Recipe
Hello!
I brew all the Advent Calendar coffees using the same method. It would help me to better navigate the coffee origins and varieties and hence to learn more from this adventure.
My recipe is based on James Hoffmann's V60 technique, but I've modified it a bit and adjusted it to my numbers. Also, I am using the Tricolate brewer which helps to achieve better consistency than V60.
My recipe:
20-21g of coffee beans (whatever is in the Advent Calendar bag)
330g of water
Coffee grinder 1Zpresso K-Plus on 46 clicks - a bit finer than your usual V60 grind.
First pour 100g of water, swirl clockwise then wait until almost all water passes through, it's about 45 sec.
Second pour 110g of water, swirl counterclockwise, wait another 45 sec.
Third pour 120g of water, swirl clockwise, wait until all water passes through.
Don't forget to stir your coffee with a spoon before tasting!
I am trying to rate every coffee blindly, describe the notes and guess its origin, processing type and altitude.
...MoreThis time I'm going to try and guess the variety and the farm as well even though I don't know many farms. I just pick the coffee that's the closest of the coffees from the previous two Advent Calendars and get the name of its farm or region. Just for the game.
I don't open links for the coffees until I taste and describe them.
My rating system includes:
SI - size of the beans in mm
SH - shape of the beans
CO - color of the beans, first number means darkness, 'c' stands for 'colored', 'w' stands for 'washed' fibers
AB - aroma of the beans
AG - aroma of the ground beans
AR - AROMA of the brew
AC - ACIDITY
SW - SWEETNESS
BO - BODY
TA - TASTE
AT - AFTERTASTE/FINISH
AS - ASTRINGENCY
The first number stands for intensity of the characteristic, second number rates how much I liked it.
After opening the link I am also adding (+) and (+/-) to the attributes if they match or close to the official description. The attributes which I leave without marks do not match the official description.
This time I'm also taking measurements by DiFluid which I happily won in the previous year Kofio Advent Calendar lottery.
Now that's Science!
OK, so the result for the coffee #24 is:
SI 6-13mm
SH very various, some long and flat, some spherical small peaberries, some wide open rounded halves
CO 1+ w
AB 2 5
AG 5 5+
AR 5 5+
AC 5 5+
SW 5 5+
BO 3 5
TA 5 5+
AT 5 5+
AS 1 5
Beans mass: 20.7g
Water mass: 338.8g
Brew time: 7:00
Brew mass: 287.3g
DiFluid results:
1.29%-1.4% TDS
17.9%-19.43% EXT
1:16.4 CBR
Způsob = washed(+)
Noty = some chinese tea like tieguanyin or something like Taiwaneese honey oolong(+), dark Finnish bread, the aroma it resembles is when I heard the magic word "Yirgacheffe" for the first time in 2011 and tried it, red orange, maybe a bit of nektarine or persimmon too, but the cup is over, so I might be just imagining my favorite notes without actually sensing it because psychosomatics of the moment. I always order 2 calendars instead of one, so I'll try it again and find out if there were any nectarines or persimmons later.
Původ = it feels like it must be African but hard to guess, Ethiopia or Kenia(-)
Farma =
Vyška = 2000m(?)
Odruda = Gesha(+)
Awesome coffee! It's exactly my type of coffee, whether it is filter or espresso I like this and I am looking for this. Every sip it is fuller and sweeter, but it is phantom sweetness. It's hard to name the notes, it's just "that's it" to me. Also it resembled Colombia La Colombia and Kenia Mwiria from 2021 as well as Etiopie DUWANCHO day 7 and Keňa GAKUYU-INI AB day 10 from 2022. And also, visually, Etiopie ALAKA WINE - kalendář 2023 den 13 and Keňa WAMUGUMA PB - kalendář 2023 den 2.
So I think my safest bet is Ethiopia or Kenia. I like how much clarity this coffee has, it is really rare when I can call a brew 'truly clean', this one is.
Opening the link... Oops, Colombia. Well, some of these long beans made me wondering if it's even possible with African coffee, so I still had a grain of doubt. Hey, I got Geisha right this time. What a ride. Seems like I like good Geisha just like I do my Ethiopias and Kenias. Also fun fact that I even picked Colombia La Colombia as the one of the most similar coffees from my notes and it also was Geisha and had similar notes to the ones I picked this time. It was really close. But then there were more Kenias and Ethiopias in the pack.
Well, from now on I'll remember that the magic "Yirgacheffe" from 2011 which I am still looking for every time in every coffee can be found in Colombia's Geishas quite consistently. Awesome finding.
Kofio, Petra, Gwilym, roasters and farmers and everybody involved - thank you!
Přeji vám všem Veselé Vánoce a šťastný nový rok!
You're wonderful people.