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Ministry of Roasters Official C25 Boloven (Medium) from October 31, 2026
18.0g → 31.3g (1:1.7) in 21.8s
1.3.4 on 1Zpresso J-Ultra
Roast levelMedium
CountryLaos
RegionBoloven
ProcessingWashed
Tasting notesChocolate, Caramel, Almond
Price220
Weight200
AppearanceMedium brown
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Bean notes:

Ran muich too fast, especially as I ground finer. I now suspect that the calibration dial has been shifting, so have marked it to see what happens.

Despite that it was OK, as was a 13.9s shot I did earlier. It kinda seems that this grimnder is very forgiving compared to the horrible sourness coming from the Kinu. Hopefully that will be fixed with new bearings!

BTW, the medication I am taking now gives me a very dry mouth, so possibly the astringency I have previoulsy reported is exagerated by that.

Given trhe recalibraion and marking of the dial it's possible I will have to dial in again tommorrow if I even use the same bean.

Coffee bag notes:

This is a version of the Official that is roast by MoR when the Brazilian beans are not available. They replace it with a Laos Bolaven, but somehow it doens't have the same bitter sweet chocolateyt flavor and doesn't work as well in milk. There's just a bit too mucvh acidity that can be hard to tame

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