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 ?

CoyoteOldMan

MediumRoastSteam Precisely!

(I got the notification with your original text which cross-posted with mine 😂🤣)

SurreyAlan

For years my step daughter always gave me ground coffee for Christmas but finally the message got through and I was given beans. 10 different bags each containing 60 gms, Just as I almost get one bag dialled in I’m on to the next and have to start again. Deciding this was daft grabbed six bags, mixed them up and am now enjoying the delights of mongrel coffee beans, must say it’s still better than a Starbucks or even a Costa.

The only place I can find these beans is on Amazon, I did find a website and they also sell Tea and things like carrot seeds. There’s no date I can find on the packets, they say they’re packed in Yorkshire but roasted who knows?????

Still, it’s progress, maybe next year I’ll get a bag of beans.

JahLaza

MediumRoastSteam I’ve been medium/medium light mainly since I started all this homecoffee thing. I buy a kilo at a time but decided to add something different at Christmas- 250g bag of a dark roasted Brazilian. Just finished today. It was great to drink it for a change and was really nice once dialled in, it reminds me of most of the ‘nice’ coffee I drank out years ago in Italy and places but I’m back to the nuts and chocolate now again which is a ‘better’ mellow for me right now 😄

MWJB

Crankhouse Juan Jiminez Pena Finca El Porvenir, washed pink Bourbon, Colombia.

Bought for boxing day family get together that never materialised due to seasonal bugs.
Very tasty, blackberry, watermelon & white wine in the notes.

Brewed in the OXO pour over, 13.8 coffee ground at 19 on the Wilfa Unicorn, 215g boiled in kettle, 30g bloom in OXO tank and sprinkle on bed, at 1:00 dump remaining water (207g total) in OXO tank, lid on & leave. If you are ‘flatbedder’ you would have had nightmares - 3 deep sinkholes in the bed. 8/9.

LMSC

Dark Arts - Hal

16.5g, 33.7g at 7.5 bars, 30s, 90/96C temp. Nice and spot on as described, although it falls on the darker side for me.

Won’t brew this on V60 or Clever.

DavecUK

Brazilian Daterra (blossom microlot)

CoyoteOldMan

Costa Rica ‘La Pastora’ by Crown & Canvas

Really nice! Sweet fruit (is it plum? Or peach?) when drunk alone; with milk added the almond and caramel come forward.

For my setup it needs high(er) doses and a slightly looser grind than ‘normal’, or it stalls my grinder.

Brewed at 91/97, 19 grams in, 49 out cut at 6.8(ish) bar.

Ernie1

Not my finest milk pour but this Brazilian SO from Newground is a new fave. Amazing with milk.

I set up a fortnightly subscription. At £20-odd a kilo it’s great value for a coffee of this quality.

SMS78

Ernie1 Thanks for the recommendation. Bought a kilo of Mug Shot and agree it’s really good with milk. NewGround have 20% off until 31 January with the code “BCORP” so I will be ordering another kilo for £20.16 delivered (free delivery over £20)

https://www.newgroundcoffee.com/product/mug-shot

CoyoteOldMan

Not quite “this morning”, but I did try it this evening, and will have another one tomorrow morning!

Crown & Canvas “Solstice Blend”

16.5 grams in, 54 out (not that I planned it this way, but that’s how it came - will tighten grind a little) stopped at 7 bar.

Really lovely sweet apricot and a long lingering chocolate sweetness. Honey… not so much, but an overall ‘floral’ sense.

@CrownandCanvas please, don’t make this as a seasonal blend only, if it’s possible; of the 4 “samples” I got just before Christmas this is the one we like most. Not that any of the others are not good but this one is great!

whinmoor85

Natural coffee from Thailand (Hasbean In My Mug 739 Thailand Doi Pangkhon).

First filter brew matched the tasting notes - Dark chocolate, fig, black pepper.

Petre

Had a Sunday roast here at a train station caffe in France 😁

Cuprajake

Crown and canvas Guatemala as a long black

Del_UK

Also Crown and Canvas, Colombia - Siracusa, espresso

Holy heck it’s tasty!

LMSC

C and C Kenya

Cup Score 87.75. First dial, and spot on with Grapefruit sweetness and nectarines/plum acidity. Nice cup with lingering sweetness. A tad faster I believe at 92/98. I think the cup may benefit tighter grind.

Alpesh

LMSC

Been struggling to dial these beans in. Are you having to grind very fine and what’s your dose/ratio?

LMSC

Alpesh I have a default starting setting for medium light. I started a little coarser than that setting; normally, Kenyans, from my experience of using them did not require a finer grind. I will go finer by a couple of notches and see next time.

1:2.5 of medium light (7 bars) and 1:3 for Kenyans (6), given the acidic levels.

Cuprajake

Horsham workhorse

Cuprajake

LMSC the bars is that when you pull the cup?

LMSC

Cuprajake Yes please! One needs to be very quick at 6 as the needle plunges quickly.

Cuprajake

Unica coffee part of the dog and hat order,

Promised a juicy banger, pineapple and tropical fruits, good mouth feel

Didn’t disappoint very bright, sweet aftertaste good mouth feel, getting something along with the pineapple maybe mango

DavecUK

Cuprajake Just a cup of crema then 😁

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