What coffee am I drinking at the moment?

Dry_bean

I'm drinking India Elephant hills Monsooned at the moment. Lovely syrupy pours, intense earthy chocolate flavours and a crema monster, one of the best SO's I've roasted in ages. :thumb:

Cuir_Beluga

I am currently on the Ethiopian Limu Kossa, I don't think I am a fan to be honest but waste not, want not and all that.

askthecoffeeguy

home made blend 40 per cent burundi 40 per cent peru 20 per cent cuba 100 per cent delicious !!!!!!!!!!!!!! >😃

Dry_bean

Have to admit I don't blend, strincly SO's, must be something in the old adage (neither a borrower nor a blender be) 😉

LeroyC

askthe coffeeguy wrote:

home made blend 40 per cent burundi 40 per cent peru 20 per cent cuba 100 per cent delicious !!!!!!!!!!!!!! >😃

What Burundi and Peru do you have? I gather you've roasted them yourself, how did you tackle them?

Cuir_Beluga

Dominican Republic Soliman. I did have some Costa Rican El Beneficio in the hopper until I knocked the hopper off and all the beans came tumbling out and mixed with ground coffee on the cupboard top so I had to bin it 🙁.

Kevohere

Cuir Beluga wrote:

Dominican Republic Soliman. I did have some Costa Rican El Beneficio in the hopper until I knocked the hopper off and all the beans came tumbling out and mixed with ground coffee on the cupboard top so I had to bin it 🙁.

Surely there's a strainer/sifter somewhere in the kitchen Sue?? (Unless of course, there could have been "other" contaminates on the cupboard top?) :🙂

FreshCoffee2

In the last week I have been drinking our Esperence blend, our highest scoring Silver medal winner (we won 6 silvers) at MICE, in my morning capp yew cheeno ;D

Cuir_Beluga

Kevohere wrote:

Surely there's a strainer/sifter somewhere in the kitchen Sue?? (Unless of course, there could have been "other" contaminates on the cupboard top?) :🙂

To be honest Kevo I have had a really crappy couple of days and it was kind of the straw that broke the camels back, I was beyond giving a toss and it was pure luck that the tamper didn't end up going through the kitchen window. It's just been one of those rough patches 🙁.

FreshCoffee2

I know the feeling ;D

Cuir_Beluga

Fresh Coffee wrote:

I know the feeling ;D

Today is another day, or something like that :🙂.

Kevohere

Cuir Beluga wrote:

To be honest Kevo I have had a really crappy couple of days and it was kind of the straw that broke the camels back, I was beyond giving a toss and it was pure luck that the tamper didn't end up going through the kitchen window. It's just been one of those rough patches 🙁.

Yup, "been there done that". :-[ It's just as well that knowing "those rough patches" allow an appreciation and enjoyment of the many smooth ones in life. :coffee2: :thumb: :thumb:

Cuir_Beluga

Kevohere wrote:

Yup, "been there done that". :-[ It's just as well that knowing "those rough patches" allow an appreciation and enjoyment of the many smooth ones in life. :coffee2: :thumb: :thumb:

That is true too, sometimes it is just hard to see that far ahead though. I guess it will pass :-|.

Cuir_Beluga

I am currently on the tail end of a blended batch I threw together to be rid of some bag ends, Dominican Republic Soliman and Java Kali Bendo. I think it works and junior is certainly enjoying it :coffee2:.

LeroyC

I've been trying some blends as well, mostly for milk drinks. I put together a really nice one a couple of weeks ago and haven't really managed to improve on it. This week's blend wasn't bad, but still not as good. The good ones have been Brazilian based, with some Timor and another one or two origins for highlights (such as Mexican). But lunchtime today was the Timor on its own in a latte, which was very enjoyable:

LeroyC

I just tried the Timor FTO as an espresso. Wow! Soooo nice. Full bodied, medium acidity, huge crema and actually fairly sweet, so I must've really nailed the roast on this batch.

Brett_H

Okay Leroy... Now I need another coffee. I hope mine is as good as yours. I'm drinking a DiBella sourced Peruvian that I roasted to the first snaps of second crack. It's a typical mild Peruvian that looks amazing, smells terrific and would be better in a blend for my tastes.

Cuir_Beluga

Ministry Grounds Mexico Oaxaca at the mo :coffee2:.

LeroyC

Cuir Beluga wrote:

Ministry Grounds Mexico Oaxaca at the mo :coffee2:.

How did you go roasting this Sue? They're the hardest bean I've had so far and I had to really hit them with some serious heat to get a good result. Very nice as an espresso now that I've got the roast right.

Cuir_Beluga

I did ok with them, Leroy, I opted for P1, once 1st crack started I hit P2 then let it go until just before anticipated 2nd crack then hit cool. This was a 200 gm batch.

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