This is a review of Don Pablo, Pablos Pride Guatemalan whole bean coffee.A few year ago I reviewed this particular whole bean coffee and I was not very kind, so I decided to revisit it. I purchased a two pound bag from my local Sams club. This two pound bag was purchased for $18.99 or 59 cents/ounce. When I got it home and opened the bag I was greeted by a very fragrant sweet aroma of freshly roasted coffee. The bag itself was of a very high quality re-sealable mylar/foil with a standard degasing valve. The package had some basic information about the company and how to brew the coffee but no real information about the coffee inside other than 100% Arabica, Guatemala single origin coffee and an expiration date of 11 months in advance.The coffee beans looked to be roasted on the darker side of medium and had a very slight almost non existent oil sheen. The beans seemed to be of a high quality but I did find a few defects and these could have come from shipping damage.I ground 66 grams to about 770 microns on an Ollygrin BG710T conical burr grinder, this would be setting 12. When grinding the coffee, it had a very nice sweet nutty coffee aroma. I brewed this coffee with 1.2 liters of cold filtered water in a Cuisinart CPO850 Precision Pour Over automatic drip coffee maker. This particular brewer tends to mask or hide the aroma of the coffee being brewed but I was still getting a good sweet, nutty, cocoa coffee aroma.Upon cupping this coffee the aroma was of a roasted nut basic coffee aroma with a baking spice twist. Drinking this coffee I found a nice velvety medium mouth feel, well balanced, virtually no acidity with a mild not lingering cocoa finish. The SCA rates coffees with a cupping score of 80 or higher as specialty grade coffee. Using their scoring method I would rate this coffee with a cupping score of 88. It should be noted that I am not a coffee professional and this rating is only my opinion.I am glade I went and revisited this Pablos Pride Guatemalan whole bean coffee it turned out to be a very satisfying cup of coffee worthy of you table anytime of day. At $18.99 for a two pound bag or 59 cents/ounce it is a good value and comes highly recommended.
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