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

Cuprajake Contemplating ordering from Tim wendleboe, the coffee is cheap enough just the shipping..

It’s only £5 a bag via Norwegian post?

Cuprajake

Was quoting about £8-9 or about 15 for a tracked version, don’t know how reliable an un tracked service would be given how useless royal mail are in just the UK.

InfamousTuba

I have had no problem with the untracked post from tim wendelboe for the subscription, works out at about £40 for 3 bags including delivery. The tasting videos that come out every month are nice as well.

The delivery isn’t the fastest but because the bags are nitrogen flushed they can handle a good amount of rest time

Ernie1

Absolutely loving the Ride & Grind. Thanks for the tip off.

This is the Ethiopian. Darker than expected, dialled on the first shot. 18.5g/36g 25 seconds.

Tea notes are pretty forward, tastes lighter than it looks. Really enjoyable.

ST30B

Ernie1 @Cuprajake These tins look great and a very reasonable price. Could you let me know if any would be ok for flat whites?

Ernie1

ST30B

We drink (almost) exclusively flat whites. This one is amazing with milk. A guy in a coffee shop down in Cornwall got me into the idea of milk drinks with fruit notes. They had tasting notes for each bean they had in the grinders and would say ‘black’ and ‘with milk’. This one they had on had ‘lemon meringue’ as a note on the with milk… of course I had to try it. It was bang on.

It definitely doesn’t work with all coffee but I find gentler fruit notes like grape, red berry, melon etc can result in a super nice ‘dessert’ or ‘cake’ style taste.

Cuprajake

Flat whites look towards the Brazilian style nutty chocolate stuff unless you like fruit through the flat white.

ST30B

Cuprajake ‘some’ fruit (orange,berries) tastes well with milk, just not the tropical ones for me 🤢

Cuprajake

Yeah I agree more traditional for milk for me haha

ST30B

Cuprajake It is a big problem for me as a milk drinker. Most ‘comfort’ blends are nutty, chocolate. But I like more depth with other flavours. The ‘adventure’ ones don’t appear to cut through milk well.

ST30B

Ernie1 An afternoon that changed everything. sounds ace. It’s good to hear from other milk drinkers (feel we’re the minority?) Will follow your findings for future reference. Any standout recommendations are welcome.. Need to put in an order this week.

Dusk

ST30B

I don’t worry about whether beans say they’re for milk or not, I just go for ones that I like the sound of. I’m not particularly a fan of chocolate & nut flavour notes that are usually recommended with milk, I’m happier with something a bit more fruity.

shaun__

In today’s cup: Ethiopia Ana Sora natural from Hasbean.

They have this coffee every year and this is the best it’s been in recent years. Blueberry and farmyard notes. I might need to get a kilo of it.

LMSC

Crankhouse Colombia Nestor Lasso - Washed Thermal Shock. Agtron readings 73.1/100.

It’s a good coffee, but I have had some excellent ones than this. It was a turbo shot lasting 18s, 17.3g powder and 48.8 coffee at #4 on the Duo. It is going to require a lot finer grind than this. Will try next time and see.

Cuprajake

Verion

A self roasted Mexico El Jaguar. Medium roast, rested for 10 days. Tasted almost almondy. Hints of Battenberg cake, maybe.

Nice as an espresso.

dimoutsa

Arguably one of the weirdest ways I’ve been served coffee. Cold cappuccino prepped and canned on the spot!

ST30B

@ernie1 @Cuprajake

First cup was really, really good. 👌

Cuprajake

This

The geometry was average tbh,

Pulled this as a normal shot in the e&b superfine 17g in out 35g 40s bit slow. Setting 5 on the duo

winterlight

Cuprajake

I picked a bag of this up a few months ago and really enjoyed it. Lovely flavours.

MWJB

2 coffees from the Barn in Berlin:

Kenya Giakanja Washed SL28 & SL34 - tart berry, vanilla - Quite pleasant, 7.5/9.

Honduras Caballero Confit, natural Catuai - the banana note is more like banana skin/black banana, I was expecting more sweetness. 6.75/9.

All brewed as pourover.

MediumRoastSteam

MWJB - How does your score work? as in, what makes you give 6.75 out of 9? (and not 6.5 or 7.0)? And why is it out of 9 rather than out of 10?

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