Can you share your pour over recipe?
I wish I was motivated enough to be as technical as you guys. I heat up water in an electric kettle until it shuts off. Then, I pour it over an imprecise amount of finely ground up beans (double filter always) and then I drink it.
I donāt check temperature or focus on coffee-to-water ratio. I just pour the water until my mug is full.
Sometimes I think you can get too technical. I definitely suffer from paralysis by analysis when it comes to pour overs lol. Iām sure yours comes out just fine. Enjoy!
I mean I was doing some of that stuff during lockdown to give myself something in order to maintain my sanity but never got too deep into it.
In the end, I just didnāt want to spend the money on crazy expensive grinders or pricey equipment like that.
I think CAA showed in a blog post that EY% was maximized by blooming for up to two minutes. Another approach I recommend though is not blooming at all to see what kind of results you get. For that to work, you need to grind at least 45 mins to an hour prior to brewing but generally easier to just grind the night before if youāre drinking it early.
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Not that people often go to Hradec KrĆ”lovĆ© but if you do, Cafe Na Kole does an awesome filtered coffee for a very reasonable price. Might be the best coffee Iāve had in the Czech Republic.
More places need to be offering sample packs. I think 25g would be perfect (but Iād settle for up to 50g). Thatās enough for three cuppings, two 12g filter doses, or some combination in between. Plenty to decide if I like the coffee and want to buy the 2kg/5kg weight. This 250g thing is the absolute worst in my opinion.
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With samples you can figure out quickly if any of the coffees are actually good and then just order those in larger quantities for storage. Basically impossible to do that now at most of these places. Out of all the different coffees I buy in one year, I estimate that maybe only a handful or so are really good. Iād rather just buy 2+ kg of those five coffees and rotate them instead of going through tons of mediocre 250g bags that taste similar and unremarkable.
Agreed, I was referencing the three cups from 25g. I brew 25g for myself when I want a small cup.
Oh, thatās cupping (not cups) with a standard dose of 8.25 g. I like to cup my coffees since thatās how most green buyers and roasters evaluate, but it doesnāt give you complete information. Itās easy and produces consistent EY% with minimal effort, so itās useful in the sense that you can remove one of the variables. However, translating those results to filter can be challenging, and the filtered result is the only one I care about.
Genetic testing revealed that Pink Bourbon was just a name. Pink Bourbon, as tested by us on two occasions (2017 by DNA Analytica and 2023 by RD2 Vision), was not a Bourbon at all, let alone a rare cross or mutation of one or more Bourbons. Nor was it a nouveau hybride. TLDR: Pink Bourbon is an Ethiopian landrace variety.
If anyone is looking for a cheap gesha I just happened to click on this. Never tried it, dunno the roaster. Description appears to be sourced from Cofinet which is a reputable Colombian coffee exporter, not sure if the coffee is from them too but I assume so. The producer / farm in question looks good. $21 / 12 oz and free ship at $35.
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I have travel coming up where finding good coffee will be difficult, so I ordered some INSTANT GESHA. 
This new wave of instant must be popular given that itās frequently sold out at most places I check.
Lawnmower man drinking instant? Didnāt have that on my bingo card.
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PeOpLe ArE SaYiNg good instant will be the 4th wave.
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The instant gesha isnt bad for a travel option but certainly not great. Tastes like LRSO coffee and has a faint but interesting candied strawberry note that fades in and out. Itās āmissingā something though.
Oh btw Lotus water has updated their recipes to account for the fact that the new round tip droppers are double the strength. So turns out my TDS meter was dead on. Mystery solved.
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Got this from the same place I found the instant gesha and itās bonkers. Highly unusual and interesting flavor profile, and Iām batting 1.000 brewing it so far. One of the few coffees of 2023 Iād buy again in a much larger quantity (unfortunately they only offer 12 oz bags of this one).