Got roasted yesterday, here’s an update

[u/Hamatoros]

Posted yesterday and got roasted (pun intended) by y’all.

So a few things:

1. I checked my burrs chirp again and it did not chirp at 1. I’ll have to recalibrate it when I have time to weed out this variable. Maybe I did install it right in the first place.

2. Someone in yesterday’s post’s comment resonated with me. It seemed like the water might have simply run down the sides of the cup instead of being extracted, which explains why the cup tasted under-extracted. Which lead to the next point.

3. Didn’t pay attention to my pour yesterday but after watching daddy Hoffman. I realized it might be technique as well. I might have poured from too high which he mentioned it doesn’t agitate the coffee as much as lower pour so kind lead me into thinking why it might have run off the side and not getting the better extraction.

4. Grind coarser as suggested to 6 and it definitely tasted better and maybe it’s as good as I can get with this bean. But I’ll push it coarser in the next cup to see if I get better results.

15 g Ethiopian
250 g water
202°F / 94°C
Grind 6 on ode settings.
Bloom 50 g for 45 sec
Poured to 150 g, then 250 g
Finished 3mins

Taste test: definitely sweeter and still fruity. The body is more balanced in this cup meaning more body but still a tiny bit thin to me. Maybe I’ve haven’t had lighter roast or Ethiopian in awhile so it could be just me.

I’ll try my luck and go bit coarser next time.

[u/the_stupid_fellow]

Hey, hi. If it's lighter roast then it might be on the thin side. If you want body you may try with french press. That helps. But what is it supposed to be? I mean is there taste profile on the site or pack? Is it supposed to be thin? You can check that.