Got this recommendation from CG, and i'm very happy i followed it!

First of all, this has to be the best deal in premium roasters around. 5 lbs of high quality, sustainable, coffee for $40 shipped. Awesome.

Second, and more importantly, the coffee is great. Coffee was roasted Monday, i got it Wednesday, so i'm still playing with brew parameters, but I haven't had a bad shot yet. CG people report a strong "snickers" flavor. I haven't gotten that, but i have gotten a strong peanut flavor at a mid dose/mid temp (17g/200F or so/1.5-1.75 oz).
This morning i'm drinking it updosed as CG folks recommend, and it's also delicious. 19g/1.5-1.75oz and the coffee has much more body and thickness without being overly potent as i've experienced with other espressos. I'm also playing with temps a little, and there are small changes in the flavor, but still good. Seems to be pretty robust regarding temperature variation.

Third, Jeff gave me some chocolates with my order:)

I've been enjoying this blend for the past week or two, mostly in iced lattes. I'd be interested to know what the educated palate folks think of it.

TY Rob! I also tried it as drip in the Technivorm. I liked it. Had more oomph than I was expecting. I also purchased a 5 pounder. Froze most of it and am hitting up a few days worth at a time. I think I need to get my hand on one of the temp strips so I can better guestimate my temps.

I am starting this thread in hopes that some HBers can describe brew parameters. Have at it, please. (Forum moderator merged this entry into 'Red Bird Espresso' which I had not found searching 'Redbird'.)

I have some and find chocolate flavors and nut maybe hazelnut and very little fruit. After using Black Cat Organic and Doma Las Lajas just prior, the absence of fruit was striking. Is there fruit with certain parameters and I just haven't found it?

Is Redbird one of those coffees like Metropolis Redline that benefits from a weeks' rest? (I should be able to answer that question in just a couple days.) One poster likened it to a Vivace roast. Anyone concur with that?

Thanks.

+1

If you can't pull great shots with Red Bird, sell your kit.

Days 6 & 7 are more mellow that 4 & 5.

If there is a slight dryness, as one gets from some apples, in the middle of the aftertaste, grind a notch coarser, increase the dose about 1g and bump the temperature a degree F or so.