Ordered your Mexican decaf. I use Mexican in my espresso blend to give my shots a bit of brightness and enhancing the crema.

I roast it to make 1/2 caffiene along with columbia huila. It roasts a bit faster so it is easy to go too dark. Good results though

I use a heat gun for my roasting - I stir green beans in a stainless steel bowl with the heat gun about an inch from the beans. After 116 roasts, I've gotten where I can get very consistent roasts time after time. My wife and I like a medium roast (stop after the first crack and before the second gets going - usually). We wanted to send some home roasted beans to our son in law's folks, they only drink decaf. I'd never purchased decaf beans for home roasting so I was surprised when I opened the package and found the beans "brown" in color. I began the roast, of course I didn't get to see the green to tan color change but as the beans began roasting, they smelled great and roasted up just fine. Several hours later I did a course grind and pressed cups for tasting. Delicious! I hope Kazu's folks enjoy the coffee.

I don't usually roast decaf beans but my son switched to decaf so ordered the Mexico Royal Select. We both agreed that it is the most flavorful decaf bean we have had. I took them into the second crack to a medium dark roast which really brought out the flavor. It is worth trying a pound to see if it meets your expectations, too.