How Long Before You Get Bored of One Coffee?
- coffee.me
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With one bean/blend for espresso, regardless of how good (but not how bad!):
First 1-2 days, I'm exploring, sniffing, looking, experimenting.
Next 2-3, enjoying, sharing, maybe experimenting a bit more.
Next 2-3, maybe still enjoying, saying goodbyes, ready for a change.
More than two weeks and I can't take it any more! Constant change is a major part of enjoyment for me. I change on weekly basis between 10-15 (when I blend, the numbers get higher) coffees.
One week of Yemen, with all its Arabian fruits and desserts, next week, lower punches from a Sumatra, next something American, buttery and chocolaty. Nice stuff, what's better is I won't see these guys for two more months! Love it! Actually, can't stand seeing them much sooner on a regular basis!
Is this closer to the rule or exception? What about you? Do people actually stick to a couple blends for months at a time?
First 1-2 days, I'm exploring, sniffing, looking, experimenting.
Next 2-3, enjoying, sharing, maybe experimenting a bit more.
Next 2-3, maybe still enjoying, saying goodbyes, ready for a change.
More than two weeks and I can't take it any more! Constant change is a major part of enjoyment for me. I change on weekly basis between 10-15 (when I blend, the numbers get higher) coffees.
One week of Yemen, with all its Arabian fruits and desserts, next week, lower punches from a Sumatra, next something American, buttery and chocolaty. Nice stuff, what's better is I won't see these guys for two more months! Love it! Actually, can't stand seeing them much sooner on a regular basis!
Is this closer to the rule or exception? What about you? Do people actually stick to a couple blends for months at a time?
- another_jim
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I roast several coffees at the same time, and usually drink each coffee just once a day. If I really love a coffee, it'll be part of every roast session and a once day fixture for the next year. But mostly, I'll look through my stash, and put together a menu of coffees I haven't tried for a while. Eventually, for each coffee, the sad day comes when the roast tastes faded and woody, and the remaining greens get dumped.
Jim Schulman
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I order the majority of my espresso, using my homeroasts when i want something specific, or to fill in the time in between orders.
Ill stick with a roaster for only 2, maybe 3 orders, then go elsewhere. Ill order 3lbs at a time, all different each order. Currently, Ive got BC Classic, BC Organic, and BC SO Honduran La Tina*. Once these are done, Ive got a single origin Yemen Ismali, Brazil Ipanema, and some Longberry Harrar. Probably about 1/3lb of each, while Im waiting for my next order, which will almost certainly be from Ecco, for some of that Yellow Bourbon which sounds so great.
I dont like to stay with one, or even a couple blends for more then 3 orders. If its something i like, I can do two pounds of it, but then im getting bored and moving on. I could not imagine sticking with only one blend, all the time, never changing. My good friend does this.. he's been buying the same bean for a while now.. IDK how he does it.
*And, by the way, the Honduran La Tina is easily the best espresso Ive had all summer. I was bummed, because when I went to order from intelly, I planned to get 2lbs of the Maravilla, and a Pound of BC Organic.. but they were out of the Maravilla. But, Im not bummed anymore, im literally flying through the pound of the La Tina.. I find it almost gets completely lost, even in a 5oz capp, but straight shots and Machi's are phenomenal. If you haven't tried this bean yet, I highly suggest you do. Its a light bodied, floral, sweet espresso, so if that is what you like, this bean will put a big smile on your face!
Ill stick with a roaster for only 2, maybe 3 orders, then go elsewhere. Ill order 3lbs at a time, all different each order. Currently, Ive got BC Classic, BC Organic, and BC SO Honduran La Tina*. Once these are done, Ive got a single origin Yemen Ismali, Brazil Ipanema, and some Longberry Harrar. Probably about 1/3lb of each, while Im waiting for my next order, which will almost certainly be from Ecco, for some of that Yellow Bourbon which sounds so great.
I dont like to stay with one, or even a couple blends for more then 3 orders. If its something i like, I can do two pounds of it, but then im getting bored and moving on. I could not imagine sticking with only one blend, all the time, never changing. My good friend does this.. he's been buying the same bean for a while now.. IDK how he does it.
*And, by the way, the Honduran La Tina is easily the best espresso Ive had all summer. I was bummed, because when I went to order from intelly, I planned to get 2lbs of the Maravilla, and a Pound of BC Organic.. but they were out of the Maravilla. But, Im not bummed anymore, im literally flying through the pound of the La Tina.. I find it almost gets completely lost, even in a 5oz capp, but straight shots and Machi's are phenomenal. If you haven't tried this bean yet, I highly suggest you do. Its a light bodied, floral, sweet espresso, so if that is what you like, this bean will put a big smile on your face!
- michaelbenis
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Wow! That depends on so much for me I'd be mad to say. But I don't normally buy more than 250g of a bean at a time (roasted for me) and get through around 10 packs a month, some of which are doubles. That means I'm changing every 3 or so days. There are beans I could drink all the time, but I do like changing. And there are some beans, like Yirg or some of the Ethiopian wild berries, that I couldn't drink for a whole series of a day without overdosing in some way, but which I couldn't not have at least once a month...
I've also been very impressed with the Honduran SHB from my favourite roaster, Londinium. I'll be getting some more of that.
I've also been very impressed with the Honduran SHB from my favourite roaster, Londinium. I'll be getting some more of that.
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If coffee gets boring, either I got the wrong beans or I messed up the roast. I don't drink enough for that to happen, and I'm still learning to roast and make espresso so I need some time to get dialed in and familiar with a batch to see what I can do. I've been running 6-7 days with one bean/roast batch or blend as this is about the optimum time I can use it before fading. I try to use them from 6-12 days post roast. Next week it will be something different. Each roast session is 3-4 batches so I roast different beans to blend or try different roast profiles, etc. This weeks blend 2/3 Idido, 1/3 Bonko Black Sun DP. Bored? I will run out of these greens before that happens. Will there be any Ethiopia like this coming in later this year?
- another_jim
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I think all the Ethiopian kleptocrats are back on the same page now; at least, some lots have been getting out. I'm sure the villagers are getting the full advantage of these African style reforms and transparencies -- a new well every five years or so. This is the best coffee on earth right now; it's heart breaking.
Jim Schulman
- JmanEspresso
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Ive been trying to buy as much ethiopian coffee as I can. Ive currently got 2lbs of IMV, about 3lbs Longberry Harrar , 1/4lb of DP Birbissa Organic, and on the way, Ive got two pounds each of the Wet process Bonko, and the Guji Sidamo. By a huge longshot, Ethiopian beans are my favorite, both for brewing and espresso. I missed out on the Worka that Klatch was offering, and I was upset to say the least. The Aricha Nine, was however, a very good coffee. There really is so much outstanding coffee out there, and I try to enjoy as much as I can, but Ethiopian beans have been rockin my cup for a while now.
Anyone get any of the Korito-Koran SweetMarias had a couple months ago? I loved that bean.. it was like drinking cup after cup of top quality punch, made with the freshest juiciest fruit.
Anyone get any of the Korito-Koran SweetMarias had a couple months ago? I loved that bean.. it was like drinking cup after cup of top quality punch, made with the freshest juiciest fruit.
- JohnB.
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I keep a variety of home roast S/O & commercial blends in the freezer packaged in small enough lots that I seldom pull shots from the same stuff more then 2 days in a row. The vac pot brew changes daily unless I decide to follow something I really like through the aging process.
My Ethiopian stash is down to 2.5lbs of the WP Kebado & 5.5lbs of the IMV.
My Ethiopian stash is down to 2.5lbs of the WP Kebado & 5.5lbs of the IMV.
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- Marshall
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I would lose serious interest in coffee, if I drank the same blend all the time. Here in L.A. we're fortunate to have several top-tier roasters, so I can rotate among many blends and S.O.'s. I consume a pound in a week and never drink the same coffee two weeks in a row.
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- Fullsack
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My morning coffee is usually something deep, chocolaty, earthy, a double. In the afternoon, it's a single shot of a fruity blend. That's enough variation for me.
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