Moon wrote:
Welcome back Dry bean The ratings go like this <7.0/10 - ask for your money back if you purchased one of these in a Cafe .. you paid for coffee. 7.5/10 - is a sinker. You might drink it .. but only if there's nothing else around, and that includes tea. 8.0/10 - ok, drinkable but a bit of a Claytons coffee .. it's hot and that's about it. 8.5/10 - an enjoyable coffee. About as good as it gets from a Cafe in one of those multi-level Shopping Centres. There's lots worse. 8.9/10 - Just falls short of being very good .. which starts at a 9.0/10 9.0/10 - Very good .. but noticeably lacking in what it takes to make the 'elite' class. 9.1/10 - quality coffee .. only lacking the X-factor to join the elite 9.15/10 - Close .. but no cigar 9.2/10 - 'elite' .. now we're talking. Has the X-factor and big on 'yummy' Happy to drink this quality every day. 9.3/10 - Exceptional. The Crem de la crem. Made the top shelf category. 9.4/10 - Stunning. Only a few make it this far .. and can fluctuate from 9.2 .. to 9.4 on a good day - when the stars align. 9.5/10 - This score is for the best of the best .. only 1 bean has reached this height so far (adjusted) These ratings are what I am able to achieve with various blends and single origins when using my Compak K3 Touch grinder and Ponte Vecchio Lusso lever machine. Others using their own methods and equipment .. are likely to get a different result .. using their own rating system. I tend to be overly generous at the lower end .. e.g. an 8/10 should be good coffee, but I've rated it as only just drinkable. I try not to be too harsh .. as it is only what I am able to produce .. and others may easily get a much better result in the cup when using the same batch of beans. Coffees that rate in the 9s .. is where the real action and enjoyment is. :coffee2:
Thanks Moon, much appreciated. Never really thought much about rating shots in this way, my criteria were pretty much, great approaching the ever elusive god shot, very drinkable as I would rate shots from 90% of cafe's in SA nowadays (yep the situation has changed remarkably in the past few years) average speaks for its self and swill, you still get em some times, nowadays I will complain if a coffee is undrinkable, most respond well and will make another, though if they had one shot and got it wrong chances are they will make another pretty much the same. 🙂 PS Rating your own shots must be a little like talking about your kids, perfect in your eyes, from the viewpoint of others, perhaps not so much. :🙂
