Ethiopian Sidamo and Medium / Medium Dark Roast. 20g, 1.4 turns in Jx Pro, 46.4g out and took a little longer at almost a minute. The group was set 93C and the brew was set at 99C. Took 18s for the first drop into the cup. This is too long. I thought the cup isn’t going to be good. It was so good, I drank straight as an espresso. Fruity citrus and lemon grass for me. It will definitely benefit from loosening the grind. This bag will be very good for brewing for sure, which is what I will do later today. https://imgur.com/a/vTgy8Be

@"LMSC"#p1024 The beans look well roasted for a medium dark roast….who was the roaster?

@"DavecUK"#p1035 Clumsy Goat. They stated both the Peru and this Ethiopian are medium roast. I did not think so. I reckoned the Peru was medium dark / dark. That bag was ok; I was never happy with that Peruvian Bag. This Ethiopian is very good and sweet. I was erring more on the medium dark; I didn’t think it’s a dark roast, looking at the dark yellow / light brown colours at the crevice of the beans; I thought they may have been taken out just before the second crack, not at the second. Obviously, I lack a roasting experience and still learning to differentiate the roasts. 😊 You won’t call it as a dark roast, would you ? Thx

> @"LMSC"#p1039 You won’t call it as a dark roast, would you ? Thx I would call that medium dark…it's about as dark as I like to go, normally I'm in the medium or medium light camps. as my personal preference and that of my roast sharers. That roast was nowhere near 2nd crack and I would guess it's about 30-50 seconds after first…not roasted too fast because I can't see any oil and no charred chaff lines, indicating the burners going off before 1st crack and the roast allowed to coast into it. My guess for what it's worth…anyway, they did a good job.

Crown and canvas - first light Brazilian and colombian blend. Bag states dark chocolate, hazelnut and red berry and I have to say it delivers! Espresso 16g in 32g out: really rich dark chocolate and hazelnut (think greene and blacks) and a gentle acidity to finish. Lovely mouthfeel and long lasting. As a flat white everything’s sweetened up and it really pushes the hazelnut flavour. Delicious. Off to make another 😉

@"Baldrick"#p1770 Hadn't heard of Crown and Canvas before. Having looked at their website and following your positive recommendation I think I will be giving them a try.

@"Dumnorix"#p1793 very popular roaster and some great coffees by all accounts. If you check our commercial directory, you will find some good and reliable companies to use. https://coffeetime.freeflarum.com/d/52-commercial-members-list

@"DavecUK"#p1796 Many thanks for the link.

Origin Colombia Estate Café Granja La Esperanza Farm Potosi Varietal San Juan Process Natural Altitude 1,800-2,000 masl Harvest January - April I got it from my local shop. It's got a really nice sultana smooth taste. Currently brewing it in a Aeropress 1:15 and diluting up to around a 320g cup. Really enjoying it at cooler temps.

Crankhouse, Cordillera de Fuego, anaerobic natural Caturra & Catuai - Initially hesitant & bracing myself due to the pungent, farmyard aroma off the beans, but absolutely delivers in every aspect on the flavour in cup. Complex, good perception of sweetness. Delicious! Like a coffee equivalent to mulled wine. I'm not big fan of naturals, nor Cost a Ricans generally, but I love this. 13\.6g ground at 32 on Wilfa flat, V60 02 with can strainer, 40g every 40s (each pour taking about 13s), 1st 2 pours direct on to the coffee bed, last 3 via can strainer. Dry bed 3:15 for this brew.

Mikari AA (Washed) (Kenya) from Coffee by the Casuals - two ways. Moka Pot - really rich, lots of peach. Very smooth. Pre-boiled water and AP filter, but no 'bloom'. CCD - 18g + 300g - 32 on Niche. Still steeping, but based on brews this week, flavour is more balanced, not as in your face (as expected) - not much pineapple, but more acitidty alongside the peach.

What’s in your cup this morning ?

MWJB

Blossom, Colombia la Reforma, washed pink bourbon - juicy acidity but no specific flavour notes I can identify. No matter, very enjoyable & the best coffee I have had since the Crankhouse Potosi XO. 8/9.

Clever Dripper (small, 300ml brewer) & Hario Drip Assist 02 - 13.8g coffee, ground at 12%400Kruve.

35g bloom poured in centre of Drip Assist with Clever valve shut, place on cup at about 20s.

0:30 35g poured in the outer ring, then another 35g in outer ring every 30s until 210g. Each pour taking 15s.

LMSC

MWJB Blossom, Colombia la Reforma

Interesting!

I ordered a bag of this yesterday. Have you brewed it on V60 and Hybrid Clever? Thx

MWJB

LMSC Brewed as V60 with Drip Assist and as above so far.

Cuprajake

Now onto this

whinmoor85

Onyx Geometry blend

LMSC

Onyx Geometry blend. 17.4g, cut the shot at 7 bars on the Evo and 35s. Straightaway ground at 4 on the Duo.

It is light but has a muted acidity as in tea. There were hints of fruity taste as in stone fruits like peach, and nectarines. It’s really short lived as the main flavour is tea giving a plenty of dry tea-like taste at the middle and a light sweet (literally sugar) like finish / after taste. The ground and espresso gave a lot of floral aroma. Very good coffee from Onyx.

MediumRoastSteam

LMSC - is that Onyx Coffee Lab in the USA? If so, then your tasting notes are spot on, and essentially you get exactly as it says on the tin.

On a side note, Lance Hedrick seems to be Director of Wholesale for them.

LMSC

MediumRoastSteam is that Onyx Coffee Lab in the USA? If so, then your tasting notes are spot on

Yeah! it is. I am glad this bag was good as the other one - Ethiopian - was disappointing for me.

Personally, I don’t care who owns / runs a company as long as the offering is good. 😊

Cuprajake

MediumRoastSteam

Morgan drinks coffee works there too if im not mistaken

MediumRoastSteam

The only reason I mentioned is that I was watching a video about the MaraX and Lance was wearing an “Onyx” t-shirt, so I had to check that out. 😉 - no hidden agenda, and nothing to read in between the lines!

Cuprajake

No, not at all but I can now think of 5 YouTubers who own/work at roasters..

MediumRoastSteam

Cuprajake - presumably it makes sense as a business.

MWJB

Blossom, Guatemala, washed Caturra - Beyond a light honey note & mouthfeel, not a lot else going on, a lot of quakers. Pleasant nevertheless, 7/9.

Clever Dripper (small, 300ml brewer) & Hario Drip Assist 02 - 13.8g coffee, ground at 12%400Kruve.

35g bloom poured in the centre of Drip Assist with Clever valve shut, place on cup at about 20s.

0:30 35g poured in the outer ring, then another 35g in outer ring every 30s until 210g. Each pour taking 15s.

Cuprajake

Smith Street

3bar shot 22g > 80g

Pomegranate, cherry and sweetness as it cooled.

Totally different to the evo

MediumRoastSteam

Cuprajake 3bar shot 22g > 80g

😱 (in 17 seconds)

Yesterday’s “acqua sporca” is today’s specialty coffee. 😉

Context (from normal people): https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowTopic-g187768-i20-k119757-Italian_Coffee_Question-Italy.html

I actually don’t know if you are joking or not. 😉

james65477564

Not got it yet, but this looks like it could be interesting:

https://www.hasbean.co.uk/products/bolivia-23-044

Cuprajake

MediumRoastSteam no true, grind to that you dont peak, its a true turbo shot, was really nice tbf

i tend to start at a turbo and work back to see if i get any better or worse taste wise

Cuprajake

MediumRoastSteam

This is a med dark, set at 5 on the duo.. Pullman basket

Cuprajake

https://ridegrind.com/product/honduras-carlos-alfredo-estevez

Ordered this

Tipped off by leverdaft, who roasted this last year.

Was in the top one of coffees I’ve ever had.

JahLaza

Cuprajake worth it for the tin alone

MediumRoastSteam

Cuprajake Ordered this

Jake, would you say this is a medium or light roast?

MediumRoastSteam

Cuprajake umm, ive never had from these but id presume medium

Wait… you never had this coffee? Maybe I’m confused.

Cuprajake Was in the top one of coffees I’ve ever had.

Thought it was one of the best coffees you ever had? Or were you just reporting what they said?

MediumRoastSteam

JahLaza worth it for the tin alone

You can also get a normal bag rather than the tin: https://ridegrind.com/product/honduras-carlos-alfredo-estevez-re-fill-bag

The tin is £11.99 for 250g. Bag is £8.49 for 250g and £24.99 for 1kg (if it’s as good as Jake is saying, worth a go for sure!)

JahLaza

MediumRoastSteam I certainly would try it if there wasn’t at least a minimum of a one week delay on top of normal delivery times between there and here! Although a lot of the good coffees I’ve had recently are great rested from two weeks so maybe I will….

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