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| Basket | 9Panda 49mm Step Down |
| Balance | OK |
| Roast level | Medium |
| Country | Brazil-Guatamala |
| Variety | Arabica |
| Processing | Natural-Honey |
| Tasting notes | Chocolate, Pistachio, Caramel, Creamy |
| Place of purchase | CherryDog |
| Weight | 200g |
| Density | 1.4.5 |
| Appearance | Small, Medium Golden Brown Bean |
| Brittleness | Breaks easily under the thumb |
| Fragrance | Chocolate and a little cardboardy |
USed the 9Panda 49mm stepdown again, but ground even coarser at 1.5.2.
It still still ran very slow. Same as yesterday. Great in the shot glass (I’m almost tempted to start drinking shots), but lacked flavour and intensity in a 200ml milk cup. Turns out thats my smallest.
Did some research. I would expect the step down to take a bit longer, but not this much, so will grind coarser again at 1.5.5. And maybe just add a bit less milk to the cup net time.
Blend: Brazil Fazenda Toucan Natural Process + Guatemala Honey Process
The bean colour is a rcch golden brown which often works out as a flavour I like
There’s obviously 2 different beans in here of different sizes - medium and small.
Breaks easily under the thumb which suggests there will be a lot of fines which point toward grinding coarser. Seems similar to the Brazil Toucan, so might base initial grind and profile on that. UPDATE: Grinding at 1.3.5 gave a very slow extraction. Seems like the fines theory was right!
I don’t trust CherryDog roast dates. They don’t write on the bag and seem to make something up when I ask them. Previous experience with varying freshness levels backs this up. I might be wrong, but very suspicious.
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