Between my friend and I we ordered half dozen bags. His coworkers can't stop raving about the beans. Said he had to open the manual grinder a bit and it produced a cup so delicious that the workplace ordered more. My bag seems to be the black sheep of the same-week order. Not very fresh, no crema no matter how we pulled (16 to 20 grams, 1:1 to 1:2), had to open the Baratza ESP almost two whole clicks. I am wondering if this bean is more of a drip or French press brew. As an espresso it's very average for my subjective tastes. Enough so that I did not take advantage of the 30% holiday weekend sale.