I've had the Bundja from Real Coffee in Maitland, he roasts it himself. The first time I tried it last year it was a gorgeous bean, I drank it hot and cold, it wasn't roasted all that dark which I loved. This year he has got it again but it's roasted way too dark and is coming out bitter. I'd love to try roasting it myself but I highly doubt he'd sell it to me as a green. The problem I keep finding with beans roasted by others is that it's always roasted too far, I know I've said this before but one of the local roasters I've talked to said that he doesn't like roasting as dark as he does but it's what the customers want. He does a lovely blend that I really like as a lightly roasted bean but when I went to get some more it was roasted way to dark and it was horrible, the lightly roasted one was a one off I'm guessing as his wife? said that it's how it normally is. These things above could be my fault, maybe I don't know enough about changing grinding settings for different beans ???
