La Colombe Bleu Organic Dark Roast Whole Bean Coffee - Notes of Cocoa, Macadamia & Sweet Cream, 5 Pound (Pack of 1)

I bought this duo-pack to try making cold brew with, and was delightfully surprised. When coarsely ground and steeped for 12-24 hours, both the Nizza and Corsica made perfectly tasty, amazing-smelling cold brew. They seemed to produce less sediment than other brands I have used, too. The color was not noticeably different between the two, and though one is a dark and one is medium roast, the taste and kick didn't differ much.

This coffee is where it’s at. You must buy the 5 lb to get the most value. This flavor is so creamy and delicious. I’ve been a brand fan for almost 8 years now. Never disappoints.

This is delicious. I tried several others and hit on this one and have been very happy. I'm no coffee expert, but I know when something tastes good. Give it a shot. The price is fair for the quality.

Fantastic taste, and even better price. If you are looking for a high quality bean then you should definitely try this

A few years ago I handled an arbitration in Manhattan and ended up living at the Tribeca Grand hotel. That turned out to be a short stroll away from a very comfortable La Colombe café, where I satisfied my espresso habit for a few months. Nizza is the blend the La Colombe cafés use for the standard espresso pull.While I have tried dozens of single origin and blended beans for espresso at home, Nizza has been my ‘house blend’ since then. Until recently, I ordered direct from La Colombe, but discovered that amazon will do prime delivery and sells the 24 ounce format for less than buying direct. I’ve ordered dozens of times now; never have I received ‘old’ coffee, ground coffee instead of beans, or less coffee than I paid for.I drink straight shots, pulled from an ECM Synchronika, ground in an ECM V-Titan grinder. My wife drinks her espresso with milk. Each of us goes through two or three 20 gram dose/40 gram pulls a day.Nizza is NOT ‘very dark roast’ as some have said here. It is a Full City to Full City+ roast, well before the beans begin to get oily and turn toward black. The Nizza flavor profile is exactly what I look for in my straight shots: dominant tones of creamy milk chocolate and toasted hazelnut, moderate acidity. My wife tells me Nizza goes well with steamed milk — I don’t touch the moo juice, although I have had shots of Nizza marked with a tablespoon or so of foam and that’s a perfect macchiato in my book.I shoot for a 1 gram dose: 2 gram shot ratio, 200F at the brewhead, about 32 to 36 seconds extraction with a few seconds of preinfusion. I use a puck screen to minimize my maintenance needs, along with a stainless steel portafilter, VMS shower screen and VST 22 gram ridgeless portafilter basket. For some reason, I always find it is uncommonly easy to dial in grind, tamp and time with Nizza beans; and I always get a pretty reasonable head of crema. I don’t think there is robusta in the blend, as often is the case with blends from Lavazza and other Italian commercial blends, so you won’t obtain the kind of crema —or the blast of caffeine — you may expect from those.I’m pretty serious about my coffee and have been for about half a century. I see some very negative reviews of Nizza here on amazon and have to wonder whether the reviewers had one of those now and then bad experiences that occur with any product, or with fulfillment of an order — or whether they just don’t have a clue what they’re doing.In any event, I’ve never been disappointed with this blend; or with amazon fulfillment of my order. And at around $20 for 1.5 pound of beans of this quality, buying the 24 ounce format Nizza whole bean coffee from amazon is a very good deal.

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OLD COFFEE - Burnt and low quality. I returned my bag after the expiration date clearly indicated that it had been sitting in storage for sometime. Opened the bag to check and it smelled like burnt, stale, cheap coffee. Buy this if you drink your coffee at Starbucks.

I have been drinking Nizza for about a year now. When this coffee is fresh or decently fresh it's absolutely amazing, but here lately it's been a gamble. I've noticed that coffee sent two to three months from expiration slightly smells like an ashtray when grinded and tastes bitter and burnt. I can't drink it like that. So, if you're lucky enough to get a fresh bag, you will be blessed with an amazing cup of coffee! Otherwise, you're better off getting it from one of those rest stop instant coffee dispensers. Good luck and may the odds be ever in your flavor!