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Short resting time = better shots?

Postby old442 on Mon Feb 26, 2007 11:42 am

Due to an oversight I ran out of coffee last week for two days :evil:

My order of Black Cat arrived Friday and even though it was roasted on Wednesday I couldn't wait and had to pull a shot even though I have heard that BC does best with four days of resting. Well, I couldn't stop at one and ended up pulling 3 doubles, 5 risrettos and then made an Americano. :shock: The reason is that these were the best shots I had ever pulled, daresay the best I have ever had, and I couldn't stop. I had to have more and wanted to see if the first shot was a fluke, then to see if the second shot was a fluke and so on. I did absolutely no temp surfing. Perhaps I was just lucky, but over 9 shots I doubt it. Even the first two shots were very good while I was dialing in the grind.

Saturday I only pulled two shots and they were good. Sunday I pulled a few and while good, they were not as good as I made Friday, they had less clarity and weren't exploding with flavors.

Has anyone else had any similar experiences? Perhaps I need to run out of coffee more often ;-)

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Postby TimEggers on Mon Feb 26, 2007 12:46 pm

I can't explain why but I have often enjoyed super fresh non-rested coffees. The need to rest is again based on opinions from others. To each their own!
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