffee from this seller, the first pound was exactly how I knew JBM coffee tasted like, but this second pound was nothing like what JBM coffee tastes like, the coffee was very bitter and tasted like some decaf instant coffee. This was an embarrassing Xmas present to give my wife, I am seriously thinking of dumping the remaining beans in the garbage, at over $60 a pound it really is a shame. The one star is no reflection on the seller just the coffee I received, the seller shipped and packaged the coffee just fine.Update...... I was contacted by Wallenford regarding the bad coffee I received, after a few emails with their customer service it turned out that it seems the seal had broken on the pound off coffee I received which in turn had turned the coffee bitter, Wallenford customer service is second to none, I did not contact them but they did read the review and reached out to me replacing the bad coffee, I can say now that the Wallenford coffee is a great cup of coffee, exactly how I remembered it to taste, perfect first pot of coffee from the new pound. Thank You

These are superb beans, worthy of your best brewing technique. The roast is medium to light, giving the beans a smooth, dry look with no oils on the surface (which I suppose implies that they are still inside the bean, waiting to be extracted during brewing). I found the beans to be quite uniform in shape and size, with very few cracked or damaged.Although I couldn't find a roast date on the bag, they came to me fresh...sometimes, I notice the more expensive beans tend to be past their prime - this isn't one of those, at least not in the batch I got.I'm amazed at the difference in taste, depending on how you brew it. Ground to a very fine espresso roast, you get amazingly good espresso...a distinct sweet and chocolate taste, though perhaps a bit light on crema. We grind 10 grams per shot, tamp to 30 pounds, set a five second pre-infusion and 30 second brew at 198 degrees. Glorious - perhaps the best shot of espresso I've ever had.Grind it a bit more coarsely, and you get a fantastic result in the French press...not as heavy or sweet, with a smooth and more pronounced "coffee" flavor. Totally different character than the same bean prepared in the espresso machine.Anyway, if you like a smooth, mild coffee, you owe it to yourself to try some of these beans...in the right hands, it makes some of the best coffee you'll ever taste.

I purchased this product twice before with and the quality of the coffee was acceptable. I purchased it December 2019 as a Christmas present and was recently informed that the coffee was stale and had a burnt taste. It was noted the product was roasted in September 2019 which is probably too old for JBM coffee. The product is non-returnable and non-refundable. Very disappointing to have paid over $50 for pound of coffee that wound up in the garbage pail. I won't be ordering it ever again.

(Preface) I have had the most expensive coffee's that exist from Pure Kona Coffee, Single Estate Peaberry Beans, Used every brewing method (go to is pour over) and always grind my own beans.While this is certainly a medium roast in the truest sense (the beans are light brown), and is a very smooth cup with low acidity, I have had better than or equal to for much less.There is a very high bar that would need to be met IMO in order to justify the cost associated with the "infamous" Jamaica Blue Mountain coffee, and it was not close.While every location varies in consistency, it is possible you have had a cup of donut coffee that was just as good as this for around a $1.00.I believe that due to the limited growing region, the bulk exports to Japan, and unique growing conditions, that is what drives the cost so high however, that does NOT mean it's better. I think the master roaster at Wallenford could do a better job at bringing out more of the flavor from these beans by going with a medium plus roast or a city roast.Lastly, taste is subjective. I am not trashing Wallenford, they do produce a decent product, but it is far from phenomenal.......If you can afford to try it, do so by all means, just don't expect a utopian cup of coffee. Peet's medium roast Cafe Domingo blows this one out of the water as it had more depth and complexity.

Thought I'd try the reputed 'best coffee in the world' -- of course, best is subjective.I did not find it anything particularly special. It was good, but not worth the price to me. Maybe it wasn't as fresh as when folks go try it there or bring it home straight from a trip there.