Color Magic natural + yeast processed from THAILAND
I had an awesome experience doing a cupping session with Siri from coffee magic. It was a great opportunity to refine my sensory skills as well as taste some great coffees from around the world. We cupped as a group of 4, including Siri, which was perfect.
The standout coffee for me was Thailand Yosniyom. If you like a funky natural, I would highly recommend this. I’m not seeing it on her site so maybe send her a message.
My first attempt at brewing (full immersion on Hario switch) was a little flat. I’m not quite sure where the misstep was, but the soup shot was so good, I’m not sure I’ll even try a pourover again.
A few things that were non traditional from the soup shot:
- I ground the beans the night before and stored them in a glass airtight tube (my grinder is too loud to rev up at 6 AM). I could not perceive any loss of flavor (compared to flavor notes when cupping) and it was so nice to simplify the morning routine.
- I did not use a scale/timer. I have a pretty good sense of how much water fits in the basket so I essentially treated the brew much like I do soup shots on the OXO rapid brewer. Most don’t measure the output or time on the ORB either right? Again, so nice to simplify the morning routine.
Zerno Z1 CV3 burrs at 75 microns
18 g “pre ground”
95C
Apax natural recipe in RO water, baseline TDS 30 (prior to adding Apax drops)
Time: ?, maybe 10s
Output: ?, about 1:3.3