What’s in your cup this morning ?

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Doram Another option is to use language that is relevant to the audience. So - instead of letting professionals come up with the notes, maybe let a few of the customers taste and see what they say? If none of them taste “strawberry” (in a blind tasting, with no prior knowledge and without discussing with each other), then will it be a good idea to write “Strawberry” on the bag because this is what trained professionals would think?

100% agree with this.

LMSC

Blackcat Costa Rica - 88 cup score

Very nice. They don’t disappoint at all.

The acidity, sweetness and fruity flavour are as in Strawberries. Pretty smooth, creamy and sweet that remains after finishing the cup, despite the shot ran faster at 20s. Will tighten and see.

https://imgur.com/a/Z0lc5rZ

MediumRoastSteam

LMSC
Surprised that even such a running fast shot can still resemble some tasting notes. Maybe turbo shots are the way to go?

LMSC

MediumRoastSteam Absolutely. Although one can debate the tasting notes for ever, the aroma of a fruit, the sweet and creamy cup, and pleasant after taste did surprise me. I was expecting a sour shot. I think it’s something to do with the basket size and the Evo’s bar pressure.

I pulled another shot after breakfast. Tightened the grind; the shot lasted 30s for 16.9g in and 39.6g out at just under above 7 bars. It was even better and sweeter than the morning cup.

I drink Americano mostly.

LMSC

MediumRoastSteam Increasingly, I am looking to pay less attention to the notes and focus more on enjoying the coffee - the acidity, the body, the texture, the sweetness and the taste inc the after taste. Because, I always thought while figuring out the notes, if we are not actually enjoying the cup.

Cuprajake

Slightly tight on grind, but still tasty, had the lemon, which I love and a very sweet aftertaste. Not got the mango and god knows about jasmine 🤣

JahLaza

LMSC

Cuprajake Who’s the roaster? Thx

Cuprajake

Routon coffee,

Can't upload pic

LMSC

Origin

https://imgur.com/a/pAHhJiD

The usual parameters 16.6g, 38g, cut at 7 bars and 35.3s. Light fruity acidity, not sure if I got any notes coming on top. It was another standard cup to drink, but did produce a nice sugary sweet after taste.

Origin, although consistently give medium-light roasts, haven’t impressed me that much except their Kenyan.

Cuprajake

verliejlewis

Cuprajake

nice.. From where u brought this beans?

Cuprajake

These are part of the dog and hat subscription

Doram

Cuprajake

It looks like there is quite a lot of chaff on this coffee, and the roast doesn't seem very even (one bean even looks green! Or is it just the photo?) How does it taste?

MWJB

Doram Chaff is just less visually evident on some coffees than others (lighter/darker) but it's always there, occasionally a bean will still have some silver skin on it.

Cuprajake

Yeah that was a green,, or half of one

I had the bag out to check for stones etc

First few cups have been fine can't taste any defects. Very chaffy tho

Beverast

https://i.imgur.com/a0Iy5zJ.jpg

Kenya Ndundu AB Washed. Has been a while since I have purchased anything direct from Falcon Micro. I have kind of fallen in love with African coffees this year, in particular coffee from Rwanda and Kenya. I currently have 3 different Kenyans on rotation, each very different and tasty, so thought I would add a 4th to the list with these greens.

Did this 320 gram batch this morning based on a tasting of a sample I roasted a few days ago - weight loss of 12.5%. I am happy to say that this one is also very impressive, and very different to the other Kenyans I have roasted. Trying the sample roast in the Aeropress this one surprised me by having quite a bit less acidity than the other ones, and in general a lot sweeter. It's one of the few times I get all the notes in the description of this coffee. Starts out with some sweet peaches, berries which give some acidity (unsure what type of berry), toffee (reminds me of toffee poppets) and has a heavy, creamy body…quite possibly one of the creamiest coffees I have tasted. It makes it an interesting and highly enjoyable cup in my opinion - definitely the focus of this coffee is that creamy mouthfeel and sweeter tones with the toffee and peach, that I find a real hit. Now having a 4th Kenyan in rotation I really think that it is fast becoming my favourite origin. Every time I go to my coffee shelf I bypass all the Colombians and go straight to a Kenyan. It's difficult to describe, but I just find them highly drinkable and enjoyable, no matter what brew method I use.

Cuprajake

Beverast which roaster do you use?

Beverast

Cuprajake Kaffelogic. x4 80 gram batches. Will be getting another roaster at the end of the month, so will see a nice increase in capacity (600 grams).

mobius

I've been trying to coax something out of the Unorthodox 'Pure Magic' this week, but failing terribly - still not sure if it's me or my bambino, but one of us (or both) is not playing the game properly. I have drinkable shots, but little to no flavour and bounce between sour and bitter, with my current dial-in seemingly balanced between the two but nothing 'sweet' or flavourful. Aftertaste is there, but not unpleasant. I did have some flavour notes on the first couple of shots, but they were very acidic also. The beans are now 5 weeks past roast, so no idea if that's making a difference.

I'm definitely moving back to cheaper beans to practice more, after my current couple of purchases. The last 'tasty' shots I had were from the Rave Guatemala Bosques de San Francisco Nº 52, which I really enjoyed, so I thought I was more of a Medium Roast person, and could extract them okay - obviously it's not 'that' simple. I have some great recommendations in the previous thread I started, so will get to them in time.

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