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

PartySausage given up on the Santa Ana

It was good for me, though. I had finally settled on 90.5/96.5 as the group and brew boiler temperatures , grinding a little coarser than normal and pulled longer (1:2.5). I don’t weight my shots as I cut the shots at a certain bar pressure.

PartySausage

LMSC Thanks for sharing your tips, good to hear you got it to work well.
As much as it’s like comparing apples & pears or blackcurrants in this case between settings on different machines & grinders I was having to grind really fine down at 3 on the Niche or I got a super acidic shot, though my group temp was sitting at around 95.
I’ll try dropping the group temp & have another go. I found I’ve had to do that for it in a V60, with the best results at around 90-92 where I’d normally be getting towards 95-96, So lets see what happens??

MediumRoastSteam

In my cup is a nicely lightly roasted anaerobic Colombian, roasted by someone I know who frequents this forum 😉. Excellent as a flat white. Ticks many boxes for me!

LMSC

MediumRoastSteam roasted by someone I know who frequents this forum 😉.

Giphy - Suspense Anticipation GIF

Lucky you ! No use for us the roaster can’t be named! 😃

CoyoteOldMan

LMSC No use for us the roaster can’t be named!

Voldie roasts coffee?!?

LMSC

CoyoteOldMan I wanted to ask by the same name as you did. Something prevented me! 🤣

Edit:

@DavecUK is my obvious choice. But, I thought he mostly roasts medium light / medium. The MRS had pencilled a visit to Dave for decaf. So, it is a strong possibility.

MediumRoastSteam

Clue: Roaster is not a big fan of one-way valves in coffee bags. 🙂

LMSC

MediumRoastSteam Have you signed an NDA ? 😂

CoyoteOldMan

MediumRoastSteam

LMSC MediumRoastSteam Have you signed an NDA ? 😂

The roaster has never and will never signed an NDA, I’m told! 🤣

Anyway, yeah. Had some Colombian Anaerobic roasted by Dave - Really nice, on the lighter side of things. Really good.

I’ve tried to roast some anaerobic beans with my equipment and, put simply, failed miserably.

dutchy101

LMSC

Yes - agreed, it was why I found it a little underwhelming as I’ve loved everything else I’ve had from them

LMSC

dutchy101 Of all the coffee bags I tried so far, I would only consider reordering their Betty and EA decaf.

Edit:

I never ordered their filter range as they said they won’t recommend for espresso.

LMSC

@DavecUK Can we get some bags when you roast something on the lighter like the bag MRS had please? It will be obviously be once in a while and that too smaller in size. I think this is a serious interest from some of us. Of course, no pressure 🤣

MediumRoastSteam No surprises there mate! Thank you! How did the Horsham Costa Rica Honey go for you?

MediumRoastSteam

LMSC How did the Horsham Costa Rica Honey go for you

Pfff! Meh. I don’t love it, but I don’t hate it either. Should’ve paid more attention to your posts.

LMSC

MediumRoastSteam Disappointed for the price. For that price, it has got to be very good. Not ok.

Hope you didn’t buy a kilo. 🤞

MediumRoastSteam

LMSC Hope you didn’t buy a kilo.

😪🤦‍♂️

LMSC

MediumRoastSteam 🫢😱

Cuprajake

Is it me or are there alot of crappy roasts going about atm,

Perhaps there’s some poor beans coming through??

DavecUK

Cuprajake Is it me or are there alot of crappy roasts going about atm,

Perhaps there’s some poor beans coming through??

I personally found the heatwave conditions of humidity and temperature very challenging to roast in. I prefer roasting when the weather is on the cooler side. I wonder if this has affected other peoples roasts?

Knluk

Always impressed by their packaging. Will stick with Rave for a while as I found more roaster specialised in light roast. See if in future I can develop my skill/ taste on light roast as i did not enjoy the red fruit note.

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