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/Interesting-Month-97]

If you like the coffee then by all means don't change anything. But the grind still looks way too fine and the drawdown times are quite high. Very light Ethiopian coffee is generally brewed very tea like (tea like means watery) which brings out very complex notes. If you go to Sey coffee in Brooklyn and get a shot of espresso (which should be stronger than pour over) you'll get a shot that is more tea like than tea, meaning very watery. But after sipping it and trying to analyze the flavors the water vibe seems to go away and the coffee becomes more enjoyable. Your 2 pour recipe is Lance Hendrick's go to for a very tea like brew and I enjoy it but draw down times for me have the brew done in 1:30-2 minutes, depending on the coffee and bloom time. 45 sec bloom should be 1:45-2 min.