u/FuzzyPijamas

A invasão gesha! 🤩🌸🍑

A invasão gesha! 🤩🌸🍑

4 geshas - 3 origens diferentes, incluindo 2 do Panamá.

Tomei um de cada e me surpreendi com a qualidade do Guatemala (dos Panamás eu já esperava muito).

O Colômbia da CGLE (que é a fazenda do café que mais curti ano passado) foi o que menos curti, pareceu bem exótico.

Nos próximos dias vem review!

u/FuzzyPijamas — 6 hours ago

O desafio de escolher qual café fazer 🤣 Escolhi o café usado no Brewers 2026

Despensa de cafés devidamente abastecida com esses grãos do Volante Café (RJ).

Escolhi o Daterra Masterpieces “Cafuné” pra começar a desbravar esse lote de cafezões dos nossos amigos cariocas!

Natural anaeróbico, água a 88 celsius foi suficiente pra entregar uma xícara limpa e extremamente aromática.

O pacote fala em notas de uva, vinho rosé, morango, maçã e laranja. Eu senti principalmente guaraná e laranja (praticamente um Kuat em forma de café haha), e notas de cereais maltados e leve amadeirado (torra?). Senti também um pouco de uva e morango.

Na boca, as notas de guaraná dominam. Corpo aveludado. Dulçor médio e acidez baixa. Funk controlado, presente mas não dominante.

Delicioso e complexo esse café!

Tá explicado por que o Volante e nosso chapa u/metrespimentel (user deve estar errado) escolheram esse grão para o campeonato Brewers 2026 há algumas semanas.

Um café digno de campeonato!

u/FuzzyPijamas — 8 days ago

Extracting the bomb with extreme care 💥☕️

Tanat planted this 120h anaerobic bomb in my coffee cabinet, and I had to take the risk of defusing it.

For this dangerous task, I lowered the water temp to 88c, pulled out the Switch, a drip assist, and some Abaca Red filters.

But since the roast is lighter, I tried not to grind too coarse nor reduce agitation too much. Walking on a fine line between balance and a blast 😅

Recipe:
- 13.5g dose. Ground at 5.3 on the Zp6.
- Bloom to 40g for 30s with medium agitation.
- Central pour to 150g, light and slow, until 1m30s.
- Switch closed, drip assist added. Water poured up to 200g (reaching a final 1:15 dilution ratio at this stage)
- Infusion until 2:15 and extraction completed at 2m30s.
- Tasted the brew and did a bypass to 220g (reaching a final ~1:16 ratio).

Did I defuse the bomb or activate it!?

Aroma impressions: unlike I expected, there was very little funk (showing up as a light alcoholic note); fruity notes, but not overly intense nor too ripe. My wife got “starfruit and physalis”; I got “rosé wine/strawberry, mango, and cajá/pineapple.” When cold, there’s a lot of green cajá/green mango and a delicious grape bubble gum background note.

Taste impressions: velvety body, very well controlled by the bypass; pronounced sweetness, but acidity still present (medium-low juiciness); the fruity notes repeat here, but leaning more toward red wine; a slight astringency intensifies the red wine perception (I’ll grind coarser next time).

This coffee is sensational!

It reminded me a lot of DAK’s Berry Blues (Natural Ethiopia) and Hydrangea’s El Paraiso Wush Wush (natural Wush Wush).

The bomb has been planted
And now it’s been extracted!

u/FuzzyPijamas — 9 days ago

Extraindo a bomba com todo o cuidado 💥☕️

A Tanat implantou essa bomba anaeróbica de 120h no meu armário, tive que correr o risco de desarma-la.

Para essa perigosa tarefa, baixei a temperatura da água pra 88c, saquei a Switch, um drip assist e filtros Abaca Red.

Mas como a torra é mais clara, tentei não moer grosso demais e nem diminuir demais a agitação. Me equilibrando em corda bomba bamba.

Receita:
- Dose de 13,5g. Moído em 5,3 no Zp6.
- Bloom até 40g por 30s com média agitação.
- Ataque central até 150g, leve e lento, até 1m30s.
- Switch fechada, drip assist adicionado. Água despejada até 200g (chegando a 1:15 final de diluição nessa fase)
- Infusão até 2:15 e extração concluída aos 2m30s.
- Provei a bebida e fiz bypass até 220g (chegando a ~1:16 finais).

Será que desarmei a bomba ou ativei!?

Impressões no nariz: contrariando expectativas, pouco funk (aparece como um alcoólico muito leve); notas frutadas, mas não intensas e nem maduras demais. Minha esposa sentiu “carambola e physalis”; eu senti “vinho rosé/morango, manga, e cajá/abacaxi”. Quando frio, tem muito cajá verde e um fundo delicioso de bubballoo de uva.

Impressões na boca: corpo aveludado, bem controlado pelo bypass; dulçor mais evidente, mas acidez presente (suculência média-baixa); Notas frutadas se repetem aqui, mas levando mais pro vinho tinto; uma leve adstringência intensifica a percepção do vinho tinto (aumentarei a moagem na próxima).

Sensacional esse café! Me lembrou muito o Berry Blues da DAK (Etiópia Natural) e o El Paraiso Wush Wush da Hydrangea (Wush Wush natural).

The bomb has been planted
And now it’s been extracted!

u/FuzzyPijamas — 9 days ago

Quite bad roast with Rose (Zurich) 👎 That Elida Catuai was undrinkable

After having great cups from other Rose coffees, I bought 4 bags from them - including 2 expensive geshas.

Unfortunately, the Elida Catuai was very poorly and unevenly roasted. In the first picture you can see the wild difference in beans collected from THE SAME BAG. That one was undrinkable.

The Las Perlitas Pink Bourbon was not horrible, but also showed strong roasted notes. The only way I could enjoy them was brewing around 82 celsius.

Janson gesha was good, although more developed than what would be expected and reasonable for such an origin and variety.

Mil Cumbres gesha was the best, definitely a light roast and quite enjoyable - but also had some roasty notes.

I’ve reached out to Rose and they replied saying this was “not within our specs that we want you to enjoy”. They also said they had to develop this Elida Catuai more as when it was too light it was nutty and “quakery”.

They offered me a free bag of something tasty to make up for this when I place my next order, but I’m not sure I should risk and give them another chance after that overall bad experience…

Anyone had similar or better experiences with Rose?

u/FuzzyPijamas — 13 days ago