A blend with Muscles... Ka-Pow!

RichardM

I'm going to wait a couple more days - will crack it on Saturday when I have time to savour the tastes rather than just swill it down before heading to work.

Muscles

Thanks for the feedback so far, I am keen to see how it develops for you all. The MM and Robusta were roasted together 7th April so 12 days ago. I let them run about 20 seconds into rolling 2nd crack and stopped the roast at 17mins flat. The Colombian was roasted 14th April so 5 days ago. It got away from me at the end and was pulled 35 seconds into 2nd at a total of 19 mins. Distractions with the bub didn't help 🙁 I noticed some blow-outs in the colombian beans just as I was mixing them and bagging them up for you all and was a bit gutted. I tried my first shot from the same batch today and agree it still has degassing to do...

Kelsey

It's an incredibly even roast however - KKTO?

Muscles

Yep! 3 batches in total...

UNM

Not had the good fortune to try this one, but purely based on roast dates, I would leave it resting until early next week.

RichardM

Just cracked this morning. Managed to nail the grind first go, so didn't waste any. Had in milk, double shot latte. Is like getting smacked in the jaw. Tasty, well balanced. Still a touch too fresh for my liking. The robusta shines through in a great way that doesn't overpower. Slight earthiness. Nose is blocked this morning, so hard to give much more feedback than that. Will get feedback from the wife later on.

shape_shifter

I'm still trying to find the 'Ka-Pow' 🙂 I'm liking it as a latte, will try an espresso tomorrow.

shape_shifter

Right so after seeing how Muscles has his BDB set up for this blend I thought I would try the same and wow talk about chocolate in a latte, very very chocolately. I am definitely getting a hit of something else, I'm guessing it might be the MM? very smooth and a lingering taste. I did try it as an espresso but I must be doing something wrong, I'm not a huge espresso person though, it was drinkable, well I got through 3/4 of it anyway.

Muscles

So you still haven't found the Ka-Pow SS?

shape_shifter

LOL no Muscles I still haven't found it, I have no idea what I'm missing. I forgot to add, Muscles I'd pay for this blend of yours :thumb:

Muscles

SS: did emulating the same settings on the BDB make a big difference or only minor and what settings did you try prior? Sorry you haven't found the oomph in the blend but glad to hear you like it 🙂

shape_shifter

The difference in settings made a HUGE difference, sure there was a little bit of a chocolate taste, I say 'little' now as I have tasted the difference. The taste is very rich now. My settings before were, 92 degrees, 60% and 7.

Muscles

And you changed to 94, 3 second PI at 50 make that 55%? Edit: corrected PI%

shape_shifter

Yes but mine only goes down as far as 55% for some reason.

Muscles

I just dbl-checked my PI and "my-bad," so does mine. Memory like a sieve, that's why I try to document important stuff even in threads like this. I'll have to correct myself you know where...

Kelsey

I found the Ka-Pow. It came fairly late in piece, in the last three shots brewed about three days ago (sorry, absolutely slammed at the moment, no time for anything). It meant a fairly fine grind (which I need on the BZ99 anyway, pressure's too high) and a good flush to get the temp down. A ristretto pour worked best. Full mouthfeel, strong rich 'dark' flavours and no hint of the wet dog flavour that can permeate an MM infused brew. All in all, exactly the kind of espresso I like. And not at all like my most recent experiment which is not great as espresso but my wife is loving in milk.

Muscles

Glad you enjoyed the blend Kelsey :thumb: Thank you all for the feedback on it, I'll keep working on it will try playing with the ratios a bit more :coffee2: