Your Liquid Amber should be very good in a French Press. I use one and I think press is the best for an espresso blend brewed. I've had espressos from Allegro and Intelligentsia that both were great using that method.

I would agree with a lot of that above. I got this coffee with the idea of using it in a blend but I always try the coffee on its own first, at a roast that I think is suitable for it. I had it this morning, a Full City+ roast on three days rest. This was an impressively ...

... would have gladly bought more but the microlot ran out fast. Curiously, when I used to make espresso, obtained little satisfaction from Sumatra blends, eventually getting my fill from an SO guat bourbon. The reason for bringing this up is the region is beckoning, particularly the Sumatra Toba ...

... up some putrefying fruit smells. I didn't notice these off odors with the Ethiopian Illubabor Camp or the Ethiopian Goma coffees. Most likely I'll blend my last 1/4 lb of Yirga Cheffe with some other beans. I'll just use this as an opportunity to experiment and learn.

The only pre-roast blend I've worked with (aside from a few use-it-up ad-hoc roasts) is the Moka Kadir. I've found that a slower, longer drying phase helps at least a little bit in taming the differences, much as it does for SO lots ...

I'm a big fan of SM's Blends (Espresso Monkey and Espresso Workshop #26 - Ethiopiques). It is difficult to know when to stop a roast b/c of some beans are turning Vienna while others are still C+. Should I focus on one bean type, e.g., the fastest roasting? I use a Behmor 1600.

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The Continental blend I was buying before I started roasting had a Guatemalan, Ethiopian and a Sumatran in a 40/30/30 ratio, I think respectively. Try a Guatemalan, Colombian or Brazilian, and I think you might like it better at 60/40, with the former having the higher ratio than the Ethiopian.

... I brewed the first Full City this morning. It's a "coffee" coffee, balanced and simple. It was every bit as satisfying as a pre-roasted blend I had been purchasing; perhaps not as nuanced but I would have no trouble drinking this on a daily basis. I'm planning a melange blend with an ...

... aromas but a citrus-y quality still came through. Drinking single origins as straight coffee is new for me. I look forward to developing a blend with the coffees I have on hand. But both were a little better than the Allegro coffees they roasted right in front of me at Whole Foods. This ...

Keep it around or gift to to people who like French Roast or go to Starbucks! It'll actually stay fairly decent for about 4-5 months... That is, on their scale! Otherwise, I would suggest blending in slowly with your own roasts...