What coffee are you drinking just now?

[gentlegreen]

I suppose you could bash them to bits then sieve them and brew the various grades separately ?
Though perhaps you end up with different parts of the bean with different flavours ...

 

[gentlegreen]

I'm home for at least the next 2 weeks, so I need to order some more coffee.
I have about 6 days' worth of my Brazilian/Nicaraguan blend, so I'll order some Gautemala El Bosque.

 

[gentlegreen]

Oh well ...
Not unexpectedly I speculated on some random coffee too.

Bolivia Finca Bolinda Caturra Washed

"In the cup expect a mug of drinking chocolate. It's sweet and easily drinkable, with a gloopy, super-thick and lovely mouthfeel. There is an underlying delicate acidity of peach, but chocolate dominates here."

 

[gentlegreen]

Day 1 of my "spring" "holiday" ...

So I decided to experiment with making half batches so I can fit in all the combos over the next 16 days...

1. Bolivia Finca Bolinda Caturra Washed.

I used too much water and it was too thin to judge - quite a highly roasted taste so may need blending.

2. Guatemala El Bosque Amatitlan Washed Red Bourbon

Forgot to warm up the water in the kettle .. but I brewed and stirred it for one minute instead of 30 seconds .. but it ably demonstrated why I like this coffee so much because it was still perfectly drinkable. It took a lot of force to press the plunger though ...

One day I will have the space in my head to experiment with grind / brew-time and water temperature.

 

[tufty79]

Ocado ground Colombian. Half price, and well nice.

 

[purves grundy]

Loads of wine

 

[gentlegreen]

Day 2 and I made a mug of 100 percent Bolivian.
I may have diluted it a tad too much, but it's more highly roasted than I usually have .. but it grew on me - especially after the bread with Bonne Maman apricot ...

Definitely one to blend ...

 

[pogofish]

Eastern Ghats, "Gems of Araku" - a natural, unwashed, organic coffee from an emerging growing area - Most of the plantations have been established since 2003.

Delicious - very rich, smooth, tasty, full bodied, good crema and low acidity.

 

[gentlegreen]

Indian coffee ...

I may have had monsooned Malabar in the dim distant past...

 

[Tankus]

 

[gentlegreen]

Monday - Guatemala - so reliable and familiar I hardly noticed it.
Tuesday - Brazilian / Nicaraguan blend - similar
Wednesday - Bolivian / Nicaraguan - similar



I really don't have much of a palate...

 

[SE25]

I use Hasbean's sub service which is great. Currently enjoying their Malawian via pourover. Might french press it when I can be bothered but tbh this is a coffee that shines when brewed with a V60.

I'm a bit of a snob with coffee, if it's not freshly roasted within 2 weeks it can do one.

 

[gentlegreen]

Thursday - Bolivian / Nicaraguan again - very yummy combo.

Friday - Bolivian / Guatemalan .. I miscalculated and left the kettle to cool too much so soaked and stirred for 45 seconds instead of 30.
Curious that it takes massively more effort to force the plunger down when I use cooler water ...

Very nice - struggled to make it last for the second bit of freshly baked bread and apricot conserve.

 

[Pickman's model]

pret a manger's filter (black)

 

[gentlegreen]

I'm a bit of a snob with coffee, if it's not freshly roasted within 2 weeks it can do one.

A trendy deli opened up last year in my naff part of town and I was forced to buy beans from them. I never finished them they were so stale. I didn't bother complaining.
I reckon I can go a bit longer than 2 weeks - I don't have any choice as I use only about 60g of coffee each weekend.

 

[pogofish]

Peru Project 121 - An ethical/sustainable coffee from a co-op of small coffee growers.

Quite expensive, but delicious, rich and well rounded, if a little more acid than I normally prefer but the overall well-roundedness makes-up for that.

I think I'll mix the rest 50/50 with Mysore to tackle the acidity.

It also goes exceptionally well with a shot of clean-tasting Cameron Brig single grain whisky in the cup.

 

[SE25]

Hasbean's Columbian Finca La Chorrera Washed Catura. Very creamy, with a nice apple hint. Best coffee I've had for ages, I literally did a double take when I first had a sip of it as it was so close to the tasting notes.

 

[gentlegreen]

Hasbean's Columbian Finca La Chorrera Washed Catura. Very creamy, with a nice apple hint. Best coffee I've had for ages, I literally did a double take when I first had a sip of it as it was so close to the tasting notes.

I may have a go at that once I've got through my current stock, their Bolivian certainly didn't match their notes ...

To be honest, I ended up not being able to tell the difference between all my combinations over the past couple of weeks - I don't really have much of a palate.

I find the Guatemala El Bosque difficult to beat.

 

[Hassan I Sabha]

I keep going back to old brown Java, dark roast. 15g of beans to about 350g water, pour over method.

What roasts do people prefer, I go dark, or medium-dark for most of the beans I order. Lucky I use a supplier who roasts to order.

 

[SE25]

I keep going back to old brown Java, dark roast. 15g of beans to about 350g water, pour over method.

What roasts do people prefer, I go dark, or medium-dark for most of the beans I order. Lucky I use a supplier who roasts to order.

Medium/medium light. Not a fan of coffees where how it's roasted is more prominent in the flavour than the bean's actual characteristics

 

[gentlegreen]

My preference has always been for lighter roasts - but I realised the other day that my favourite - El Bosque is actually moderately dark roast.

I just noticed Hasbean have run out.

 

[pogofish]

I keep going back to old brown Java, dark roast. 15g of beans to about 350g water, pour over method.

What roasts do people prefer, I go dark, or medium-dark for most of the beans I order. Lucky I use a supplier who roasts to order.

I tried Monsooned Malabar in a dark roast recently - it was surprisingly nice but had lost a lot of its body/richness/well-roundedness compared to the medium roast.

 

[gentlegreen]

Hasbean's Columbian Finca La Chorrera Washed Catura. Very creamy, with a nice apple hint. Best coffee I've had for ages, I literally did a double take when I first had a sip of it as it was so close to the tasting notes.

how do you make your coffee ?

I'm down to my last 4 mugs-worth of beans ...

 

[SE25]

how do you make your coffee ?

I'm down to my last 4 mugs-worth of beans ...

V60 (the 1 cup one)

15g coffee
255g water
2:30 ish total brew time with a 30 sec bloom

unfortunately the V60 is so unforgiving that I could use the exact same method again and again and still get different results. When it's good, though, it's fucking great

 

[gentlegreen]

I ran out, but I needed to go into town anyway and my local roaster now has a shop that isn't a several mile and several hundred feet detour ....

Moanti Papua New Guinea
£2.80 per 100g
Yum
I was almost tempted to make a second half batch ...

It made me eat a second Danish

https://twodaycoffee.co.uk/our-coffees/moanti-papua-new-guinea

This is our first coffee from Papua New Guinea and we are really impressed. We settled on medium dark roast for this one resulting in deep, smooth well balanced rich chocolatey cup with a touch of orange and just a occasional hint of nut. Excellent blender, make it in any device and just enjoy. All day long.


Varietal: Arusha Bourbon Typica

Processing: Fully washed and dried on African beds

Altitude: 1750 to 1900 metres above sea level

Location: Henganofi district, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea

Farmers: The Moanti network is small but quickly growing coffee farming network comprised from 269 farmers who belong to 12 different clans. The network stretches 11 km and is less then 2 km wide, as it runs along the Dunatina valley in the centre of the highlands. Coffee is farmed almost entirely on 'coffee gardens', it is shade grown and picked by hand.


Blending notes

Moanti makes very nice, smooth shot by itself. On a fruity side. To blend use in any percantage with BSCA#1 and you cannot go wrong.

 

[bi0boy]

I just "upgraded" from Clipper organic instant freeze dried to that new-fangled instant stuff in a tin that contains 85% freeze dried and 15% ground coffee.

Totally tasteless, like warm water. I'm going back to my usual.

 

[gentlegreen]

Second day with the Papua New Guinea - my new bullet-proof coffee.
Not a hint of bitterness and I can obtain it locally.

 

[ice-is-forming]

bullet proof hey? did you add the butter..

 

[gentlegreen]

Yuck

 

[quiet guy]

I'm happy with the Sainso own brand ground filter coffee.