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Sarnies Guatamela (Medium (Level 3/5)) from May 05, 2026
18.0g 30.7g (1:1.7) in 37.8s
1.3.2 on Kinu M47
BasketMHW-3Bomber Jusbean 18g
Bottom Paper FilterNo
Sourness TypeAlmost none
Bitterness TypeMild
Finish TypeClean
Mouthfeel TypeNormal
BalanceBitter
Drink TypeLatte
Cup Size200ml
Roast levelMedium (Level 3/5)
CountryGuatemala
RegionHuehuetenango
VarietyCaturra
Elevation1200-1350 M.A.S.L.
ProcessingFully Washed
Tasting notesMilk Chocolate, Plum, Sweet Acidity
Price450
Weight250
AppearanceMedium brown
BrittlenessQuite brittle, lots of pieces
FragranceChocolate and a little cardboardy
Notes:

After testerdays bicarbonate of soda induced bitterness I added a 304 drops of saline (a pinch in about 100ml). This took some of the butetr edge off and made it a bit more fruity. However, it was a stange taste with some of teh dryong bitterness reamining.

What this shows is that my reverse osmosis low mineral water supply is definitely impacting taste and its worth experimenting with some proper coffee minerals. The sachets are about 200 baht for 50 liters, so not really expensive. I suspect that doing this and then doing some re-dialling in will be interesting.

Note that it might also mean more frequent descaling, which might be expensive if I stick to the gaggia descaler!

Coffee bag notes:

Second time I have had this winderful coffee. Although it has a night plum like fruitiness I prefer to make a more intense, syrupy and slihghtly bitter shot that has really nice mouth feel and balances milk perfectly. Grinding somewhere in teh low end of1.3.x

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