What is a God Shot?

Lacehim

Personally I think a God shot is just YOUR idea of a perfect shot, and YOUR perfect taste. I say YOUR because everyone will have a different opinion about what they like in the cup. I started off my coffee journey worrying about numbers, times, grind/variables, is it a Monday, are my beans 1 day too old, but it never got me anywhere. As a good friend of mines says "It's what's in the cup that counts!". I'm sure you've already pulled some so pat yourself on the back. 🙂

MOQ

Lacehim wrote:

Personally I think a God shot is just YOUR idea of a perfect shot, and YOUR perfect taste. I say YOUR because everyone will have a different opinion about what they like in the cup. I started off my coffee journey worrying about numbers, times, grind/variables, is it a Monday, are my beans 1 day too old, but it never got me anywhere. As a good friend of mines says "It's what's in the cup that counts!". I'm sure you've already pulled some so pat yourself on the back. 🙂

True, I also believe it's a personal taste thing, that's why I'm curious as to what others are trying to achieve in this regard if indeed that is what they are striving for. Maybe the question is a bit too personal ... ? My shots are steadily improving, the biggest advances came recently with the K3 PEG mod and meticulously weighing every dose. The grinds are so much more consistent and it's easier to fine tune the grinder now. However I am yet to come remotely close to a honey-sweet ris. Most of what I make tastes very nice (wife approval factor included), it certainly makes going to a lot of cafes a let down. I'll get there I'm sure. I hope I get some good news on my BNZ parts soon!

Lacehim

Beans play a lot in what you get in the cup I've found, part of that is the roasting. What I mean by that is if you are looking for X in the cup, but buying Y beans all the time you may never find it. You need to try different beans, techniques etc. It really is a never ending journey. I've been trying to convince C-Man to build a KKTO because I think that way he can try a variety of beans to see what hits his sweet spot. Every day is different with roasting/espresso at home, and it's one of the things I enjoy about coffee. 🙂

MOQ

Lacehim wrote:

Beans play a lot in what you get in the cup I've found, part of that is the roasting. What I mean by that is if you are looking for X in the cup, but buying Y beans all the time you may never find it. You need to try different beans, techniques etc. It really is a never ending journey. I've been trying to convince C-Man to build a KKTO because I think that way he can try a variety of beans to see what hits his sweet spot. Every day is different with roasting/espresso at home, and it's one of the things I enjoy about coffee. 🙂

I'm lucky in that I am able to order the (5 Senses) beans from the cafe, one less variable. Knowing that I can buy bean X and also knowing how it tastes across a wide variety of drinks when prepared by a guy with obvious skill gives me my reference points too. What's a KKTO?

C-man

The sweetest shot I had was from Grumps using my same exact beans just sayin.

C-man

[quote author=C-man link=topic=5161.msg43492#msg43492 date=1389263075] The sweetest shot I had was from Grumps using my same exact beans so it had to do with either pressure, temp or flow because we we using the same grinder and the same beans.

C-man

Michael I will buy or build a roaster, just first I want to make the best possible coffee using professional beans first.

Brett_H

MOQ mate.... A KKTO is Paul (KK)'s gift to the home roaster. Imagine the satisfaction of pulling a God Shot from beans you've roasted yourself!! Happens at my place all the time thanks to people like Paul and forums like this!! http://www.koffeekosmo.com/

Ol_Grumpy

I had a similar quest a while back on the forum here... I wondered myself, "What is a God Shot?" In the interests of self enlightenment... I started a thread called, "Show me your best God-Shot"... It had some enthusiastic responses with members showing photos, etc and others reminding me that interspersed through the forum are lots of pics of God Shots... And others saying how sometimes it wasn't till after they tasted it, that they thought, "Wow, that's what a God-Shot looks/ tastes like..." Pic opportunity- down the hatch. It was a flash in the pan thread, but fun while it lasted... I discovered that looking at a God Shot was interesting, but not very satisfying... Like going to a wine-tasting... To watch others taste the wine... I found with photographs/video, the missing element of 'Taste' was leaving me wanting... And yet another aspect of how the cup tells you everything you need to know.... The answer lies in the cup... That's where you'll truly find your God-Shot.

MOQ

To be honest, I agree that the taste is the only decider. I had started this thread having read Ol Grumpy's original thread of "show me" whereas I was curious (more than anything) in members' personal interpretations of what they perceived a God Shot to be as a taste. Maybe my interpretation is way off beam, I don't know. I guess my interpretation derives from the varying words used to describe pours & tastes such as "nectar", "honey", etc. which made me think that a degree of sweetness was the objective. My broadest assumption (and roast me if I'm wrong) is that nobody here would really get a thrill out of drinking an acrid bitter pour, unless one was old-school Italian. I was told by same barista that this is how they like it. I don't add sugar to anything, and if a coffee can be consumed sans-sucrose then it scores some "points" automatically. A guy I know (skinny as all hell) can only drink a coffee with FIVE sugars. The t/a when I got it was dumbfounded when I told them what he was after, I just took a handful of satchels with me. Yes, he emptied five in, didn't bother to see if it needed it, dump stir scull. My DS Pic was