Focus on the Roast 2016, Lot 1 Costa Rica Las Lajas, natural, organic
- Chert
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I look forward to getting into this one with the two roast batches I have left. I see that there is still some available from Mill City. Anyone roasting and care to share a profile to emulate?
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FWIW, this is a delightful natural coffee, with lots of nuance. This is about as dark as I will take it, but it has lovely caramel, balanced with apricot acidity at this level of roast. I ordered 5# extra to play with, one pound at the time.
In my initial roast, for the competition, it was very fruit forward (blueberry), and I wanted to see what taking it a little deeper would do.
To me, this is the best natural process coffee I've ever had that didn't originate in Africa.
- Chert (original poster)
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To me the Mexico Nayarita natural organic really stands out. It is about chocolate and strawberries and I expect more fruit loops flavors from this lot of Las Lajas (based on my taste for round 1). We'll see if my roast unseats my favorite.SAB wrote:<img>
FWIW, this is a delightful natural coffee, with lots of nuance. This is about as dark as I will take it, but it has lovely caramel, balanced with apricot acidity at this level of roast. I ordered 5# extra to play with, one pound at the time.
In my initial roast, for the competition, it was very fruit forward (blueberry), and I wanted to see what taking it a little deeper would do.
To me, this is the best natural process coffee I've ever had that didn't originate in Africa.
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Nice looking roast! After a bit of conversion (it still takes me a bit to go from C to F), it looks like we have the same drop temp. You have a little slower time to peak ROR, a little shorter development. I'll be curious to hear your thoughts on that.Chert wrote:To me the Mexico Nayarita natural organic really stands out. It is about chocolate and strawberries and I expect more fruit loops flavors from this lot of Las Lajas (based on my taste for round 1). We'll see if my roast unseats my favorite.
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My plan is to decrease the drop temp to about 415 next time around.
Any body else exploring this coffee?
- Chert (original poster)
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I've enjoyed the fruit forward profile (roast graph in entry above) as James Hoffman French press method and also espresso. My final roast I hope to do tonight and draw out the ramp a bit for a bit less energy entering 1c, extend development with same drop temp.
I think others are exploring it. Last time I looked the MIll City offering was sold out.
I think others are exploring it. Last time I looked the MIll City offering was sold out.
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Correct. We tried grabbing some more when we saw how well received it was but it is sold out at the importers.Chert wrote:...
I think others are exploring it. Last time I looked the MIll City offering was sold out.
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That's a great looking roast, Cody! I'm expecting you'll really enjoy it. Have you tasted it yet? Please update when you've had a chance to try it!Soliloquy wrote:<image>
Here's my roast of that coffee. Turned out really nice. Naturals tend to want to rush into first crack so I cut the heat quite a bit leading up to first, and then again about a minute in.
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I really liked this coffee too and mine has been gone for a few days now. Definitely one of the cleanest central naturals I've had- on par with Graciano Cruz's coffees. Here is a great article about the farm.Chert wrote: My whole two pounds is nearly gone: down to the last 7 shots. Roast day 3 this pulled a tasty fruity EG-1 12 gram ristretto on the CMA lever. Definitely a central natural to look out for when available.
http://sprudge.com/finca-las-lajas-96260.html
The one we had was the alma negra. I would have loved to try their "black diamond" natural.
Their red and yellow honeys are also available from Burmans. I pulled some beautiful floral shots from the yellow.