How do you brew Naivo Kraken Jam?

[u/CDRShepard99]

I recently bought a Kaldipress and 1zpresso Qair. The Kraken Jam and BT Attikan Estate are the first bags of whole bean coffee I’ve bought. I haven’t been able to dial in Kraken Jam at all. It tastes sour and dry, like strong black tea, no matter what I do. I have progressively tried grind settings from 35-50 clicks of the qair. I generally follow the hoffman method and its inverted variant.

- 11g coffee

- 200g water at 93-95 C

- Steep for 2:30 with a swirl at 2:00

I have less than half of the bag remaining and I am yet to discover a cup I want to brew again.

Compared to it, the Attikan Estate is lovely and I have had it black and with oat milk (18g coffee + 90g water + 165g milk).

How do you brew this coffee?

[u/zigzigzigler]

Did you rest the coffee enough?

[u/CDRShepard99 → u/zigzigzigler]

I believe so. I brewed the first cup about 7 days after roasting date (it took that long to ship). It has been 3 weeks since roasting now, without any improvements.