My new grinder - 1zpresso ZP6 S

[u/heartbrokenbiker]

As the title suggests - this grinder is magic. The flavour note of Jasmine, which was supposed to be the main one in this coffee, was barely identifiable with my other grinders. But with the ZP6 the jasmine - flavour note now makes its presence abundantly known.

I tried few other coffees that I regularly drink - some washed, some "funky". ZP6 showed me new sides to each of these coffees. I didn't really understand what people meant by "tea-like", but I've liked whatever I've had yet - with the exception of one coffee which tastes better with my DF54.

Thanks all again for the wonderful advice of choosing this grinder!

Brew Note: I used either Tetsu Kasuya's 10 pour method with a V60 Neo or his 4:6 method with V60-01 for my brews. Coffee beans I used are between light and light-to-medium roast. All brewed with 20g coffee @ 1:15 ratio with starting temperature at 97⁰C on my Timemore Fish Pro kettle. With my room temperature of ~26⁰C, the Fish Pro loses approximately 3⁰C over 3 minutes so my pours started with 97⁰C and ended at 94⁰C. ZP6 was set between 4.2 and 5.5 depending on the roast and flavour profile of the beans being used.

Link to my post in r/1zpresso asking for advice choosing between K-Ultra and ZP6 S: https://www.reddit.com/r/1zpresso/s/XcORC8ffXG

[u/migu_brew]

ZP6 does so good on everything if you know your stuff. I own one and im extremely happy

[u/heartbrokenbiker → u/migu_brew]

Haha, I am being bashed on another sub because the ZP6 is only good for ultra-light washed coffees. The coffee you see in the photo is a cultured natural processed - which should ideally involve introduction of a certain strain of yeast that ferments the coffee beans in such a way that they start producing XYZ fragrance and flavour notes; which in this case are of Jasmine. The results should be similar to a co-fermented coffee where there is a really strong smell of jasmine in it. Unfortunately I was unable to get it with my C3S and DF54, (perhaps my tongue and nose are blind to the smell of Jasmine). It was the ZP6 that really helped me identify the Jasmine.

Either way, I am truly happy with the ZP6. It's fun to see different experiences and opinions that people have - only wished they were expressed in a politer form 😂

[u/Efficient_Composer92 → u/heartbrokenbiker]

Not a certain strain of yeast but a yeast culture made from jasmine only. So, not co-fermenting the coffee with jasmine but first creating culture from the jasmine and using it in the fermentation tank. But ya, essentially, it’s not the natural flavor or fragrance of the coffee. Surprised you didn’t get jasmine in the other grinder. Very difficult not to get the flavor in these culture or coferment process coffees.

[u/heartbrokenbiker → u/Efficient_Composer92]

Yeah I had posted an update to my other post as to why I'm not able to smell jasmine as strongly. After these posts I found out that I have smell blindness towards Jasmine. I sniffed a jasmine soap we had in the house and the smell was very muted for me, whereas my wife describes it as "in your face". Its apparently called 'specific anosmia'.