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Oct 20, 2026

The Community Bean List This Week: Red Fruits, Dak, a Peruvian SL9 and Counter Culture

6 sourcesAI-written, may contain mistakes.

u/KravMataCounter Culture Big Trouble – a solid supermarket backup u/casual-capitalFinally tried a fermented fruit flavor, wow u/coolstuffehSL9 first time - wow but Counter Culture CoffeeBig Trouble Black & White Coffee RoastersSebastian Ramirez - Red Fruits Sweven CoffeeLa Lucuma – Geisha Inca (SL9)

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Eight bags from four threads this week, each kept for the reason the person gave: Red Fruits for a regular that is funky and boozy where the decaf is softer, Dak as the European pointer, La Lucuma for the SL9 still in stock and floral rather than juicy, and Big Trouble for a supermarket bag that tastes of dark chocolate and crème brûlée. The other four come from the same supermarket thread — Fast Forward, Apollo, Forty-Six and Hologram, picked for value and availability rather than for their taste.

Quotes

“If you're in the US I'd look at trying some stuff from Black and White in North Carolina (Red Fruits I just tried both regular and decaf, both good but different to each other. Decaf was more subtle on the funky notes, the regular was really good but definitely gave boozy vibes).”
u/opzich86

“It's more on the delicate and floral side than on the juicier end.”
u/onewayvalve

“If you're in Europe check out Dak in Amsterdam or The Source in Edinburgh.”
u/opzich86

“Most of the time, I can find beans that are only 2-3 weeks old.”
u/fritolay21

Related beans

Black & White

Sebastian Ramirez - Red Fruits

Strawberry · Grape Candy · Peach

340g · 28

Dak

Lady in Red

Black Cherry · Citrus · Strawberry Candy

125g · 44.9

Sweven Coffee

La Lucuma – Geisha Inca (SL9)

Nectarine · White Grape · Magnolia

200g · 24

Counter culture coffee

Big Trouble

Nutty · Caramel · Chocolate

367g · 19.5

Counter culture coffee

Fast Forward

Nutty · Sweet · Creamy

367g · 19.5

Counter culture coffee

Apollo

Floral · Citrus

367g · 20

Counter culture coffee

Forty-Six

Dark Chocolate · Smoky

367g · 20

Counter culture coffee

Hologram

Ripe Fruit · Chocolate

367g · 20

Facts & Voices

Black & White's Red Fruits is the bag u/opzich86 recommends to US buyers chasing stronger ferment, and the reason is his own comparison: he tried the regular and the decaf, found the decaf softer on the funk, and calls the regular "really good but definitely gave boozy vibes" (thread).
Dak's Lady in Red is where u/opzich86 sends European drinkers — Dak, in Amsterdam — and this is the bag on their shelf now: a 125 g filter roast of anaerobic natural Pacamara from Finca Zarza, €44.90 (US$50). Nobody in the thread has tasted it, so this one rests on Dak's name (thread, Dak).
Sweven's La Lucuma is the SL9 still on sale after the Scenery bag in the original thread sold out, and it carries the only other taster's description here: u/onewayvalve put the variety "more on the delicate and floral side than on the juicier end" (thread, Sweven).
Counter Culture's Big Trouble is u/KravMata's supermarket backup, and his own tasting is the reason: 80% dark chocolate, the caramelised sugar crust of crème brûlée and almonds, medium-full body, low acidity, and in milk a cup he likens to hot cocoa (thread).
Counter Culture's Fast Forward is the bag the thread names most often — four commenters, u/fritolay21 first — as the value buy between local roasts, and u/College-Lumpy supplies the only tasting here: “Nutty and thin. No real chocolate.” at first, then mid-bag “really nice rounded subtle flavors” (thread).
Counter Culture's Apollo is u/pfhlick’s “go to emergency grocery coffee” and one of two bags u/AgentSaucepan keeps “when in a pinch” — a reason built on getting hold of it, not on how it tastes, and nobody in the thread describes the cup (thread, CC).
Counter Culture's Forty-Six is u/c3powil’s preference over Big Trouble in the same store, bought in the big bags when the roast date is fresh at “around 90 cents per ounce in my area”, with u/the_drunkenduck agreeing; darker than the rest of the shelf, and no one here says what it tastes like (thread, CC).
Counter Culture's Hologram arrives on one line only — “I like Hologram.” from u/bwaybabs, with no reason and no tasting attached — so the entry rests on a single drinker’s word (thread, CC).