Gracenote Coffee Roasters, Columbia Recipe 1

Coffee Details

Roaster: Gracenote Coffee Roasters
Name: Columbia Consaca
Region: Narino
Elevation: 1750 - 2100m
Process: Washed, sun dried
Varietal: Castillo, Caturra... ("regional")
Flavor Notes: Apple pie, chocolate, kola nut
Roast date: 8/2/17

Brewing Details

Method: Chemex
Coffee: 15g
Yield: 250ml
Water temp: 93º C
Grind size: 19 via Encore
Bloom time: 0:50
Total brew time: 2:20

Notes

Dropping the temperature to 93 made it even sweeter! Increasing the water volume slightly provided a more balanced cup.

Bonnie Coffee, Peru Recipe 1

Coffee Details

Roaster: Bonnie Coffee
Name: Peru, Andres Guevara Ruiz
Region: Cajamarca
Elevation: 1700m (?)
Process: Washed
Varietal: Bourbon, Caturra... (?)
Roast date: 7/4/17

Brewing Details

Method: Chemex
Coffee: 31g
Yield: 480ml (1:15.4)
Water temp: 95º C
Grind size: 19 via Encore
Bloom time: 0:50
Total brew time: 3:23

Notes

Made a bigger batch to test the ratio -- 1:15 to 1:16 is the sweet spot for this coffee. Clearly aging at this point and starting to taste flat, but it was still so sweet! Going to miss Bonnie filter for a while.

Counter Culture Tasting, August On Ice Series

Had morning coffee at Counter Culture's training center in Somerville, specifically the Idido, an Ethiopian Yirgacheffe, two ways: Japanese iced coffee (flash brew) and cold brew brewed for 16 hours. Lovely washed coffee with nice floral tea-like notes and strong melon flavor.

Recipes: Japanese iced coffee was a ratio of 1:15.4 coffee to water & ice. The cold brew concentrate was 12 oz coffee to 7 cups water (1:4.6), then a 1:1.25 concentrate to water ratio for dilution.

Augies Coffee Roasters, Ethiopia Recipe 1

Coffee Details

Roaster: Augies Coffee Roasters
Name: Ethiopia Hafursa Natural
Region: Gedeo
Elevation: 2300m
Process: Natural
Varietal: Heirloom
Flavor Notes: Plum, concord grape, cream
Roast date: 8/1/17

Brewing Details

Method: Chemex
Coffee: 20g
Ratio: 1:16
Water temp: 93º C
Grind size: 19 via Encore
Bloom time: 0:50
Total brew time: 3:01

Notes

Repeated yesterday's test, and produced a nice balanced cup. As it cooled, the cream really came through with the brightness of the fruit! This is the final recipe -- I'm going to play with the dose with what I have left and see if 1:16 is still the best ratio.