Coffee
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While we're in Panama, just polished off this from a roastery down the street, Corvus. Diamond Mountain, naturally processed Catuai by Hacienda la Esmerelda, harvested from highlands in Panama at 1750 m. Soft plum and chocolate out of an inverted Aeropress. Exceedingly well roasted I thought. Felt like you could taste the farmers', processors', and roasters' loving efforts in each cup. It did take a bit of experimentation to extract the optimal flavor for my palate.
Today I'll start in on this Peruvian bean from another local roaster.
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Sounds amazing MCL.
I'm getting cinnamon on the back palette on this chemex gesha. Never had anything like it. Sweet almost honey to start with, and then a nice warm maybe even nutmeg like space at the end. Really looking forward to seeing what it does over night, and how it tastes tomorrow!
I'd been drinking it with the V60 earlier in the week and hadn't tasted any of the spice to it. Not sure if it's coming through the Chemex method, or if the beans had aged just that little bit further..
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The Panamanian stuff from Corvus blows away the other beans I got. A bit too heavy on the roast methinks.
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In fairness to your new beans, the Hacienda la Esmerelda lot/farm/producers are known world wide as some of the best producers in the world.
They even have their own coffee auction, outside of anyone else. This is the global auctions/sale of one of their crops. http://auction.stoneworks.com/ES2014/final_results.php Check out those $/bag!
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Hacienda la Esmeralda is the name of the plantation that is producing one of the most expensive and rare coffes in the world. This is not a novelty that comes from an animal’s digestive system, but a very tasty coffee.
One of the biggest reasons for it’s unique flavour characteristics is that the coffee comes from an old cultivar called Geisha (or Gesha among the cool kids.) This cultivar gives an extremely intense and floral cup profile that shines in the cup if the coffee is picked and processed well.
Due to it’s unique and intense flavour, the coffee
from Hacienda la Esmeralda has won several awards around the world.After winning the best of Panama competition several times, it became so popular that the Peterson family had to make their own internet auction where the coffee is now sold once a year. -
Yep, and Corvus roasted them lightly. You can taste the terroir and love of the whole supply chain.
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I couldn't resist another bag, this one roasted on Christmas Eve. I did a pour over this time and unlocked still more flavor. This ranks among the best cups I've ever had.
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Yep. And I'll send you bags any time Snowy.
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I'd be interested in a trade Sometime in January,. The most interesting roasteries available to me easily are heart from portland, Phil and sebastiens from calgary, ritual From sanfransico, supersonic from Berkeley and occasionally drop out of sweden . Check them out and if you'd be into it I'd be down for a trade for sure. The Corvus McLain posted sounds really great as well, so I'd be into sendings stuff south if you have any interest as well.
My good friend josh also recently started working for origin roasters in the uk as well, so hopefully I could get something interesting out of him for a trade as well
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I would add Dogwood as an offering too. I am personally more into single source bags for the most part.
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So I'm starting to think I could do with a new grinder. I've fused the handle of the Hario to the central column…Least it's not snapped yet..however, from experience, that's only a few months away.
Which hand grinders have all ya'll picked up in the last 6-9 months or so? Do Knock's Hausgrind get up? Is Lido 2 all the rage? Did something smash them both up? Always filter beans, of course.
I'm averaging a hand grinder every 1.5 years, with a RRP of between $30-60, so if it's $200-300 it's going to have to last at least a few years and or be more consistent with the grind....
So help me out, what's the go? TIA!
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The wife occasionally hand-grinds using a Zassenhausen - reliably…
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@DanielAFC which electric are you using? I've had a few before but never been impressed with either the size, grind, cleaning, or space they take up.
@Foxy, thanks for the reply. Not sure it's up to my heavy duty addiction. I'm after a work-horse than can deal with heavy daily usage
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I have not seen or heard of anybody wearing Zassehausen out, the small or bigger one - they come with a 25 year warranty.
I think the more important questions are: do you want a ceramic or (stainless) steel grinder, how much coffee do you grind in one go, how exact are you about the grinding grade and how much physical effort you (want to) put into it… -
Great reply Foxy :). I did check the grinder out, they look like the bespoke grinder for light use. Couple with the statement 'occasionally uses' was enough for me to assume as such.
I'm still down with the Ceramic Burr grinders, that said @JCar2666 did blow my mind a while ago and I'm open to steel.
I grind around 21-22gms a go. I grind @ Medium Coarse (http://ineedcoffee.com/coffee-grind-chart/), and don't mind a bit of arm work. I expect to spend 1-1.5mins grinding of a morning, but like to walk around the house doing so.
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Snowy, it's nothing special at all. A breville that I bought a couple years back when I didn't consider things as much. But it sticks around as it is fairly easy to clean, gives a fairly consistent grind and isn't plagued by static buildup like many other lowish priced electrics.
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I have a Barazta that I like, a conical electric burr grinder, but it has stainless and not ceramic burrs.
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Which hand grinders have all ya'll picked up in the last 6-9 months or so? Do Knock's Hausgrind get up? Is Lido 2 all the rage? Did something smash them both up? Always filter beans, of course.
I'm averaging a hand grinder every 1.5 years, with a RRP of between $30-60, so if it's $200-300 it's going to have to last at least a few years and or be more consistent with the grind….
Purchased the Lido 2 today after reading MANY reviews on the extremely bad customer service by Knock. A lot of people are having to start paypal disputes to get a reply to their e-mail, and often then it's still hit or miss if it'll ship or a refund.
