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 ?

MediumRoastSteam

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

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.

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.

shaun__

the angucho is well worth picking up, I’ve already had two espressos and a wee flattie this morning. i’m currently trying to resist brewing another one.

LMSC

First dial Blackcat Colombia - cup score 88

Wow! Blown away by this coffee. It is yummy rum from start to finish - the aroma, the flavour and after taste. You get a gentle sweet peach acidity throughout. The Evo really gets the rum out. The rum aroma and flavour are so prominent, it would suppress the chocolate, if any.

16.6g, 33.9g out at 7.5 bars, ~43s and 91C-97C temp. It is a little tighter grind. A click coarser should be enough.

Will have to check how it comes out as a flat white. Don’t think I will brew this, as I don’t prefer brewing anything other than light and medium light.

dutchy101

LMSC

Rum? Definitely getting me some of this!

Cuprajake

A1 coffee el Salvador

Second shot down to 14 on the niche, near no crema , very watery shot.

Drank it but under extracted 😂

LMSC

dutchy101 Never drank a cup that screamed alcohol end to end. Thought Don Pancho from Cast Iron was nice; this is better if you don’t mind the bozzy stuff in coffee. Not for every one. 😊

dutchy101

I don’t mind it at all. Going to grab a kilo of this for sure. Cheers

Edit: Ordered.

That’s 3 kilos in 2 days ordered.

No more for a while

LMSC

dutchy101 a kilo of this for sure

a KG! I used to order a KG before and struggled to clear it when the bag was meh! Now, I prefer ordering a smaller bag and rarely 500g! 😃 Django is always a compelling KG order!

Hope you like it mate! Rest it for at least for 2 weeks. Let’s know how it went! Cheers

Cuprajake

So tried again with the El Salvador, down to 12 on the niche, got a bit of puck resistance this time, but yeah bad coffee.

This one came with a use by date sticker. Over another sticker. This one for for the bin.

The other one that came with had a slightly better result, pressure, crema and on a dial of 18 on the niche which seems more like it.

Cuprajake

So back to proper beans

Black cat Colombia

This smelt lovely just out of the grinder. Bags of fruit, and booze to the nose

In the shot again bags of fruit.

LMSC

Cuprajake Glad you liked it! They seldom disappoint. The only bag, which was average was the Brazil.

What sort of temp do you have for this? Ours is 91/97.

@dutchy101 - Two of us! :-)

dutchy101

LMSC

Love a really boozy coffee. Really looking forward to this

Cuprajake

91/98 iirc

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