Mountain Air Black Balsam
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So I had a 5lb bag come in, I hesitated ordering for awhile as I remember so many post seemed 50/50 split. My wife made me a drink the first time and I was like that was good, then I found out she added a bit of caramel syrup and I'm like damn these beans rock lol, thinking that was the blends flavor. So since then been trying to dial in for shots and drinks and past couple weeks I just can't get it right. Done from 17-19.5g, adjusted grind a ton of times, seems to channel no matter what or start flowing just "ok" then start pouring and bonding fast, most of the time it's always two pours out of the bottomless that either stays like that or eventually merged but shot is still verging on gushing. Guess I'm one of the guys that just can't get this blend dialed in.
Not my technique, as works fine with other beans and just pulled some of bodkas sweet blue no problem. Tried wdt, pergers shake method etc. Remember people saying they had a hard time getting this dialed in or just pulling, but not sure what could make it hard? Varied temps (at 203 now)
Not my technique, as works fine with other beans and just pulled some of bodkas sweet blue no problem. Tried wdt, pergers shake method etc. Remember people saying they had a hard time getting this dialed in or just pulling, but not sure what could make it hard? Varied temps (at 203 now)
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It's too dark for my liking.. Not that it isn't good but that's not what I'm after.
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Hmmm mine doesn't seem dark, seems on the lighter side, doesn't look that much different then the sweet blue I have on hand. I just cannot get any nice syrupy flowing stream at all.
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I tend to prefer light roasted SO coffees.. It's dark compared to that.
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Pretty light for me. I pull 18 grams in and 36 out in about 26 seconds. 200 degree boiler
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Give up those finicky VST baskets and join the HQ 14g basket darksidecmin wrote:Hmmm mine doesn't seem dark, seems on the lighter side, doesn't look that much different then the sweet blue I have on hand. I just cannot get any nice syrupy flowing stream at all.
Having the most even extractions of my life (or it could be the new grinder wearing in although I switch back to the VSTs occasionally and nothing changes).
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I'm using VSTs, the HQs seem to cut down on the body for me personally.
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Not here. Actually find the opposite. Then again I don't pull anything above 1:1.5 usually.
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Haha, my baskets are HQ lol, love my 21,best all around basket I've ever used.brianl wrote:Give up those finicky VST baskets and join the HQ 14g basket darkside
Having the most even extractions of my life (or it could be the new grinder wearing in although I switch back to the VSTs occasionally and nothing changes).
can you take a video of a pull? B/c man I tried in that range and it was gushing and spritizing like crazy and almost immediately blond.LukeFlynn wrote:Pretty light for me. I pull 18 grams in and 36 out in about 26 seconds. 200 degree boiler