Guatemalan French Roast

Delighted!

This is the best most consistent coffee I have ever had. I love that you can purchase it at local spots near the roasters this makes the best cold brew

As a bird lover and a dark roast coffee lover, I’ve struggled to find companies that make a good bird-friendly dark roast. The trend these days seems toward barely roasted beans. Guatemala French is a true French Roast, a solid every day cup, but not a complex flavor.

I can't even estimate how many different kinds of coffee I've tried over the years. I still like to try something new now and then. But day in and day out, I feel like anything other than my favorite Guatemalan French roast is a step down. From the aroma the second I open the bag to the last sip, the smooth but bold flavor is the liquid definition of what I think coffee should be. I know everyone has their personal preferences, but this one is the pinnacle for me, so if you like a dark roast, I recommend giving it a try.

I'd drink it just for the flavor, but there are two added benefits that make it a little more special to me. One is the certifications, including Bird Friendly. And second is a purely personal note. As a much younger man, I made a trip one weekend to Huehuetenango while I was spending a month studying intensive Spanish in Guatemala. The time I spent in country was a great learning experience for me and pointed my life in a new direction. There's a poetic symmetry to knowing that my favorite coffee comes from those volcanic mountains and a few of my dollars help the people who live and work there.

As always, we greet our order of this most brilliant of
French roasts with appreciation and enthusiasm. Pouring out from our 12-cup stove-top percolator full of this coffee never ceases to be an adventure! This mysterious coffee seems to have the ability to match our moods -- how does it do that???!!! -- and never gets old. This is exciting, intense, nuanced coffee for the true coffee connoisseur who will emerge when the right brew presents itself! French roast is intense, mysterious, elegant, moody, nuanced coffee - - let your palate know that you appreciate its sophistication! If you are not familiar with French roast, start right here!

French roast is our “soulmate” coffee. We’ve been in love with French roast for decades. Is there a brew we haven’t sampled? Well, I don’t know…however, of all of the French roasts which have slid past our appreciative taste buds, not a single one has matched this fabulous French roast from Guatemala for the characteristics that make French roast, well, French roast. Bold and a tad “moody,” just the way we love it. If you already love French roast, here you go! If you haven’t met French roast yet, might as well start with “perfect!”

This is our go-to all-the-time coffee! Long-time French-coffee devotees, we have not found any that meet the criteria of exemplary French roast -- or that satisfy us -- as impressively and delightfully as this Guatemalan French Roast Coffee. "Bold, bittersweet, smoky," characteristics which give it the frisky, mischievous quality that endears this most special of roasts to us. In the face of a pandemic which has altered life on Earth, it is virtuosity and courage that keep the coffee coming and make sure that migration resting places are in place for the intrepid, industrious avian voyages. Coffee, compassion and courage. Drink to them!

In universally challenging times, we continue to take comfort in this superlative French roast: our cup of sanity!!! Brilliant French roast suits our taste - and this Guatemalan French roast has ended our quest for coffee that perfect; captures what we love about French roast! This coffee is right for every coffee-drinking moment in our house: this coffee means "home."

A beautiful rendering of the qualities you cherish in French roast coffee come together magnificently in this marvelous coffee! Great coffee, always a pleasure,, has taken on new weight in these days of global challenges unprecedented in our lifetimes: what were once joys we may have taken for granted now are recognized as sources of delight and good fortune. The achievements of the Deans Beans team, in Guatemala and the U.S. to keep the great coffee coming are nothing less than heroic! Love your smoky,, charred French roast with gratitude in your heart for the growers, roasters, administrators -- the entire team -- who make sure that your coffee gets to you -- and that the birds continue have their trees to shelter in on their travels.

Love my toast dark and charred, fried foods on the burnt side of dark. I crave bitter marmalade. French Roast is the perfect coffee for my tastes! These wonderful growers and artisanal roasters coaxed the absolute best out of these beans! It is necessary to remark on the indomitable growers who, in the face of current huge, practically unimaginable, challenges, keep at it, bravely, and, yes, heroically. Dean's Beans, faced with the same hurdles and challenges, keeps the coffee coming. This is a very big thing. I am a Covid-19 survivor - I am acutely aware of what has to be overcome to bring us our coffee. The virus kept me away from my cherished coffee for a while: one of the joys of coming home was coming back to Dean's Beans. Coffee and compassion matter; the heroism of the growers and roasters matters, too. Thank you.

We have been ordering this roast for 8 months and it’s perfect. It’s dark and rich and bird friendly! We are happy to have found a brand and a roast that we love and can feel good about.

Just got our order of this one for the first time and made a pot immediately! It is the most delightful French roast I've ever tasted! The bittersweet is tantalizing and is done just right. The smokiness is perfect. The body is satisfying. The smoky finish is lovely and the taste and feeling this coffee leaves is splendid. Hooray for Smithsonian Migratory Bird Friendly® Certification! Keep those certifications coming!

Tried this in March 2017 and never tried any other coffee again. This pure aromatic and flavorful coffee is the way you want to wake up or have even have a small evening cup.
My favorite is the Guatemalan French Roast.

I really like a darker bean, but this is my all time favorite as it hits all the marks! Really nice,smooth and full of flavor and it's my go to bean. Dean's Beans are the absolute best and I am so happy about what they are doing to help farmers all over the world.