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 ?

IntoxNitram

Still using up some of an advent calendar I got from Pact Cofee this year. Was on day 22 today (over a month behind, I know). Offering was called “Chapada”, described as a medium roast coffee originating from Brazil. They describe it as a micro-lot coffee however I’m not too sure on the legitimacy of that. Enjoyed it quite a lot in my V60, would say it tasted quite sweet.

Baldrick

First bag from skylark. Tastes like neopolitan ice cream apparently 🤷🏼‍♂️. It certainly smells reminiscent of it but I’m struggling to get a good shot out of this. Probably the lightest roast I’ve tried so far - it’s lighter than it looks in the photo. At 16g in 32g out in 25 sec it’s sour. Not very nice. Milk helps it but doesn’t clean it up enough.
Tried pulling it longer but it ran too quickly - went for 16g In 40g out but reached it in 26 sec. I’ll try grinding finer for my next shot. I think 40g+ over 30 seconds might round it out.
It was roasted on Monday (24th) so maybe just needs to rest for longer. Open to suggestions as always!
Skylark was probably my first “wow” moment with espresso when i had it at the botanist cafe in Brighton (I do have a bag of that particular coffee too so looking forward to trying to replicate that in a week or 2)

DavecUK

Baldrick I definitely think the longer shot is the way to go with that one….also try a slightly higher temperature if you can.

LMSC

Baldrick The photo looks more like a medium roast to me. But, based on your description, may be it is a medium light.

I normally keep grinding finer — medium light or light — until I get silts into the cup and then back up to the last known good grind size.

As Dave suggested longer ratio and higher temperature would be good. My typical ratio is 1:2.5.

winterlight

I finished off Last Horizon’s Andres Guaca carbonic maceration Natural beans in the week and thought they were very nice. Typical floral aromas with a slightly boozy taste.

gotters

In one thread I’m laughing about coffee taste descriptions then I read the comment above from @Baldrick about one tasting like Neopolitan ice cream and I’ve hit the order button so fast I got finger burn.

Is there a way to remove the red bit like any sane person does with the ice cream ?

DavecUK

This morning I was enjoying a light roasted (not so much in colour but in development) Café Granja La Esperanza Tres Dragones Natural Colombia . The coffee was twice fermented, the second fermentation over 36 hours. Distinct boozey sherry notes with rasins…not just a suggestion, bet actually tasted of this.

The described flavour notes for the coffee were …Chocolate, Lavender, Tea rose, Cider, Phosphoric, Truffle. Which was complete horse manure….

A very nice coffee though, smelt amazing in the green

LMSC

DavecUK Happy to buy a bag, if you ever consider offering it on the forum! 😊

DavecUK

LMSC I only bought 24 kg, in 2 × 12kg vac packs and 3kg has already gone, I suspect this won’t last long.

Frothbewithyou

So I have been on a bit of a roasting trying session - Lost sheep/Rave/Origin/ClumsyGoat/KisstheHippo etcetc
I have just tried this picture of Assembly Aeropress championship coffee.
If you drink Aeropress or just love tasty coffee…wow this stuff is amazing. I use that word very very infrequently but the cup it produces is lovely (personal taste of course).

I have tried it in a V60 as well with a 18g-250 ratio as well and it just keeps on delivering. This has my gold seal approval (means nothing haha) for the last few months of trying coffee 👌💪

DavecUK

Frothbewithyou looks a very well roasted coffee!

MWJB

A very tasty brew of Dave C’s Colombia Café Granja Esperanza Tres Dragones natural (light roast for brewed).

Syrupy, tropical green fruit (maybe kiwi-like), white wine grape, wine gum acidity & very clean.

13.8g ground at 94 on Niche, 40g every 40s (each pour taking ~13s) into Kalita Wave 185, up to 160g, then last pour of 60g for 220g total. 1st 40g direct, remaining pours via steel can strainer.

StephenM

Fórsa Gála (Gale Force, in Irish) from Coffee Angel, an independent Irish coffee roaster and small Dublin-based chain. Nice as pour over (Chemex) and espresso. Milk chocolate loveliness.

It’s a very comforting cup, that evokes good memories.

Dumnorix

Colonna Caldas and Risaralda Community Lot Colombian. Really fruity and boozy natural. Tasting good at 18g in, 45g out in 30 secs.

gotters

Bought a bag of that Skylark deluxe blend after reading about it here, the one they say in the tasting notes is like Neopolitan ice cream.

Weirdly it does smell like cheap ice cream, it has that almost synthetic strawberry smell you get from the red Quality St creams everybody leaves til last (before chucking the even worse orange ones). Also has that slight chocolatey aroma.

Quite a light roast I’d say, brewed it up in my clever, not unpleasant but first cup wasn’t amazing, I kept getting those red Quality St flavours.

dfk41

I am finishing off two coffees I bought from Smith Street on Black Friday. The Don and Dark Peak. I vacuum seal them about 14 days post roast. They have really come into their own now and I only have 250 gm of each left. Will definitely buy them again!

Baldrick

Managed to draw some tasty shots out of the skylark deluxe blend following some great advice from @DavecUK and @LMSC - thanks for that guys!
Not a coffee that I would buy to drink as an espresso but made some great flat whites out of it.

Onto the second offering of skylark coffee…

Another Guatemalan! Because of course it is!
Absolutely loving this one. Really punchy cashew flavour, quite sweet with very little acidity. Fantastic as an espresso (I’ve had 3 today already 😱)
Usual 2:1 ratio but have found the sweet spot to be @ 30-32 seconds to get the full range of flavours. I’ll be ordering more.

Alpesh

Bom Jesus from Coffee by the Casuals today for the first time.

Ground at setting 12 on the Niche based on other Brazilian beans but with 2:1 ratio at 50s I thought it would be over extracted.

Not at all - lovely chocolate notes and sweet as a flat white. Not quite getting the berries so will try a little coarser.

LMSC

Alpesh Glad you like it. It is good but we were disappointed after a lot of excellent views.

LMSC

Kenyan Mikari, Short black, Pineapple notes for me. Cuts very well with milk though!

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