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My supplier has run out of my previous natural Brazilian beans, but the fresh beans I received yesterday taste suitably acidic so should blend nicely with the super-reliable, but perhaps a little reserved El Salvador El Borbollon Red Bourbon.
The Colombian beans I used to add a small amount of to the mix for the high notes are rather tired by now.


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The new natural Brazilian is adding the desired high notes ... in the past I might have blended it in a smaller proportion with the El Salvador - but the beans are very recently roasted so it may calm down a little - plus it's annoying having coffees "out of sync" so 50/50 it is for now ...
 
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This was last weekend.

Ice Process Jairo Arcilla.
From Radical Roasters, my local punk independent roasters and cafe.

It was £10 per 100gm.
It came in an iridescent bag! 😃

Unbelievably fucking delicious.


A Juicy and exotic microlot with tasting notes of Mango & Lychee and an umami finish.

This coffee is one of the nicest experimental processed coffee we have tasted. The Pink Bourbon varietal results in a complex and floral nature to the cup. The Ice Process (explained below) produces intense tropical fruit flavours. The result is a memorable cup of coffee, out of this world!

ICE PROCESS
This coffee was exposed to a dry aerobic fermentation of 24 hours,
later placed inside grain pro bags for 50 hours maintaining a
temperature below 22 oC. Afterward, coffee was frozen for 72
hours. Later the coffee was placed on raised beds below 35 oC
until ideal moisture content was achieved.
This micro-lot is 100% Pink Bourbon.
 
Up to the wire this time - 3 days' supply remaining ... then I'll have to use some stale Colombian.
More of the same - El Salvador Bourbon plus Brazilian "natural"...

My nephew drinks "monster" drinks all day when he's here working and my brother happened to mention he's just discovered coffee - so I showed him my Aeropress ... after talking about whole beans and grinding, they eventually explained it was instant out of a jar and couldn't even say if it was "posh" instant...

I did a small second infusion this morning and now cold it literally tastes like instant ...

I'm no gourmet, but I would drink water before bad coffee...
 
The "natural" Brazilian is back to one I last had several months ago so I thought I would try it by itself rather than blended with my standard El Salvador red bourbon....
I was worried that it would spoil my breakfast ritual, but after initially being more acidic and "trebley" than I like, once I got stuck into the peanut butter and yeast extract, it was quite well muted.
I definitely prefer it blended 50/50. I used to complicate things by blending in some Colombian for even more high notes, but these two work very well by themselves.

 
Opened up my first Pact order so might as well rate it as I go.

Kiambara: Very fruity, I can still taste the lemon acidic flavour of it. Seems pretty strong as it stayed pretty dark after adding milk. I prefer less fruity coffees and it was to much even for the wife (she keeps complaining about our previous coffee having no flavour so must be a fine balance just need to find it) so pass on getting this one again.

Stay tuned for part two in a couple of weeks.

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I'll wait for your long-term report. I still order from HasBean on occasion, but fuck me has it got expensive. Even by the standards of fancy coffee.
My usual from Pebble and Pine is more affordable, but sometimes I want to try something different.
 
Chz said:
I'll wait for your long-term report. I still order from HasBean on occasion, but fuck me has it got expensive. Even by the standards of fancy coffee.
My usual from Pebble and Pine is more affordable, but sometimes I want to try something different.
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That is a bit cheaper for good coffee.

I've got some really nice Yellow Bourbon stuff at the moment. I don't buy it, but my sister sometimes picks me one up when she comes to visit. :)
 
Just a heads-up to those who don't already know, but beans vary considerably in terms of density, so volumetric measurement is problematic unless you have the same beans all the time and / or are prepared to risk a few duff brews ... that said, my 50/50 blend by weight is I suppose mostly for convenience...

It occurred to me recently that I'd had my second cheap precision scale for quite a time and a new set would take a day or two to arrive, so after ruling out level measures of my Aeropress scoop, I improvised an emergency measure by wrapping foil around a vitamin tube...

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I’ve recently gone from being a person who drinks coffee when I’m out or after a posh dinner, to a person who has two different cafetières, a De Longhi espresso machine, and a Bialetti Venus moka pot.

And a coffee tamper, and a dosing funnel, and a knock out pot. And a milk frothing jug (which I forgot to mention on the jug thread).

There’s so much kit! It’s a bit like the audiophiles thing. Do I really need a hand grinder with tines that will grind my beans to a specific grade of fineness? Yes, perhaps I do.


(No I don’t)
 
I've not been super impressed by the range and price at Hasbean/Ozone recently.

...but I got some great Rwandan coffee from Girls Who Grind a little while back. Will try them again when I've got through Pact House backlog.
 
chilango said:
I've not been super impressed by the range and price at Hasbean/Ozone recently.

...but I got some great Rwandan coffee from Girls Who Grind a little while back. Will try them again when I've got through Pact House backlog.
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Hasbean's quite... well, they were always pricey but it seems they're even moreso now. My usual go-to at P&P is £26/kg and Ozone has nothing under £40. It's gone from being a regular buy to only as a special treat.
 
story said:
I’ve recently gone from being a person who drinks coffee when I’m out or after a posh dinner, to a person who has two different cafetières, a De Longhi espresso machine, and a Bialetti Venus moka pot.

And a coffee tamper, and a dosing funnel, and a knock out pot. And a milk frothing jug (which I forgot to mention on the jug thread).

There’s so much kit! It’s a bit like the audiophiles thing. Do I really need a hand grinder with tines that will grind my beans to a specific grade of fineness? Yes, perhaps I do.


(No I don’t)
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No you need an electric one.
Hand one is for camping. Japanese burr grinder is best ime 😆
 
Pickman's model said:
Yeh I don't know why I waited so long to go in
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It was someone on here that recommended it to me years ago and now I wont buy my coffee or tea anywhere else, I've become a snob. ;)

ETA, their Guatemala Huehuetenango is also excellent
 
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I’ve only been to Algerian coffee stores once or twice for a takeaway £1 coffee but it’s great going inside it’s so beautiful inside

I’m never really in London anymore but do they sell ground coffee? I know, I know, freshly ground beans taste better but I am a person who values the simplicity of a filter machine :)
 
kalidarkone said:
No you need an electric one.
Hand one is for camping. Japanese burr grinder is best ime 😆
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Don’t encourage me!

I have an electric coffee grinder but I use it for herbs and spices.
So obviously I need another one for coffee beans…

And also obviously, I need a Japanese burr grinder now too
 
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