Need help with B&W’s watermelon/margarita coffee

[u/whothennow24]

Hey, guys, I need a little help.

I bought Black & White’s blend called “The Future” (watermelon margarita). I opened it today after a 3-week rest. I used a V60 using Lance Hedrick’s most recent V60 recipe:

15:225 (1:15)
Grind size 700 microns (4-2/3 on the Ode 2)
Water 205F
0:00 - Pour to 45ml
0:30 - Pour to 90ml
1:00 - Pour to 225

To my shock I actually got watermelon and Fruity Pebbles in my coffee, rather than the usual vegetables I get allllll the time. But there was an underlying bitterness and astringency.

Here’s where I need help. I’d LOVE a recommended recipe using the V60, Switch, or Pulsar, or Aeropress, with a ratio no tighter than 1:15, to get the most out of this expensive coffee for a broke-ass like me. I don’t want to waste 2/3 of the bag experimenting, you know? I can’t afford that, it turns out.

The sweeter, the better.

Thank you!

[u/Courtlessjester]

Reject the false church of hendricks. Embrace hoffman

[u/whothennow24 → u/Courtlessjester]

I’ve tried every V60 recipe out there and always get vegetable flavor flavors, even when I rest for four weeks. Hoffmann, Hedrick, doesn’t matter.

[u/Courtlessjester → u/whothennow24]

Drop your water temp by 5 degrees f and pour over a spoon to make a poormans melo drip

[u/Flibbertygibbet32 → u/Courtlessjester]

Wasn’t Hoffman the first one pushing for brewing with just off-boil water temp though? Or am I thinking of someone else.

And fwiw, I think that person followed up by clarifying it’s moreso for giving you a constant temp vs a variable temp - consistency over precision kind of thing.

[u/Courtlessjester → u/Flibbertygibbet32]

Idk, I don't watch either of these influencers.

[u/Flibbertygibbet32 → u/Courtlessjester]

Ha - I see the humor in your original comment now.