went out.
had a really nice espresso at 4 Barrel.

Ran out of coffee, so far too fresh beans (straight out of roaster). Ended up in a cappa, but I dare not post a pic of my latte art effort as Jacobs would put me to shame! Its just jumped to 100% humidity here, that or the uber fresh beans, made the Mini E shoot static grounds all over the kitchen!

Strong and mellow, just what I needed after only 5 hours of sleep.

A Chemex of Panama Esmeralda Geisha Lot #5. Very nice.

Getting close to the end of the blend of Yemen Mokha Sharasi and Sumatra Lake Toba that I roasted last week. It's still very nice, even if all I have to extract with right now is my Gaggia Synchrony.

I've been pulling Blue Blend by Batdorf and Bronson. It's easy to pull pretty consistent shots with flavors of a little spice (nutmeg??), and a little fruit (cherry?). This morning's shot was no exception. First it was a latte (flavors got lost in it, actually), then a nice double espresso.

Blue Blend isn't easy to find. I order it through a Batdorf Stand here in Atlanta (Star Provisions), but I have not seen it on their website.

Excellent.

Two syrypy crema-laden doubles of MVP blend, home-roasted. - now day 11 post roast. 17.5g in Synesso double basket @201F, 1.25 oz ristretti.

They would have been godshots if the temp had been 0.5F cooler.

A fitting finish to this batch, and time to roast more.

-Mike

Arggh, didn't anyone else pull a crappy shot and have to drink it anyway? The kids needed to be fed, I stayed up too late doing taxes and slept in, my teenage daughter overslept, my wife was saying "you don't have time for that!", I tried to get the grind right for a new batch of PT's Bella Espresso, so I guessed on the grind, thwacked away, tamped hard, flushed and pulled a triple naked with spritzes showing on half of the puck. Still better than Starbucks. Oh well, tomorrow is Saturday, I should have a bit more time...must practice grace under pressure. Perhaps I am learning what it would take to become a cafe barista...

Been trying some Blue Bottle Faezenda Jacaranda that I ended up getting when they didn't have either the Misty Valley, Chapada Diamantia or Roman. All of which probably would have been better. It's good and a long time since I've had Blue Bottle at home. Surprised by how coarse I'm having to grind this stuff. The shots have been decent. Today I got a bit more brightness out of it, but it seems like the last few mornings have resulted in a mad rush out of the house as well so it's been a day by day progression making dialing in pretty much impossible.