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 ?

mission701

Assembly’s current house espresso. Think it was about £35 for a kg delivered. It’s nice, and tasting notes (Rum + Chocolate Cake + Dense) are pretty spot on, but when it says rum think Lamb’s Navy rather than Plantation. I’d call it a medium roast - darker than most naturals I get. Works a treat in a flat white.

ChristosC

Tasted some seriously good coffee from the Norwegian Fuglen roastery that came with my Dog and Hat subscription.

Washed Nicaraguan with robust body and cocoa flavours nicely mixed with some citrus notes. Mixed great with milk for a flat white, but also makes a delicious espresso.

DavecUK

I think gradually Roasters seem to be pulling back from super light coffees and starting to roast a little darker again. It feels more like a correction, rather than a change per se.

ChristosC

DavecUK This one was branded as ‘light roast’, but is definitel darker than that!

LMSC

ChristosC It is difficult to judge from your picture. Based on the picture, it looks medium to me. If we are too generous, we can call it a medium light.

I had two kilos, which we had from another roaster. Both were supposed to be a light roast. We were very disappointed as they were medium roast and medium light. Tried calling the roaster, who never answered the phone. Dropped them an email, which did not even elicit a reply. They quietly changed the roast type of the bag soon after.

Glad, you liked the coffee. That’s what is important. 😊

MediumRoastSteam

LMSC it looks medium to me.

I tend to agree, although as you say, hard judge from that picture. Looks well roasted (unlike my recent roasts!) and if tastes good, that’s what matters.

LMSC

Another lovely coffee from @BlackCatCoffee. Fig and Blackberry notes were prominent leaving a little orangey after taste.

The roast looks slightly uneven to me in natural light — not all beans appear evenly roasted. Perhaps, they were from two different roasts.

Another medium roast, although I am tempted to place this bag
between medium and medium dark; it is a little darker than their medium roast El Salvador which we opened a couple of weeks ago.

It is lovely to drink as an espresso and also with milk. I will be brewing this on V60 later today and Clever next week.

Edit:

The beans on the first image appears darker after loading on imgur. Don’t know why.

PortafilterProcrastinator

I’m really enjoying the Santa Ana from Django. Final tweak to dial in this morning and it is delicious. 18g in, 45g out

prezes

PortafilterProcrastinator Same here ! I find it really delicious with blueberry and vanilla clearly coming out! Best of the three I’ve ordered from Django.

dutchy101

PortafilterProcrastinator

This sounds lovely, but doesn’t seem to be available any more. I picked up a kilo of the Chelbsea (my first Django order) which is lovely so I think I am going to be getting some more from Django in future.

PortafilterProcrastinator

prezes Yes! I was surprised by the vanilla.

I’m also surprised by the fact that I’m right down at 4.5/5 on my niche - never been that low before.

prezes

PortafilterProcrastinator I’m down to 2 on niche using 7.5g single and 3.5 for a 17g double !

DavecUK

prezes You will still be a long way from burrs touching, bit it does seem like it needs a very fine grind.

prezes

DavecUK oh yes probably 12-15 more to get to touching so no worries

Petre

You did not get any sour shots with Santa Ana? I tried with temp set 95, 18g in 40 to 70g out, best I could get were lemony shots.

It was fine in v60 tho.

PortafilterProcrastinator

Petre Only when the shots were gushing.

To be honest, I quite liked a little sourness when the shots were running a little fast.

I need to do a v60, so we’ll let you know how that compares.

PortafilterProcrastinator

dutchy101 That’s a shame. The Chelbesa is what we’ve just finished. I’m currently searching for our next bean and may well go django again, but haven’t looked around much yet.

@DavecUK Is there a way to find the same bean by other roasters?

Alpesh

PortafilterProcrastinator Santa Ana as a V60 is delicious. I haven’t been able to get the best out of it as an espresso though so reserved the rest for V60 only. I was also down to 6 on my Niche - the finest I’ve ground any coffee so far.

LMSC

Santa Ana - yum!

It is a medium roast. Ground this a couple of clicks tighter. It is going to require further tightening of the grind as the pour was faster.

It is a lovely coffee with / without milk. In fact, it’s very nice with milk. The fruity note was blackberry and the after-taste is blueberry-cum-vanilla.

I think it is going to make a very good pour over on both V60 and Clever.

Cuprajake

Ive some how found my self on a bit of a bean shortage…I’ve got about 250g of varying beans left, I did put an order in with black cat but that’s a tad delayed as there on hols,. I’ve snuck an order in with north star as I know they never disappoint.

LMSC

Cuprajake Would have given you some, if you were my neighbour 😁

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