What coffee are you drinking just now?

[ice-is-forming]

Yuck

honestly its quite nice

 

[Mungy]

I got one of them to replace my pint mug cos it was costing too much. I'm now drinking freshly ground San Francisco bay columbian supremo beans. I buy 8 bags for £74 it lasts about 4 months

 

[pogofish]

This week its been another natural process/unwashed Mexican coffee - Terruno Nayarita Reserva Organic.

Rich, no - very rich, smooth, quite strong but with almost chocolaty hints and about the best fresh-ground smell I've smelled in a long time.

Today should see the last of it but I have a bag of something else waiting.

 

[gentlegreen]

I'm almost envious of daily coffee drinkers. It's so difficult to compare coffees when you only make two mugs a week .. (so 60 grammes of beans per week)

Still highly rating the Papua New Guinea - seems un-bitterable.

 

[pogofish]

(so 60 grammes of beans per week)

Why not use a smaller amount and a smaller cup? I reckon I'd get quite a few cups out of 60g, depending on grind/tamping. Maybe as much as a quarter of my weekly consumption.

 

[gentlegreen]

I've experimented a bit - tried a second extraction but only extracted bitterness.
Perhaps next weekend I'll try making two separate infusions - see if I can get more flavour from the same amount of beans through having more water in the Aeropress for a given quantity of beans.

 

[dilute micro]

 

[gentlegreen]

I suppose if you're going to turn it into a milky drink ...

 

[pogofish]

This week its yet another natural/unwashed coffee - An Ethopian Sidamo. Heavenly stuff!

Apparently from wild plants, so the beans are surprisingly small but still very rich, well rounded/full bodied, earthy, citrusy and all-round wonderful!

 

[gentlegreen]

So the real Mccoy of coffee ?
I can never taste the supposed fruity notes and acidity in coffees ...

Started the bank holiday weekend with a fresh delivery of the Papua New Guinea - slightly darker roasted this time but still lovely.

A scoop of the old plus a scoop of the new - It's frothy man

 

[Greebo]

Fairglobe organic highland instant coffee - it's good enough for what it's for, and a lot less acrid than the cheapest instants.

 

[Voley]

Hasbean's Jabberwocky. Really like this one - a stalwart of their excellent starter packs that mrs quoad helpfully recommended some time ago.

 

[dishevelled]

I'm camping... so it's Nescafé Espresso Intenso, bought in France. I like it.

 

[gentlegreen]

Twoday in Bristol were out of the Papua New Guinea yesterday, so I bought a smaller quantity of two other coffees.

First up is "San Marcos Timana Huila Colombia"
Caturra Castillo - 2.80 per 100g so 89p for my standard mug.

This coffee is a big lush mouthfull, even on a dark roast this coffee has great acidity. We've been drinking it mostly from the aeropress and Hario V60 and have been really enjoying it. Due to the medium dark roast it is very versatile and pours a very nice shot with good body, crema and a real citrus chocolate profile. I drank it for four days in a row! which for a roaster is remarkable.

https://twodaycoffee.co.uk/our-coffees/san-marcos-timana

Taste report follows ...

Like the Papua it initially seemed darker than I like, but it's very nice indeed - I'm guessing this is what they call "fruity", but it's very well-rounded and a long way from bitter ...

 

[weltweit]

Home made latte ..

Milk heated in the microwave, Nescafe decaf and a spoon of sugar.

 

[gentlegreen]

Might as well use Camp coffee ...

 

[dynamicbaddog]

Home made latte too, 2 espresso shots and a dash of amaretto syrup on top of the steamed milk.

 

[pogofish]

Just finished another lovely bag of Eastern Ghats Organic and started on a mixture of Ethopian Ygracheffe and Mysore. Have a bag of Rwandan Organic to for next.

 

[gentlegreen]

El Borbollon El Salvador

https://twodaycoffee.co.uk/our-coffees/el-borbollon-el-salvador

The second of the two coffees I bought last week.

I have always avoided dark roasts, but this one can take it.
They say "dark chocolate" and that's what it is.

I'm looking forward to tomorrow's blend with the fruity Columbian.

With a long lasting aftertaste and rich yet clean mouthfeel El Borbollon is a most versatile coffee, equally at home in the cafetiere, V60/Aeropress, stovetop and espresso. We roast this Bourbon varietal dark for the rich heavy bottom notes of dark chocolate whilst making sure there is a touch of fruitiness. This is for those who love a chocolate profile as opposed to a fruity one.

The Grower

The Alvarez family offer a lot of support to local communities with schools for children aged 5 to 15 and free health clinics on their farms.All their coffee is grown under the canopy of shade trees which enrich and conserve the soil and provide an important habitat for birds and other wildlife.

Farm: La Reforma and El Cerro

Masl: 1300-1500m

Town/Region: Santa Ana, department of Ahuachapan

Blending notes
Works as a base, works as an addition. Adds chocolate and a lighter body to espresso. Use as a base for stovetop and put fruity coffees on top to give compexity.

 

[gentlegreen]

The Colombia San Marcos is a decent cup of coffee, but the El Salvador spoils it for me slightly in the blend so I'll probably give the beans to a colleague ..
I'll have to go into town next week to send off my passport application, so I'll see what they have in the shop ...

 

[fractionMan]

A flat white. I'm assuming this is now an unfashionable coffee and the kids are drinking something else.

 

[Hassan I Sabha]

Just trying a Kalita Wave that I bought from Amazon, I have the smaller 155 version which apparently allows you to " brew your favorite coffee more evenly, which directly contributes to fuller flavor and a more balanced extraction." I had 2 x $20 Amazon.com vouchers which I 'inherited' from my kids as they could not spend them on the UK site so decided to take the plunge, ordered from the US then waited for it to arrive from Japan!

Normally I use a Hario V60 so I am used to pour over brewing and the approach is not much different for the Kalita, pre wet the filter which warms the cup then start the brew. The wave has a flat bottom and three holes and gives a more even extraction and a more consistent brew.

So far I have had two coffee's using this, first one was 18g beans 300g water 30sec bloom + 2 minute extraction. Then I had (not straight after...) a cup made from 24g beans 400g water and a 30 + 2.5 min brew on a slightly finer grind.

Second cup was much nicer, the Kalita seems to "even" the cup up, so mutes the top and bottom flavors and give an nice even tasting cup.

I have the glass version of the brewer above, not this stainless steel version.

 

[gentlegreen]

Not having used a filter for a long time ...so the water is in contact for 2.5 minutes ?

 

[Hassan I Sabha]

It takes 2.5 minutes to drain through, you add it slowly in a circular fashion

 

[gentlegreen]

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[tufty79]

Whittard's cafe francais dark roast. My friend asked them for 'coffee with the closest effect to methamphetamine', which is apparently this. Bloody lovely.

 

[gentlegreen]

I'm not sure if I can tell when I've ingested an especially large amount of caffeine .. my calculations tell me that my 32 grammes of beans equates to a massive hit ...

I was in town today so I got some of the lovely Papua New Guinea I liked before and I couldn't resist trying :-

San Luis El Salvador Cup Of Excellence Lot 18
£3.25 per 100g

So well balanced. A perfect V60 or aeropress coffee. I'll list you the jury descriptors for a bit of fun: hibiscus,spicy, lemongrass, vanilla, green mango, milk chocolate. It is like that too and we've added green apple skin, so there.

Farmer: Jose Figueroa Arbizu y Cia
Variety: Bourbon
Processing: Washed
Altitude: 1300masl
Location: Santa Ana, Santa Ana, El Salavador

Blending notes - Please don't

A taste report will have to wait till tomorrow ..

I will see if a work colleague would like the El Borbollon El Salvador I don't like very much ...

 

[gentlegreen]

This is indeed very good coffee.
I always struggle with those tasters' descriptors.
Certainly not full-on chocolate and definitely a particular mid to high note which I can't place - a certain "rounded acidity" which persists - mind you I'm trying particularly hard.
Not a hint of bitterness.

Being fully caffeined-up, comparison with the Papua New Guinea will have to wait till next Saturday ... I need to take some days off soon when

 

[gentlegreen]

After my reference mug of Papua New Guinea yesterday, today I defied the instructions of my supplier and blended it half and half with the San Luis El Salvador Cup Of Excellence and ended up with a coffee that was even richer than the PNG at the start and with a full-on rounded fruity acidity at the end - more so than with the SL on its own ... not sure if I liked it that much - though interesting because I usually can't spot the "acidity" / "fruit" in coffees ..

 

[gentlegreen]

Unexpectedly at home on a Monday so I had the Papua New Guinea again - very good coffee indeed - having it with different things for breakfast I now recognise the acidity in the finish - but it's balanced with a shedload of dark chocolate.

If they have it in stock next time I go to buy coffee, I suspect I will give the El Salvador coffee away