I started the day with a S.O. shot of my old faithful Brasil Morenheina Formosa to dial in the K30 Vario (it's been idle for a week). The shot flowed a tad thick but was still sweet and creamy...great stuff.


Almost immediately after that I brewed a drip pot of Aida's Grand Reserve Peaberry Blend from Stumptown Roasters. The cup is full-bodied and heavily fruited with Raisins and ripened plums with a backdrop of molasses. Freakin' amazing stuff!!


And about an hour later I got into my office and made a French Press of the 2008 Guatemala COE #1 (El Injerto Pacamara), medium silky body with maple and raw cane sugar rounding out as it cools. Another ridiculously wonderful coffee.....


Life is good

Phenomenal! 4 day old Cartel Coffee labs Black Market Espresso.
Still dialing in my pulls with the naked pf, random light side channeling but I'll be dang if I dont even want a touch of sugar in this. Loving it.

1 straight shot, 2 cappa's for me and 2 cappas for the misses (she did ask me to never run out of these beans haha)

A delicious Americano made with Caffe Fresco's Ambrosia. Mottled crema with a reddish color covered the top. I usually have straight shots or caps, but I've discovered Ambrosia is good for Americanos, too. It's a little spicy but still smooth.

Transitioned this morning from the Verve Burundi Kinyovu to 4 Barrel's Idido Misty Valley - holy shlamoly, what a berry bomb this one is! Lately I've had a few Ethiopians that haven't been overly berry, but this one is clearly not in that category, wow. Makes a fantastic S.O. espresso, and a great Americano as well, and the blueberries are strong enough even to stand up to sugar and cream - delicious.

4 Barrel Espresso blend - finding it's stride. Tons of caramel and nice bittersweet chocolate with a delicate cherry/tangerine high end.

Ecco Caffe Fazenda Cachoeira Yellow Bourbon - wonderful, rounded polished and elegant. Light creamy nut butter with tons of raw honey and ripe stone fruit.


good morning indeed.

This(yesterday) morning was a great morning. 3 Doubles followed by an Americano of some Ethiopian Harrar, provided by the fantastic staff of Chris' Coffee as a little gift on my last visit. I roasted it to what I call FullCity, No cracks in the roaster, Maybe a crack or two right when I dump it on the cooling bed. 5 days PR I was pretty dissapointed, either in my roasting or the bean itself.. But today, 12days PR.. Good Lord Almighty! LOTS of body, covered in the classic Winey Fruit and Smooth dark chocolate that I love DP Ethiopians for. I actually said, outloud to myself, "wow!", after the first shot.

Then, after I made Breakfast(3 eggs, over medium on toast, 3 links and a Strawberry/blackberry/Guava smoothie!) I made a VacPot of El Salv Montanita Pac. Which, Mind you, Was kickass. Light roast, stopped a bit after 1C ended, no thought of 2C at all. Floral, light-bodied, sweet, Brulee'd sugar and a piney/molasses finish. Very good.

Ahh Coffee.. Is there anything better?

really good latte this morning with toscano: 93 degrees, 19.5gs, 25 second pour time plus 4 seconds of preinfusion

Hello!!

I'm drinking Ethiopia Unwashed Harrar these days and was drinking Colombia Huila San Sebastian lately, which I got free from my roaster Means I'm back to paradise - have the green stuff again
In real it's not that bad - I've been for a month to Romania and that's the reason for my long silence.

Today I stumbled into my kitchen quite late, had a long sleep in the morning, though it's so sunny and all this light and blue sky is really pushing out of bed. That being late is probably the reason for hitting hard into wonderful cup of coffee... I did not adjust grinder, just put the beans in. Then the stream was a bit on the quick side, but... !!! what's up?! All crema!
So I hit the jackpot dear sirs. First time! After it settled there was more then 2/3 crema. Tasted very round, carmels, very rich, no high tones though, with caressing mouthfeel like kissing a passionate goddess, mmmmm.

93 degrees --- it's about 10 degrees more than in my coffee bar setup. Is it measured with the Scace device? And 5g more than in my basket?

I have just had some wonderful ice creams with grappa and then the espresso with great tiger skin...