BLK & BoldBLK & BOLD Coffee | Fair Trade & Micro-Roasted | Certified Kosher | Black Owned Business | 100% Arabica Specialty Coffee | Whole Bean | 12 oz Bag

The price is great for what you get - which is a deliciously mellow Ethiopian bean in sturdy, convenient packaging. The second bag stayed fresh for over a month before I opened it. It is a very light roast so you can’t judge it based on the residue in the bag. I go by the feel of the grounds.The Limu region is incredibly underrated as far as I’ve tasted. Also the beans are visually healthy. This probably has to do with the higher amounts of rainfall the region received in 2020 relative to more Eastern regions like Sidamo and Harrar, whose beans have tended to be smaller and more acidic in recent years and, overall I feel, taste better as medium or darker roasts.I love a flavorful, low acidity light roast in the morning and this brand has hit the spot. The flavor profile given on the package is fairly accurate. I notice a strong chocolaty smell from the bag but the honey and blueberry come through more after brewing. It might be the low acidity and lack of bitterness that makes these flavors outshine the chocolate notes but they are still there in the aroma.The roasters timed these beans perfectly in my opinion. If you like it more flavorful you might want to brew it darker, and therefore use more product per cup, but it does very well brewed at normal strength. Also I think it is good to know that you will need an electric grinder for these beans unless you love the workout of grinding light beans by hand.

The flavor of the coffee is beautiful. It’s not too too strong and not too too miles just right. I sound like Goldilocks and the three Bears. Lol. But I really like the coffee love the way it tastes but unfortunately, it must be very popular because I’m not able to get it every month on a regular basis. So I get it when I can.

Excellent coffee, perfect for Hario switch pour over AND I used it for an espresso grind. Working up a light roast to espresso is a 'dial in' chore but this coffee works great. Great flavor profile. Voting these roasters BEST micro roasters.

My first pour over cup with these beans was a little bitter, so on my second cup I lowered my water temperature a little and the flavor is much nicer now. There are definitely chocolatey flavors, maybe too much chocolate, not enough coffee flavor. I'll try again with another lowering of water temp and see how things balance out before changing my grind.The beans are roasted a little darker than the medium roast beans (even other decaf beans) I'm used to and they are much smaller. The size reminds me of Counter Culture Idido Ethiopian origin beans (though that was a very light roast and non-decaf I brewed with a French press with super-long steep time, so this isn't a flavor comparison, just bean size).On a side note, the bag the coffee came in is the best design I've experienced, practically speaking. Trivially easy to open/unseal due to the pull tab, and the zip-closure actually works to keep the bag closed. So many other coffee bean bags are hard to pull open due to the super-strength glue they apparently use to seal it, requiring scissors to cut it open, or the bag material is super weak so any attempt to pull it open tears the bag apart making a big mess, or the bendy-tie to keep the bag closed doesn't stick to the bag.2023-07-25 update: In my most recent order, I received only one 12oz bag of beans with the 2-pack barcode sticker covering the original barcode on the bag. So somebody messed up the 2-pack packaging process; I don't know if it was Amazon or BLK & Bold. I went through the increasingly common runaround with replacements/returns with Amazon.com, eventually chatted with a human who issued me a refund, and promised that this would not happen again with my next order. Keeping my fingers crossed in a few weeks when the time comes to order more decaf beans. My pourover with this still tastes good, though the beans are different from my previous order. The beans are a little lighter roast (closer to medium than dark) and the beans are larger.

I've been on the hunt for a good decaf coffee and recently found this keeper. I ground this fairly coarse for use with the Chemex. It smells and tastes wonderful. Rich and earthy, with cocoa and nutty notes.The bag design is easy to use -- much better than the ones you tear open and then fold over. If this was a ground coffee, I'd say the bag is a negative, but for whole bean it makes it easier to get the beans out and keep them fresh.This one is definitely a repeat purchase for me. I only hope they'll come out with other decaf options!

I gave this coffee a chance when I saw it was part of an Amazon 'small seller' promo. Glad I did! I liked most that they donated a portion of profits to at-risk youth.The coffee beans are aromatic and flavorful. The description on the package was exactly how to describe the flavor: notes of chocolate, honey, and blueberry. This is the first time I've tried light roast, after tiring of the 'burnt' flavor of my previous coffee. The flavor of this coffee made me a fan of light roast!Moreover, the package of this brand is brilliant! I'm used to beans sealed with large-mouthed openings that you have to fold, and fold, and fold then TRY to secure with a ribbon-shaped metal tie just to remove air that may oxidize your beans. This package has a zip-loc seal. I can press out air then secure with a zip of the mechanism. What a concept, right???I have to admit a fault of MY OWN setup. I use a manual grinder (Hario "Skerton") that fits in my tiny locker at work (along with my single cup French press). With medium and dark roasts, the beans are dessicated that grinding a single cup's worth is no problem for my aging joints. The problem with light roast is that the beans are not as dried out and thus not as brittle. This makes them HARD to grind in a manual grinder. If you have an automated grinder, like most sane people do, you shouldn't have this problem...Now I'm searching Amazon for a small automated grinder

Love the berry flavor and smooth, non bitter taste.