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 ?

MediumRoastSteam

LMSC What are your shot time and ratio MRS?

I’m just boring. I always dose 18.5g, and I always aim for 36g-40g between 33s-38s sort of thing.

LMSC You should try to post your views when a new bag is opened.

Unfortunately for me it just tastes good, and I know I like it. My palate is not that evolved.

dutchy101

LMSC

This sounds right up my street. Just ordered a kilo.

LMSC

dutchy101 Just ordered a kilo.

😱🫢🤣

Ernie1

Route Hamblin.

Dosed this down to 16g with a tighter grind and it’s smooth as silk. Pretty mild for such a dark looking roast and sweetness is subtle.

dutchy101

LMSC

Go hard or go home haha

Cuprajake

So unlike LMSC going to coarse, I’ve gone a tad too fine 🤣

MediumRoastSteam

dutchy101 - you won’t regret it!

dutchy101

MediumRoastSteam

Cheers. Your seal of approval helped convinced me. Have also just gone for 500g bags of each of Djangos Rabanales and Fiallos. The 30% discount was too good to pass up..

LMSC

Cuprajake I tightened the grind and pulled another shot of the Foundry Amaya. Still it gushed with no improvement in shot time.

MediumRoastSteam The flat white from the shot was very nice. It’s going to be hard hand grinding finer from here. Will tighten a bit and tamp a lot harder. Although it is <20s shot, it is very nice. Am going to leave it at that and enjoy the rest of the bag.

PortafilterProcrastinator

dutchy101 Have you cracked in to the Fiallos yet? Would be interested I how you’re brewing it.

I am still dialling in, a slight edge of bitterness. Am going to try dropping temp from 94 to 92 tomorrow on a 17g in 42.5g out.

MediumRoastSteam

LMSC - time to place an order with the Niche @LMSC 🤣

LMSC

MediumRoastSteam As I said earlier, did as a first thing on the morning of the release of the duo. 🤣😅

MediumRoastSteam

LMSC - oh! I didn’t realise! Nice one! 👍👍👍👍👍

LMSC

MediumRoastSteam Third attempt of Amaya! 54.21s. Gone a little too fine I think. Great coffee still. 🤣

mobius

I was expecting to have some ‘cheap’ beans to experiment, but after opening the bag and seeing oily black things, I suspected it may not last. After several attempts, each one coming out extremely bitter and just awful tasting, whether long/short/fast/slow I decided that it honestly wasn’t worth my time.

I switch to Jubilani from Owens Coffee, and although I only pulled one shot, so not really dialled-in, it was balanced and smooth. I think those other beans are destined for compost.

dutchy101

Just defrosted and opened the last 250g of my Django Santa Ana from September 2022. Drinking as an americano and it is pure blueberry. Lovely

LMSC

dutchy101 Django Santa Ana from September 2022.

Wow! You still have it. Well done.

Did you open Blackcat’s XO?

dutchy101

LMSC

I never got that one in the end - still have half a kilo of the other Colombian they did just before that one in the freezer (La Esperanza Mandela). Don’t ever want to see that one finish

I try to make them last by rotating through what I’ve got. Usually have about 8 or so at a time to choose from haha

LMSC

dutchy101 La Esperanza Mandela

That’s a very nice coffee.

dutchy101

Probably my all time favourite coffe

LMSC

Cuprajake

Had a few of my own Ethiopian today,

This was last night’s, dog and hat cold blow coffee

On the left is north star Brazilian

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