Monthly Grind Sizes
Hello
This is where you will find the notes for the coffee each month.
September
I am afraid our setup is running everything to a fine/irregualr, we are just re-testing the coffee. I think we need a new grinder, and we have taken the VST home for re-calibration. Will update tomorrow. Su
| Coffee | Grind Specification | Notes |
| Danelaw |
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| LOT61 |
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| Olfactory - Uganda |
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| Rockhopper |
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August
| Coffee | Grind Specification | Notes |
| Atmans - Colombia |
COARSE |
We found this coffee worked best in the middle of the Coarse grind size range. For us, the tasting notes for this were 'Toffee Apple'. |
| Sanctuary - Mexico |
COARSE |
This coffee needed a slightly finer grind than the Atman's but still sat in the Coarse grind size range. Our tasting notes were 'Sweet Red Apple'. |
| Oddyknocky - Kenya |
EXTRA COARSE |
This coffee needed the coarsest grind of the four this month just tipping into the Extra Coarse grind size range. This is fairly normal when roasting a Kenyan coffee for both Filter and Espresso... as it can get a little bit acidic if you go too light on the roast. Our taste notes were 'Blueberry'. |
| Django - Tanzania |
EXTRA FINE |
Django typical roasts a little on the light side compared to some roasters as they like to highlight the acidity, and this coffee is no exception. For us, it worked best in the Extra Fine grind size range, and on Espresso we even experimented with a Lungo shot to really let it sing (18g in to 45g out). Our tasting notes were 'Tropical Fruit'. |
July
| Coffee | Grind Specification | Notes |
| Machina - Uganda |
MEDIUM |
This coffee is super consistent and well-behaved - the sign of a great roaster. We found it worked best on at the coarser end of Medium.
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| Roost - East Timor |
COARSE |
Again a well-behaved coffee that we found worked best a little coarser than the Machina - this one at the finer end of Coarse.
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| 47 Degrees - Ethiopia |
MEDIUM |
This coffee needed a slightly finer grind than the Machina Uganda and worked nicely in the middle of the Medium grind range.
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| Hometown - Rwanda |
FINE |
This coffee needed the finest grind size of the four coffees this month. We found it worked best in the Fine grind range
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June
| Coffee | Grind Specification | Notes |
| Keen FILTER | FINE - Filter | I went too coarse initially based on bean colour. Changed for a finer grind and the funky, fruity flavours jumped out. |
| Keen ESPRESSO | COARSE - Espresso | Nice roast, running at 18g in to 37g out in 30 seconds on the Rocket R58 and coming in at Coarse grind size. |
| Echelon OMNI |
EXTRA FINE - Espresso EXTRA FINE - Filter |
Nice bag, designed especially for us. That is Fred on the bag, the Echelon roastery dog. Nice waft from the bag when opened. First go at an espresso poured fast in a medium grind, moved to finer grind. Profiled first time on Filter at an Extra Fine grind, behaved as expected taking hints from the espresso profiling. |
| Harmony OMNI |
EXRA FINE - Espresso EXTRA FINE - Filter |
Nice bag, great coffee from Ben. First shot was a longer pour for 26 at a medium grind, quite far out for extraction, so we pulled into a finer grind. Touch finer than Echelon. Tasty. Light. On filter, again profiled first time at Extra Fine - very similar to Echelon profile. |
| Colours FILTER | FINE - Filter | Initially went a bit too fine based on bean colour and it over-extracted - adjusted grind to be coarser and works nicely as a Fine profile. |
| Colours ESPRESSO | EXTRA COURSE - Espresso |
Nice roast, branding good. running courser than Keen - good bodied 'spro. |
