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Shortened the pre-infusion and reduce the pressure on the main phase. Dropped to 33g out and used a paper filter.

I think teh water is bringing out the acidity / brightness quite a bit more, so those “plu,” notes from teh bag are much more present, but that’s supressing teh rich chocolatey feel (with a hint of plum), that we had before.

I could grind finer for more body and bitterness, but I think that will just add an unpleasant carboardy effect.

So, instead of trying to make this like it was before I will focus on getting a balanced plum flavor. Also, lets drop the temperature slightly to maybe bring down the cardboard effect.

Anyway, its a sample size of 1, but this could be evidence that the water is making a difference, nit always for the better and I shouldn’t expect things to taste teh same as before.

This was unsealed in the freezer for 7 weeks, but seems to have lost something. Need to do more checks, but theres not much pleasant fragrance. Compared to the last bag I did change to third wave coffee water and stop using a paer filter. Maybe I need to go back to doing it the same. More testing needed.

If it’s the freezer, maybe I need to store at the back or in the ice container rather trhan in the door!