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 ?

Ando

First try of Foundry following lots of praise on this forum. Struggled initially but once it hit 2 weeks post roast it’s been fantastic and have ordered some more. Think I’m quite often guilty of not letting beans rest for long enough.

Horsham up next once this bag gone.

LMSC

Django Businde - Nice

Medium dark.

Nice coffee, full of raspberry and blueberry. It is sweet and smooth. It is too dark for me though. Won’t be brewing this as I prefer light / medium light stuffs.

Cuprajake

LMSC

Cuprajake How was this bag please? Thx

Cuprajake

Better than cast iron stuff.

Like it so far, not too bright nice after taste too

LMSC

Cuprajake Better than cast iron stuff.

Don Pancho ?

Cuprajake

Yeah found it his n miss, the other I got whilst a filter roast really didn’t lend itself to espresso.

LMSC

Like Mandela, which also disappointed me as a filter! 🤣

ooglewoogle

Django, Rancho Grande - Brazil…..Natural Process.

Had these resting for around 10 days post roast, torn into today. What a lovely espresso they make….full of smooth malty chocolate and that hint of rum. An autumnal hug in a cup for a heavy Hebridean day!

😙👌

LMSC

Medium dark - I remember reading the description as light / medium

It’s an another standard coffee. Noting exciting here.

PortafilterProcrastinator

LMSC I’m really enjoying this. Flavour is certainly there. Lighter roast than the Rancho Grande.

Espresso - 18g in, 45g out so far. Better than 36g out. Will try 54 out too.

Still getting the v60 nailed, but still tasty. Will do a CCD long steep on Friday.

Cuprajake

Just moved on to the next one I got from crankhouse, this is Antonio Gonzales la nueva Montana, strawberry, mango and toffee.

Needs a tighter grind and a bump back in temp was at the previous beans 89/95

The shoondhisa was a nice low acidity at the above temps

LMSC

Cuprajake shoondhisa

This and Santa Ana look interesting! Both require a longer resting period - as per their descriptions. How did you find Antonio? Are they light / medium light.

Cuprajake

The Antonio first go too fast so need to go finer. So can’t say yet. It’s been about 2 weeks now I think

Cuprajake

Oh and the Horsham bean I got isn’t as good as the north star Brazilian haha

LMSC

Cuprajake ouch! They have generally disappointed me.

Cuprajake

It’s not bad but I really find the north star hard to beat

LMSC

Cuprajake At times, I wonder if we are too spoiled to be normal ever again! 🤣

Nevertheless, if I am paying £10 a bag, I would want a very good coffee and not an ok or a decent cup. 😊

CoyoteOldMan

LMSC normal ever again

That presumes…

Cuprajake

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