Just got into coffee, Ethiopian beans blew my mind

Just got into coffee, Ethiopian beans blew my mind

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Just got into coffee, Ethiopian beans blew my mind

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Just got into coffee, Ethiopian beans blew my mind

How to roast anaerobically fermented coffee

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Bypass coffee brewing: How can it improve extraction?

There is a lot of science to brewing coffee. Whether knowingly or unknowingly, we trigger – and try to control – an almost endless number of chemical reactions to achieve the perfect extraction. To do so, we have to tweak different variables – such as grind size, temperature, and coffee-to-water ratio – to get the […]

Just got into coffee, Ethiopian beans blew my mind

Just got into coffee, Ethiopian beans blew my mind

minimum dose size?

Jan 31, 2024 |

I use the Hario switch to brew my coffee and am trying to reduce my caffeine consumption. Hence I would like to brew smaller cups of coffee. I am currently using 10g of coffee with 160g of water. (1:16 Ratio) I am wondering if there is a minimum amount of coffee...

Just got into coffee, Ethiopian beans blew my mind

I've always been into coffee but never drank it on a daily or grinded my own beans. Around Christmas I got myself a Flair Pro 2 with a royal grinder, a temperature controlled kettle, and some chemex papers. The coffee was ridiculously good, but I needed some better beans.

I decided that I wanted to get into single origins, mainly because I want to see what tasting notes I could pick out. That's when I found out about natural Ethiopian Yirgachefe. I went to a local roaster called Deeper Roots and bought a bag and another from Red Bird coffee online. I grinded the beans a little more coarse and brewed at 205°F to extract more fruit taste and holy shit… I had no clue coffee had those notes. The Deeper Roots bag smelled exactly like a strawberry, almost artificial and the Red Bird tasted like a blueberry muffin. The Red Bird beans didn't smell in the bag to me, but when it was brewing I could smell and taste it whereas the local roaster's coffee was more on the smell rather than the taste. The taste of the strawberry turned more into a acidic lime note when brewed.

Anyways I guess that just set off a whole journey for me with coffee tasting notes. I don't know if everyone can taste the notes right off the bat but I have experience brewing beer, so hop smelling and tasting helped me get a feel for tasting and smelling certain notes.

Does anyone know any other origins that have distinct tasting notes I might enjoy? Any recommendations for what to try next or notes to pick up on? I'm a fan of the weird, distinct out-there notes so I'm open to try anything.

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