BEANS

Oct 20, 2026

Community Beans This Week: Eight Bags, From Boozy Red Fruit to Jackfruit Decaf

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u/casual-capitalFinally tried a fermented fruit flavor, wow u/coolstuffehSL9 first time - wow but u/menschmaschine5[MOD] What have you been brewing this week?/ Coffee bean recommendations u/VerniciousWeekly Bean Review Thread: What have you been brewing this week? -- Week of October 15, 2026 u/fwmg_darsterUltralight - Lume Coffee Roasters u/NashvilleHillRunnerTHIS is an absolute banger.u/YunnancoffeeloverJust got new beans from Naizui Coffee Roasters (China) Ethiopia Triple Ferment Washed u/Appropriate_Unit6781Looking for "hidden gems" coffee brands around Europe Black & White Coffee RoastersSebastian Ramirez - Red Fruits Sweven CoffeeLa Lucuma - Geisha Inca (SL9)Portrait CoffeeATLiens Coffee Tandem Coffee RoastersKambarare - Kenya Lume RoastersJuliana Guevara & Wbeimar Lasso Gesha 100g Frequent CoffeeLos Nogales Caturra | Mucilage EA Decaf | Colombia STILL Coffee Roastersgv 26/pr-17

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Eight community beans from eight threads this week, one per thread, each kept for the reason the person gave: Red Fruits for a regular that is funky and boozy where the decaf is softer, La Lucuma for the SL9 still in stock and floral rather than juicy, ATLiens for a peach co-ferment that does not taste faked, Kambarare for mango juice and a thick body, the Lume Gesha for its florals, a Los Nogales decaf with jackfruit, Naizui's Guji for a sweet, low-acid cup, and Still on the strength of its name alone.

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

“Colombian Peach Co-Ferment. Light touch - did NOT have a strong fake taste. Hints of peach and black tea.”
u/Top_Kale_8880

“This was probably my second favorite Kenya of the year. Early on (around 2 weeks) I got straight mango juice, I get why they noted mango nectar because the body was very thick and syrupy.”
u/prosocialbehavior

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

“A few weeks ago I cupped 15 coffees blind and my favourite on the table was a washed Ethiopian coffee from Lume!”
u/geggsy

Related beans

Black & White

Sebastian Ramirez - Red Fruits

Strawberry · Grape Candy · Peach

340g · 28

Sweven Coffee

La Lucuma – Geisha Inca (SL9)

Nectarine · White Grape · Magnolia

200g · 24

Portrait Coffee

ATLiens Coffee - WS

Peaches · Brown Sugar · Sweet Tea

907g · 35

Tandem

Kambarare

Red Fruit · Citrus · Tropical Nectar

227g · 21

Lume Roasters

Juliana Guevara & Wbeimar Lasso Gesha

Gardenia · Lilac · Cherry

100g · 15

Frequent Coffee

Los Nogales Caturra | Mucilage EA Decaf

jackfruit · passionfruit · pineapple

227g · USD 23

BeanBook

Still Coffee Roasters

gv 26/pr-17

100g · 25

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).
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).
Portrait's ATLiens is the bag u/Top_Kale_8880 finished this week and liked for the opposite of fake fruit: a Colombian peach co-ferment with “Hints of peach and black tea.” and, in his words, “did NOT have a strong fake taste” (thread, Portrait).
Tandem's Kambarare is u/prosocialbehavior's second-favourite Kenya of the year: straight mango juice at two weeks off roast, “very thick and syrupy”, then red currant and tart cherry by three — a classic SL-28 he found “easy to extract” (thread, Tandem).
Lume's Juliana Guevara Gesha is the bag u/fwmg_darster picks out of his last few months at Lume — “The florals in the gesha were phenomenal.” — and u/geggsy's blind cupping of 15 coffees put a washed Ethiopian from the same roaster first, ahead of the Geshas on the table (thread, Lume).
Frequent's Los Nogales Caturra is the decaf that thread actually drank: u/NashvilleHillRunner says the other Frequent bag was good but “the Los Nogales is better”, and u/Kupoo_ picks it for “Caturra that has Jackfruit notes, AND is decaf!” (thread, Frequent).
Naizui's Guji triple ferment is u/Yunnancoffeelover's own bag from the Chinese roaster: “Very little acidity. It's quite sweet, though not in a fruity way.” with a light, tea-like body he did not expect from a triple ferment; the bag is not in BeanBook's catalogue yet, so the only link is the thread (thread).
Still's gv 26/pr-17 is the newest bag from the roaster u/Moderuspirate rates above Dak, Friedhats and Tanat — a Gori Gesha and Illubabor Forest peaberry natural at €25 (US$28) per 100 g; nobody in that thread named a bag, so the entry rests on the roaster's name (thread, Still).