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

Systemic Enjoying a Hario Switch of El Pacer Purple Fruits

Just received the Darkwoods yellow fruits variant - initially a bit hesitant based on the colour of the beans, but concerns were unfounded - wow! Really pungent tropical fruit aroma from the brewed coffee, no debating the passion fruit & (ripe) mango notes. Intensely flavoured and delicious - I’d say that if you are someone who struggles to pick up on notes in coffee try this. Don’t expect a delicate, tea like brew either. Very highly recommended.

LMSC

MWJB Great. Looking forward to tuck in-in next week!

Edit:

Grabbed both the yellow and purple along with their Ethiopian this week!

Systemic

MWJB If you are enjoying the Yellow Mark, recommend the Purple - heady jasmine on steroids and sweet honey.

MWJB

Crankhouse, Costa Rica, Martin Urena la Chumeca 777, anaerobic natural Catuai.

Had about 10g left over, so ground at 21 on Comandante X25, dropped it into an inverted Aeropress, 65g water, NSEW stir at fill & swirl to sink crust at 1:15. Flip & plunge at 1:30 (no real plunging required) - a tasty, bright, moka pot kind of strength, brew of about 40-50ml

The rest of the tin was brewed as pour over, average score for these 7.4/9.0. (The average for my pour over brews, between ‘like moderately’ and ‘like a lot’).

HarveyMushman

Nice packaging from Process coffee. Pretty tasty. I was expecting a lot of acidity but it’s well balanced.

Cuprajake

https://foundrycoffeeroasters.com/products/bensa-ethiopia?_pos=1&_psq=Ethiopia%20&_ss=e&_v=1.0&variant=47671477502233

Have been really enjoying this

ST30B

Best coffee I’ve tasted in a long time..superb from Black cat. 😋🤩🙌🙌Went to order more…sold out. 😭

Cuprajake

Tim wendlebob

Cuprajake

Last of the tw

LMSC

Cuprajake How do you find the filter off Decent ?

Cuprajake

It’s like a stronger version, but different to an americano

You dilute with about 200mls onto of a 50ml extraction

LMSC

Cuprajake I see. Flavour / Clarity? More importantly, how do you like it?

MWJB

Square Mile, Colombia, El Recreo, washed, pink Bourbon - fairly pleasant, delicate coffee, difficult to determine if it was reflective of the specific notes on the bag. 6.8/9.0 ~(average score over the last 53 bags 7.2).

Square Mile, Tanzania, Tarime natural Kent & N39 - savoury, lacking sweetness and acidity, minerally - rather disinclined to make another cup of this.

LMSC

MWJB Very surprising two bags are below average.

MWJB

LMSC The El Recreo just a bit below average, but the average is based on Sq Mile, Barn, Kiss the Hippo & Crankhouse mostly, so not everything can be on par, or above. It was pleasant enough, I didn’t feel like I’d made a mistake in purchasing.

I scored the Tarime 6/9 (Illy, good Nespresso pod, good supermarket bean territory) for the 1 cup so far, but I’d usually reserve a score until a bunch of brews under my belt.

For balance, their recent Colombia, El Trapiche & Rwanda, Cocatu both scored 7.7/9.0.

HarveyMushman

Still absolutely loving this Ethiopian. I’ve found the sweet spot is about 5-7 days off roast. Such a rounded coffee and probably one of the nicest I’ve had with milk.

It’s a light roast but Ethiopian beans always roast darker in appearance than others.

MediumRoastSteam

Not quite the morning… but after lunch treat.

Condensed milk at the bottom.

JahLaza

MediumRoastSteam sweet!

MWJB

Kiss the Hippo, Honduras, Abuelo Tino honey Catuai, Typica - was under their ‘Vibrant and bright’ series, but despite a little red berry character, it’s rather dark & sooty/smoky. Multiple cups brewed via 3 different brewers, 2 different grinders - all scored 6/9. Not awful, but not really worth £14/250g. I think I’ll give Kiss the hippo a bit of a break for a while. A shame as I have had some good coffees from them in the past. Hopefully, will again sometime.

LMSC

MWJB Sorry to hear it. Unless I am buying for my family for flat whites, I aim to stay clear of bags with descriptions of caramel, chocolate, toffee, cocoa. I don’t like them in black. They often confuse me in black coffee. :-)

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