☕green coffees forgiving enough for your first uneven roasts
ranked by how much they forgive a bad heat curve, not by cup score. learned most of this the hard way in a popcorn popper.
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1
Brazil Cerrado (natural)
the training wheels bean. dense, forgives an uneven heat curve, this is where I started and where I'd tell anyone else to start
2
Sumatra Mandheling (wet-hulled)
basically roast-proof. hard to scorch, forgiving well past first crack
3
Guatemala Antigua
4
Colombia Huila (washed)
5
Costa Rica Tarrazu (washed)
predictable, good middle-density option once you're past total beginner
6
Mexico Chiapas
7
Ethiopia Yirgacheffe (natural)
everyone recommends this for the cup, but the density's all over the place within the same bag. scorched three batches before I noticed.
8
Honduras Marcala
9
India Monsooned Malabar
weird one, processed to be low acid and dense on purpose. roasts nothing like the rest of this list, first crack comes late and quiet
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