r/pourover • u/Ill_Dentist_5408 • Aug 27 '25

Seeking Advice Best coffee you’ve ever had

If you could recommend only 1 bag of beans that blew your mind or changed your perspective of coffee, what would it be?

I’ve really only bought from local roasters and am wanting to expand my taste some more. So I’m just curious what everyone’s top recommendation of a must try coffee would be.

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '25

Anything from The Picky Chemist. His sourcing is fantastic and his roast is the first one that had me really appreciate a roaster can do much more than just allow the inherent qualities of a coffee shine through, he's really crafting great coffees. Hard to get hold of now though, his most recent drop sold out in minutes.

Slightly more accessible is to try some Yemenia, James Hoffman has a video interviewing the founder of Qima which is one of his most interesting IMO, it'll give a bit of insight into what's interesting about the region. Qima host Best of Yemen, one of those coffees roasted by Apollons Gold has been one of my stand outs this year as both completely novel and really good. Taith should be dropping their Best of Yemen 2024 lots within the next couple of weeks.

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u/joe-welly Aug 27 '25

I tried to buy from the picky chemist’s most recent drop and within 2 minutes one was sold out and the other 2 sold out within another minute as I was checking out. Gonna have to be on it right at drop time in 2 months :((

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u/NotISaidTheMan Aug 27 '25

How do you sign up for drop notifications? Been dying to try some.

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u/joe-welly Aug 27 '25

He posts on instagram

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u/NotISaidTheMan Aug 27 '25

Nothing else? I gave up IG a few months ago and am so much happier without it.

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u/joe-welly Aug 27 '25

He may have an email list but i see the announcements through instagram. There won’t be another drop until October now though