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To further my ongoing private battle with Guatemalan beans! I’ve just been rewarded with possibly one of the best shots of espresso I’ve ever had. As seems to be the theme with crown and canvas it does exactly what it says on the tin (bag). Raspberry acidity to start followed by rich plum and dark chocolate body and almond lingering aftertaste.
Apologies if my coffee reviews are starting to sound like an episode of posh nosh 🥸

Edit: you can have this as a flat white but you will bring great shame and dishonour to your family.

Triple Co’s Colombian Orange Christmas - perfect festive bean.

For me I am running with

Kiss the Hippo - Uraga, Ethopia natural process. This is for my aeropress

Origin Coffee - El Progresso, Colombia, Tolima, washed. This is in my grinder set up for pour overs.

Systemic Just cracked open some Ethiopia Goru-Muda Guji  - wonderful apple, ginger and butterscotch notes through V60.

Just tried it as espresso - not quite dialled in right but the gingery butterscotch notes shine through a flat white and cortado.

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Where is this from sounds lovely

Decent De1pro v1.45 - Niche Duo - Niche Zero - Decent is the best machine ever made -

    Got some of that too - gingery apple and butterscotch notes work well as pour over and as espresso.

      Which roaster Systemic

      Decent De1pro v1.45 - Niche Duo - Niche Zero - Decent is the best machine ever made -

        😁🤦🏻‍♀️ no i quoted you 😝
        I want to get some haha

        Thank you

        Decent De1pro v1.45 - Niche Duo - Niche Zero - Decent is the best machine ever made -

        Got this by accident really. Stopped in coffee lab for an espresso and to grab some beans as a stop gap while I wait for my coffee by the casuals order to arrive.
        Pulled as a normal 1:2 espresso was like eating a lemon so followed some of the advice given in the light roast topic and pulled a hotter and longer shot - 16:40+
        Really interesting coffee. Lots and lots of strawberries in both smell and taste.
        Made a flat white for the other half - basically strawberry milkshake 😂.
        I can’t say it’s left me desperate to seek out more anaerobic coffees but quite nice as a bit of fun.

          Baldrick Is it a blend by any chance ? I see a combination of darker and medium dark beans - In meant some beans look darker than the rest!

          Glad, you like them.

              LMSC it’s supposed to be their single origin offering - no info on the bag and their web description isn’t much better other than to say it’s a single origin, anaerobic process. Nothing about the bean or where in Colombia it’s from.

              I hadn’t really noticed the colour difference but you’re quite right - Theres a big variance in there.
              It was good enough that I’d like to try other natural coffees just probably not from them.
              It’s also been a nice exercise for me on my stock gaggia so a good learning experience!

                  I’m not sure….I threw away the bag and can’t remember what it was. It was from a roasting course I did recently, it’s a bit darker than usual as the company I was teaching liked their coffee slightly darker. It’s delicious, but I don’t know if it was one of my coffees, or one of theirs?

                  Really ticking me off….

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                  @Baldrick Looking at the pictures, two thoughts came to my mind. Sorry, if you find it offensive! Please don’t me wrong. 😊

                  1: It wasn’t roasted properly / evenly, assuming the bag was from a single roast! I do not think this is correct.

                  2: They produced three roasts - medium dark and two variations of darker. They mixed them together!

                  I don’t know what @DavecUK thought of it from the picture.

                    LMSC I don’t know what @DavecUK thought of it from the picture.

                    Is this the Baldrick south coast roast colombian? I just had a look at the photo and assumed it was from the way the light hit the beans in the glass, highlighting some, compared to others. It’s super difficult to tell because under kitchen lights, they often illuminate unevenly, so I didn’t give it a second thought.

                    These are the roasters and they set up South Coast as a cafe ages ago.

                    https://www.badhandcoffee.com/

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                          I’m slowly working my way through the 12 days of Crankhouse - a brilliant idea - but I’m only on the second day and it is a tasty, tasty washed Gichathaini AA from Nyeri, Kenya - blackberry with a chocolate lingering in the mouth (like I’m lingering over these 12 days). And I have been using Simplify the Brewer to brew it - keeping it simple for 2022, for now.

                          LMSC not at all! This is why I’m here 😁. It wasn’t a cheap bag - £16.50 for 250g. Only picked them up because I was very almost out at home and coffee lab had sold out of everything other than decaf!
                          DavecUK heres a better pic

                          https://southcoastroast.co.uk/collections/all/products/riptide?variant=41341011853490

                          All the lighting in my house is “mood” lighting so trying to photograph or read is a nightmare. Can thank the missus for that 😩

                          • LMSC replied to this.

                                I had some Columbian Horizonte from Cuppers Choice today.

                                I bought it in September, used half and froze the rest in the bag and cardboard tube it comes in.

                                I can’t say I noticed any degradation in taste 👍

                                Baldrick A lot better picture for sure!

                                @DavecUK - Looking at the picture and the chaffs on the crevices, is this tending towards a dark roast (if not a dark) than medium dark? Would it then have seen / almost seen a second crack ?