Community Beans This Week: 11 Bags, 5 You Can Still Buy

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September

Wilton Benitez - Yeast-Inoculated Geisha

125g · 30

Terraform

Ethiopia - Danche, Ethiopian Landrace

red floral · peach · pineapple

100g · 11

Rum Baba

Kaleidoscope 3.1 - Strawberry Vanilla Sky

strawberry · vanilla · bubblegum

200g · 26.62

Valor Coffee

Freethrow

chocolate · strawberry · nougat

283g · 20

Fraction 9 Coffee Roasters

Everyday Gold – Dark MINUS Roast

cocoa · roasted hazelnut · caramelized date

800g · 1199

Subtext

Arbegona Rumudamo, Ethiopia Anaerobic Washed Walega

yuzu · mango · orange

250g · 43

Sey

2026 Chorso Bule; Highest Elevation Project - Ethiopia

Ripe Peach · Melon · Honeysuckle

250g · 25

Dak

Lemon Spritz

citrus · lemon peel · white floral

250g · 20.09

Sey

Sike Bokasso - Ethiopia

watermelon · peach · lemongrass

250g · 25

Shoebox Coffee Roasters

Ethiopia Bookissa Natural

mango · banana · gummy candy

125g · 20

BeanBook

Dak

Rhubarb Fizz

black currant · orange · rhubarb

· 18.34

Facts & Voices

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   September's Wilton Benitez Yeast-Inoculated Geisha is the bag u/muchostouche walked through mouthful by mouthful in r/pourover's weekly thread: rose water up front, sweet saffron behind it, then pink lemonade and hibiscus tea finishing on ruby red grapefruit. A geisha whose florals survive yeast inoculation and thermal shock, C$30 (US$21.5 / €19.2), and still in stock on 1 November (thread, September).

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   Terraform's Danche is the bag u/CoffeeNerdDogLover put above the Klatch and Goshen naturals beside it on his shelf — “a different level. More nuanced.”, and “beautiful this morning” — in a thread that otherwise rates roasters by body. The Gedeb landrace natural from 2250 masl is US$11 per 100 g (€9.9), the cheapest single origin here, and in stock (thread, Terraform).

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   Rum Baba's Kaleidoscope 3.1 is the Amsterdam bag u/Hungryhungryhippoo44 brewed a pot of and called “a blast in your face with lots of funk”, adding that the printed notes are “damn realistic” and that it does read a bit artificial for coffee. Vanilla milkshake and strawberry bubblegum from a Pitalito, Huila co-ferment, €22.50 per 200 g (US$25.1), still in stock (thread, Rum Baba).

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   Valor's Freethrow is the Atlanta house blend u/EatonMagoo called “big flavor - caramel, toasted marshmallow and fruit. Amazing”, and the reason a blend sits in a list of single origins: 60% washed Guatemala Huehuetenango, 20% washed Honduras, 20% natural Colombia Cabresto, roasted medium. US$20 for 10 oz (283 g, €17.9), in stock (thread, Valor).

5. 5

   Fraction 9's Everyday Gold in the Dark MINUS roast is u/TimeTested1010's second 800 g bag, kept because guests drink his almond-milk lattes and this one “has given the best and consistent result”; a 6-month user says it beats “anything you get at a cafe”. ₹1,199 per 800 g (US$12.6 / €11.3) of washed estate Arabica from Chikmagalur, in stock (thread, Fraction 9).

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   Subtext's Arbegona Rumudamo was the single best Ethiopian of the year for u/prosocialbehavior — “This is probably my favorite bean from Ethiopia this year.” — an anaerobic washed Walega from Arbegona, and it is the first bag in this list you cannot buy: C$43 per 250 g (US$30.8 / €27.6), sold out in every size on Subtext's shop on 1 November (thread, Subtext).

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   Sey's Chorso Bule is the Ethiopian u/motorcyclejpg drank on two grinders and rated the best kind of light roast — “You’ll likely get an obvious punch of peach, but then you get this refreshing honeydew as well that I think is very special.” — a Highest Elevation Project lot at US$25 per 250 g (€22.4) that has since sold out in 250 g, 2 lb and 5 lb (thread, Sey).

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   Dak's Lemon Spritz is the washed Gedeb Ethiopian u/urmomisfun called “stellar” — “It was a bright,clean coffee with lemon acidity. It was lovely.” — and it is the clean, low-intervention counterweight to Dak's co-ferments, from Lalesa washing station at 2150 masl. Last listed at €20.09 (US$22.4), now sold out (thread, Dak).