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 ?

LMSC

MediumRoastSteam Looking forward to your thoughts.

MediumRoastSteam

LMSC - They don’t have it listed :-(

edit: I lie. It was under “funk delicious” 🤣

Edit2: Ordered Dora Mendez, Pedraza and Los Pinos.

MediumRoastSteam

LMSC - not too keen On the Smith Street’s Los Pinos I’m afraid. It’s pleasant for sure, but not something I would have expected from an anaerobic fermented coffee. I also had the Pedraza - Colombian natural, and I’d say that’s nicer, in my opinion at least.

ken0062

Tempted to give the Los pinos and chazez from smith st a go myself, would you recomend any traditional style espresso to go with the order as the wife does not like anything too adventurous

MediumRoastSteam

ken0062 - Think you can’t go wrong with a Brazilian single origin if you like a more nutty, caramel, chocolate cup sort of thing. IMMV.

LMSC

MediumRoastSteam Let’s know how you got on. I still have Majinja and La Denta vac-ed.

ken0062

MediumRoastSteam ended up playing it safe and ordering 500g of dark peak to go with the chazez and Los pinos

LMSC

Smith Street - cup score 86

https://www.smithstreetcoffeeroasters.co.uk/product-page/la-danta

Another nice coffee coffee like the last week Natural Gautemala!

When you put green apple as one of the notes, nothing is going to get in front of it, IMO. You get a clean, crisp and sweet green apple acidity and sweetness. The sweetness does linger on the back of the tongue long after drinking the coffee. It is a bright cup.

I made a flat white for my wife. She loves it as much as the natural Guatemalan.

shaun__

the natural colombian angucho arrived from django today. i could smell it through the box!

i have just put 250g of some hasbean beans in the grinder this morning which will probably last till monday so i may try these babies next.

DavecUK

My first shot this morning out of a bag of Coffee Compass Cherry Cherry 🍒…. guesstimated grinder setting and this popped out to say hello. 18g coffee, VST basket 33g out 29s.

CoyoteOldMan

DavecUK Ha! Did you enjoy it? Just finished a bag of that, and I have another that arrived Saturday in the ‘resting bin’.

MediumRoastSteam

CoyoteOldMan and I have another that arrived Saturday

I’m glad the CoffeeCompass recommendation worked @“CoyoteOldMan” ! Pleased to hear you are enjoying it!

DavecUK

CoyoteOldMan it was very nice and I have @dfk41 to thank for kindly gifting it to me, along with 3 other coffees from CC.

CoyoteOldMan

MediumRoastSteam It definitely did work - thank you again (from all the family - and the people repairing the roofs, who all get to enjoy good coffee). The biggest problem now is figuring out rate of consumption and ordering so that I have stuff at the right moment…

MediumRoastSteam

CoyoteOldMan - You could argue that’s a very good problem to have! 😀- Enjoy!

shaun__

dutchy101

i opened the colombian natural this morning. it’s great, loads of sweetness with a bit of a tart edge and sweet almond notes. interestingly with a bit of milk the cherry really came out to the front. i can see i’m likely to be drinking only this until the kilo bag is finished.

LMSC

shaun__ colombian natural this morning. it’s great, loads of sweetness with a bit of a tart edge and sweet almond notes

Which one is that please?

shaun__

LMSC django angucho

dutchy101

None left!

prezes

dutchy101 they’ve got some left in the post festival reduced bags

https://www.djangocoffeeco.com/collections/special-offers/products/special-offer-guatemala-la-bolsa?variant=43209550856448

LMSC

dutchy101 None left!

Better even! Hope you can get this.

https://www.djangocoffeeco.com/products/special-offer-guatemala-la-bolsa?_kx=b4W__LH-5vecaK6_gEJ_f4aN-DAwr1iLmSLMldYh9EVwcaxPiRgL6QH5WUHSmeST.RJMwBj&variant=43209550856448

Please choose what’s available! I have passed this as 2 KGs are already resting. I already had Marzipan flavour from Smith Street.

dutchy101

Excellent stuff - thanks LMSC & @prezes, just ordered 4 × 250g bags. Unfortunately the forum discount code didn’t work, but I can live with that if it’s as good as it sounds. £30 for a kilo with free postage isn’t bad.

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