Beans: Redemption Rubén Ortega
Adjustments
- Grind size: 1Zpresso QS @ 57 (42.75mm)
- Water to bean Ratio: 16.0:1 (272g)
- Bloom Stage Weighting: 45%
- Bloom Pours: 3
Comments:
- New coffee brewing week oh boy oh boy oh boy
- Beans are light, but marginally darker than the Campbell & Syme. No trace of any oil.
- They smell like jelly beans with almost a hint of mint. Something floral and tangy in there for sure.
- So I’m going for pulsed bloom pours to capture a little of that tang but weighting more towards the sweetness as we progress.
- The fourth adds the body while hopefully being early enough to still pull out the sweetness and the fifth, much smaller pour, is to add just a hint of the bitterness back in at the end
- God damn I just read this back I am at the deep end watch as I dive in
Method: Experiment 11-03-24 (Slow Feed)
- 1st Pour: 41.0g in 10s
- Wait 20s
- 2nd Pour: 41.0g in 10s
- Wait 20s
- 3rd Pour: 41.0g in 10s)
- Wait 20s
- 4th Pour: 113.0g in 15s
- Wait 30s
- 5th Pour: 38.0g in 10s
- Bed Clear: 02:45
Tasting Notes:
Nose: Kept the tang smell from the dry beans and there’s some roasted veggie savoury notes in there even though it’s not a Sunday.
First Taste: This is definitely a super sweet brew, back to the bright Fruit That Shall Not Be Named and maybe even some summer fruits. Possibly over-egged the ending god damn it aren’t you tired of tryna fill that void? I think there’s enough sweetness in the main part of the mug that it just about balances it out.
Second Taste: That sweetness is really coming alive now. Like a huge explosion of it when I take that first sip. Maybe it’s more like a cherry, there’s just a hint of sourness in there but like not bad because cherries aren’t bad.
Rating:
🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗
I am reluctant to give this an extra half-moon but I’ve crashed through the surface and now they can’t hurt us so I’ll say this is an excellent cup of coffee.
Am I matching the results to my initial thoughts, massaging my conclusions to match my expectations, generally suffering through all sorts of fallacies that double-blind peer-reviewed science was designed to eliminate?
I don’t think so. I mean, just look at how many numbers there are up there.
Unchanged Settings
- Coffee weight: 17g (pre-grind weight)
- Pre-grind anti-static water: 5 drops in with the beans
- Water temperature: 88°C (190.4°F)
- Hario V60 01 Brown
- Funnel warming water: 400mm @ 88°C (190.4°F)
- Water hardness: medium (calcium carbonate 100-200ppm)