Nicaragua 5 de Junio Green Coffee Beans Test

I'm sitting here sipping a flat-white made with the organic green Nicaragua 5 de Junio beans that came in the Seven Bridges Cooperative green bean sampler pack.

The label on the bag recommends these beans for Medium to Full City.

I roasted the beans using my iRoast-2 home coffee bean roaster using the following profile:

• 385F for 7 minutes
• 430F for 2 minutes
• 465 F for 2 minutes

The roasted beans are mid-to dark brown, and the color is consistent through the bean, meaning a Full City roast.

The beans produce above average crema. The espresso liquor has distinctive bitter overtones.

These beans are quite comparable to the Colombian Popayan beans I previously tested in that they produce excellent crema and exhibit bitterness as the overriding taste, though these beans are not as distinctive in flavor in the way the Popayan beans are.