"Coborn "Sunset Decaf Colombia from Dog & Hat ,now sold out but still available on Coburn website. I was disappointed when I received these as they had been roasted a good three weeks previously and didn’t have much expectation but I was completely wrong. Roasted light despite the deceptive darker outer , really lovely & fruity with good acidity which I find quite hard to find in a decaf, I could actually pinpoint the tropical fruit notes. Coarser grind and faster flow seems to suit these much better , grinding finer seems to knock out the tropical flavours. Only tried as an Americano so far.
What’s in your cup this morning ?
I call today’s elixir the WTF Blend as it was a bit of this, handful of that as I blend the jar ends (no bags here) to get a full daily batch so no waste. Only issue is no matter how good/memorable it might be it can never be completely duplicated.
MWJB Foundry, Kenya, Karimikui AA washed SL14 SL28 - A solid Kenyan, a bit like a trip down memory lane with its dark fruit/berry notes (bag says dark cherry, I can see that, maybe blackcurrant too?) a hint of sweet lemon. Nice intensity. Average subjective liking score 7.5/9.0 and my preferred coffee over the last couple of months.
Follow up brew, a tad finer than 12% 400Kruve, with 13.8g, using a regular kettle and the OXO pour over water tank with Kalita 185 brewer & 155 paper. Bloom 30g for 60s, slowly rotating the OXO tank, then at 1:00 add the remaining water (215g, plus 10g that gets ‘lost’ in the kettle), again slowly rotate the water tank during the brew to ensure even coverage.
Slightly less body, a shade more tart acidity, but overall no better, nor worse, than the previous brew.
4 days later
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Idido Yirgacheffe, roasted to 16% WL, which is darker than I would normally go, but came out surprisingly good. Retained the boozy flavor, but with less of the fruit and more of the chocolate. Pulled only one day after roasting, so it spritzed a bit. Was a bit slow getting to the camera, which resulted in some of the crema dissipating. Still, a wonderfully tasty shot.
Falcon Micro sent me 5KG of this and the KII AA greens, even though I only ordered 1KG of each. A year’s supply to get through, and certain plenty to play with for development profiling.
8 days later
Really been impressed with these guys
Decent De1pro v1.45 - Niche Duo - Niche Zero - Decent is the best machine ever made -
Crank house La Chumeca 777
6 days later
Not in my cup just yet… But I ordered this one with the Boxing Day Discount from DarkArts: https://www.darkartscoffee.co.uk/products/the-earth-men-colombia - I’m really looking forward to it!
Arboretum from Darkwoods.
19g in, 38g out. I remember back in the day one can tell an espresso is good when the spoon can stay afloat on top of the crema.
MediumRoastSteam Did you get to try their Costa Rica?
Anyone ?
LMSC MediumRoastSteam Did you get to try their Costa Rica?
No. Any good?
MediumRoastSteam Haven’t got them. I will be running out of coffee in a week plus. Perhaps, I will grab a bag. Will let you know. Thx
LMSC Did you get to try their Costa Rica?
Anyone ?
A bit dark for me, not ‘bad’ per se, representative of notes but just a bit too dark to shake the edge of ‘burnt toast scrapings’, 7/9.
Bear in mind this coffee is half the price of the coffees I normally buy from Dark Woods.
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MWJB - What I tend to find with Darkwoods is that their scale of Light -> Dark (1 -> 5) is not really indicative of the actual roast colour judging by the coffee I have ordered from them. - This particular one (I didn’t order) is 2 out of 5 in their scale.
MediumRoastSteam I bought it predominantly on the notes, rather than the roast scale - I have enjoyed coffees they rate as ‘2’ before.
Roast level scales are a bit of rabbit hole, generally.
MediumRoastSteam I decided not to order Darkwoods Costa Rican. Instead, I have some from Taith and a bag from Skylark in the post.
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- Lot 20 Lazy Process : Classic Kenyan
- Winton Benitez Castillo Washed Thermal Shock
- Mio Flemia Gesha
- Alex Bermudez Washed Thermal Shock
- Mio Fruboli Natural
All of them except Winton Benitez are 125g. I had yours in the bag and dropped it for another time. 😊
Wasn’t keen on ordering coffee costing £27-£30 per 250 bag.
Thx
MediumRoastSteam Not in my cup just yet… But I ordered this one with the Boxing Day Discount from DarkArts: https://www.darkartscoffee.co.uk/products/the-earth-men-colombia - I’m really looking forward to it!
Well.. that was a disappointment and a half. Soooo annoyed. Given the tasting notes I’d expect a much lighter roast (jasmine, strawberry milkshake, banana, maple syrup), but I was quite surprised to find it’s a lot darker than anticipated, darker than “Arboretum” from Darkwoods and on part with Crow Tree, also from Darkwoods - one of their darker roasts. In any case, colour doesn’t represent much. If there are any of those notes… they have been roasted away. 😔
MediumRoastSteam A lack of roast information and/or two-lines descriptions like Vibrant, bright,… amongst many roasters aren’t helpful. Like BBE dated coffee, it is a lottery which I am not a fan of when we spend the north of £40-£50 a KG, let alone £70-£100.
I hope you got away with 250g bag. But, ….! 😳🤔
