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| Mouth Feel | Good |
| Finish | Slightly Bitter |
| After Taste | Slightly bitter |
| Balance | ok, with a hint of acidity |
| 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 |
Still using the Panda 49mm stepdown, but ground a bit coarser at 1.5.0.
This shot still ran very slow. I tasted wonderful in the shot glass. Rich flavour with great mouth feel and plenty of crema. Unbfortunately it lacked intensity in the milk despite only using a 200ml cup. 150ml might be worth a try next.
Need to research step down brewing at 60s this was long, but seemed to come out OK. Are step don brews longer.
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.