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by compellingrich
February 27th, 2018, 8:43 pm
Forum: Coffees
Replies: 10
Views: 877

Light and Medium Roasts for Espresso

49th Parallel has been really hot lately
by compellingrich
February 22nd, 2018, 1:22 pm
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 269
Views: 26279

Decent Espresso Machines Shipping

Here! Can't wait to get my Pro
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by compellingrich
June 7th, 2017, 7:41 pm
Forum: Coffees
Replies: 17
Views: 1765

A Turning Point Project: Andytown Coffee Roasters and Juan Pena

Delicious coffee. RIP Dustin
by compellingrich
June 4th, 2017, 7:17 pm
Forum: Buying Advice
Replies: 18
Views: 985

Am I insane to get a mavam single group for home?

From personal experience, I have yet to taste an espresso shot from a Mavam that wasn't either 1. extremely worried-over, or 2. nice-tasting. And that includes a shot dialed in by one of the pwners of the company. Buy a Decent, spend the rest of the money on an EK
by compellingrich
December 10th, 2016, 11:15 pm
Forum: Coffees
Replies: 24
Views: 2157

Coffea Eugenoides

Currently brewing my way through the natural, and it is so far the grossest cup of coffee I've had in 2016. Notes are Sencha tea, honeydew at warmer termperatures, and peanuts. Was guessing I got an underdeveloped batch (all common underdevelopment notes in a too-light Colombia) until I read the abo...
by compellingrich
November 28th, 2016, 10:07 pm
Forum: Coffee Roasting
Replies: 2
Views: 276

Adding flavours after roasting

I experimented with vaporizing different botanicals at a low temperature and vacuum-sealing the vapor in with green coffee. More permeable coffees took the flavor better. It was interesting adding tea and floral notes to coffees that wouldn't usually have them
by compellingrich
November 16th, 2016, 10:14 pm
Forum: Coffees
Replies: 4
Views: 609

Compelling Coffee (formerly Compelling & Rich) opinions/observations?

Hey there! I know I can't do much to promote, but I just wanted to point out we've switched that Brown Betty blend to a post-blend. This makes extractions much more consistent, which is necessary since this is a bar espresso. We take the step of ensuring both coffees we use in the blend extract opti...
by compellingrich
August 28th, 2016, 7:25 pm
Forum: Coffee Roasting
Replies: 28
Views: 6266

Rao on the Development Time Ratio

Rao mentioned this as well, but the 20-25% ratio is dependent on how full you're packing your drum's capacity during a given roast. I think this makes all the difference in planning a recipe around this style of roasting. In my experience a less-full drum batch is going to taste better, more-vibrant...
by compellingrich
July 28th, 2016, 3:26 am
Forum: Coffees
Replies: 4
Views: 512

Rapid drop in flavour after opening - 49th Parallel

Might be the vacuum-sealing and nitro-flushing. We're seeing some of this with certain of our coffees
by compellingrich
July 23rd, 2016, 3:42 pm
Forum: Coffees
Replies: 9
Views: 971

Geisha blowback

I'm going to step in here and democratically steer y'all away from that Guat, and towards the Panama Santa Teresa. Santa T was the first geisha I ever bought a few years back, and the response was overwhelming. First, and one of the true "geisha bomb" profiles I've ever had