I am looking for some new beans to have as my daily. For around a year I’ve been having the docks blend from North Star and have tried kiss the hippo Donna blend. But want to try something not too different as a daily blend. I drink only flat whites. My grinder is a fiorenzato all ground sense and a Micra. Any suggestions would be great.
Finally got round to brewing Peachy from Formative and well it’s a stunner. Right off the bat the scent of peaches as you brew is great, and depending on grinder you can get either a chocolate peach cobbler (Ode), or stupendous peach and nectarine jam (Comandante), or peach iced tea (ZP6). Here are the three methods I’ve used if anyone is interested.
Grinders and settings: Comandante C40 (24 clicks); Fellow Ode Gen 2 (5.2); 1Zpresso ZP6 (5).
Base Water using Lotus drops: 1lt distilled water, plus 4 drops of Calcium, 3 drops of Magnesium, 2 drops of Potassium.
Temperature: 91°C
Post Brew Apax Mineral drops: Apax Tonik or Apax Konflux
Brewer: Hario Switch (glass)
Filter: Cafec T90
Ratio: 15g coffee / 250g water
Peach Ice Tea - ZP6
Switch OPEN
0:00 – 0:40: Pour 50g water to bloom
0:40 – 1:15: Pour 100g water in fast, concentric circles
1:15: CLOSE the Switch
1:15 – 1:45: Pour the remaining 100g of water aggressively right into the centre to create a swirl
2:30: OPEN the Switch to drain
Once drained add 1 drop of Apax Tonik
Peach and Nectarine Jam - Comandante
Switch OPEN
0:00 – 0:45: Pour 50g water to bloom. Give it a gentle swirl
0:45 – 1:30: Pour 100g water in slow, steady circles
1:30: CLOSE the Switch
1:30 - 2:00: Pour the final 100g water gently down the centre
2:45: OPEN the Switch to drain
No post brew drops
Chocolate Peach Cobbler - Ode Gen 2
Switch CLOSED.
0:00 – 0:30: Pour 120g of water smoothly over the grounds and let it steep in immersion
1:15: OPEN the Switch to let it drain entirely
1:45: Leave the Switch OPEN and pour the final 130g of water in very slow, low-agitation circles and let it drain
Once drained add 1 drop of Apax Konflux
Enjoy.
Hey folks! This is a bag of honey processed Costa Rican coffee which is supposed to be medium roasted.
However, some of these beans seem a fair bit darker. Only reason I bring it up is because I had picked up a 250g bag initially which I had dialled in. I've been struggling with the 1 kg so I wanted to ask. I don't remember what the 250g bag looked like.
Edit - thank you all for your confirmation. I've emailed the roaster and I've asked if they would replace the bag. I've also offered to send the rest back for quality control checking. I'll let everyone know what happens.
Update - Roaster has replied back agreeing that doesn't look right and they'll ship me a new bag the coming week. Any suggestions on what I could do with these?
Brought some beans on a whim with no research and was told by the employee they were medium roast but they look light to me. Just being cautious as I know lighter roast beans wear grinders quick and I'm not keen on killing the ninja by putting multiple bags of light beans through it.
Also have a bag of the old engine room blend which I would assume is a darker roast as it's a blend.
Off to York for a few days soon and was wondering if the hivemind knows of any places that does good pourover and/or sells some interesting beans. Cheers all
Recently visited Beacon Coffee shop in Falmouth (highly recommend a visit) and got a couple bags of DAK to try as well as something special from Skinny Dip who I've never heard of.
They're a roaster that buy women produced coffee and I got a bag of El Encanto because the flavours sounded unreal. It's like some weird banana bread blueberry muffin, in the best way. Super funky. And don't forget the blue bubblegum aroma... Insanely good.
The DAK I am resting is Fluffy Petals - Ethiopia (purple florals, citrus, baked peach, hops) and The Alchemist - Rwanda (tropical fruits, ripe fruits, cacao nibs)
Pleasantly surprised to receive 2 coffees on my first month of Gustatory, after selecting my preferences as fruity coffees and natural/honey process, I received a Uganda Natural SL14 & SL28 from a German Roaster - Sandbox with tasting notes of melon & cherry. Also received a bag of Skylark Indonesia Java, anaerobic natural with tasting notes of tropical fruit juice. Excited to try both after giving them some rest 👌🏻
I went in to see 80 Stone this morning to buy some other beans and saw these on their website. Unfortunately they didn’t have enough left to give me 250g.
But the owner offered to roast some for me if I placed an order online for collection. They said they’d be ready by 1pm. I just collected them and can’t wait to try them in my MoccaMaster.
Couldn’t get them any fresher :)
Any special insights/tips before I dial in? Will be varying between v60 and long blacks through Bambino mostly!
Hey so I've been kinda digging into coffee lately. I'm still a bit clueless newbie kinda gal so be gentle ha.
I bought the Pact advent calendar thingy a year or two ago and I definitely opened my eyes to coffee being better than bitter toilet water doused in foamy milk and a gallon of sugary syrup served in Starbucks.
I've been exploring a little more so I feel like now I do have an idea of what I like, ish.
The one from Pact I did enjoy was Fazenda Reis. I like that it's quite rich and has good body, smooth and creamy. Sweet but not overly sweet. I especially liked that it wasn't bitter or at the other end, too acidic.
I've now bought a new grinder (K6 yay!) and a new french press so I'm now wanting to up my game!
I'd like recommendations for good coffees I can try from speciality roasters but I think I'm at the other end of the scale from what's popular right now. I'm not looking for a light roast, fruity floral tea-like coffee. I did buy a few of these and didn't love them if though I could tell they were a better quality bean/roast than what I'm used to.
Any recommendations closer to Fazenda Reis but just better?
Thanks in advance 💜🙏
Hi all! I normally get scenery colourful beans which I love but I’m open to trying out some different roasters
Do you have any recommendations in Southwark or not too far on the northern line from borough?
I’m here for work tomorrow so looking to pick up something new to try!
Thanks in advance!
Technically not my purchase as the Mrs picked these up while I was in London for work. I actually work round the corner from Scenery but she picked these up from one of our local coffee shops in Sussex! Looking forward to trying them.
Hi everyone, I hope your all well and enjoying some cooled weather.
Joel at jollybean has a lovely unique roasting style for speciality coffee I believe. He roasts beans that he wants to ( and does ) drink. These are mega sweet and juicy coferments in a more medium roast!
The first time I ordered I was very suprised at the roast level and then I brewed them and was blown away!
Great news is that Joel is going to join us far an AMA on Friday 10th July. 7:30 - 9:00 pm. I am really grateful as Joel has been mega busy with London coffee festival and then a large order for Dog and Hat subscriptions.
So if you would like to chat anything coffee Inc coferments in any form, I know it is such an emotive subject then this is a great chance to ask a roaster directly.
We have also been given two discount codes. These last as long as the stock does or until the end of July.
I will set up another post for the giveaway!
IHEARTARTIFICIALCOFFEE - 15% off apple coferment
REDDITLOVESCHIROSO - 10% off Sebastian Gomez Chiroso
Unreal honey process Colombian pink bourbon, from raw in Leeds. All the jammy red fruits, a touch of delicate floral and rosewater. I believe it’s out in a couple of weeks! Well worth picking up!
Brewed on the OREA o1.
Been interviewing roasters for a series I run, and my latest conversation with a roaster in NYC kept circling back to the idea that the process/craft matters more than any single result (a particular roast, a particular cup). Curious how UK roasters think about this. Do you chase consistency above all, or is there room for the “pursuit is the point” mindset in a commercial setting where consistency pays the bills?
If it’s useful context, the full interview is here: https://thecoffeerealm.blog/2026/07/01/croptalk-vol-2-earnest-pursuit-the-pursuit-is-the-point/ — but mainly interested in how this lands with people actually roasting day to day.
FINALLY TRYING SKYLARK! Any got any recipe recommendations for any of these.
Hi just wanted to check if anyone else has had this experience with Wogan Coffee.
Recently been trying them out as I heard good things through Reddit, ordered a few 200g packs to see what I liked before pulling the trigger on a couple of kilos.
In the meantime my wife saw how much I enjoyed it and wanted to buy a colleague a house warming gift and them being into their coffees went with some Wogan beans on my recommendation and I got her to use my referral link to save us both the £10.
However now Wogan are saying I can’t get the referral bonus as it was the same IP address. I get it’s naughty if I just her to buy me some beans with the link but they were legitimately for her colleague.
It’s only £10 but feel a little sad I guess 😔 I’m still gonna be buying my brown crack from them anyway as it’s a great product
Anyone tried Colombia Edinson Argote Orange Bourbon from Skylark?
Pricey but sounds delish!
These Ombligon beans were exceptional and a little heartbroken it’ll be the last tub as now sold out. Passionfruit fruit yoghurt spot on. Looking forward to seeing what these guys drop next as every order has been great and love to support smaller roasters too
I received a code (EDWARD-7F39A5) from a friend for 50% off a Pact Coffee subscription. I was going to buy a kilo bag as it works out as under £20 but don't know which blend to go for. Has anyone ever ordered from Pact before and do you have any recommendations? I prefer a light roast and ideally single origin