I did a bean thread last well and had an amazing time so I wanted to try to make it a consistent thing so here’s another one! I expanded it to new brewing methods or tips anyone has tried.
I’ve been doing Black Cat espresso (https://www.target.com/p/intelligentsia-direct-trade-black-cat-classic-espresso-roast-dark-roast-whole-bean-coffee-12oz/-/A-15354287) from intelligentsia and been pulling pretty good Moka pot shots with it.
Cracked into one of the bags from Flower Child that I’ve been patiently resting, Urrao Especial Chiroso. Super sweet with a surprisingly heavy velvety texture and a lot of dried fruit.
Looks delicious, I’ve never heard of Flower Child before but I’m really interested in trying now.
Tiny local-to-me roaster, for more info Brian Quan has an interview with the guy. The coffees are light roasted, washed coffees, so generally in the same family as Sey.
There are a lot of cool small roasters in the area, like Hydrangea as well which is at the other end of the coffee spectrum in terms of focusing on funky experimental processes.
Many of them use a shared roasting facility called Coro which seems really neat.
I just received the shipment from Onyx that you recommended last week ;) I tried a quick pourover of the Burundi, but I got TOO excited and tried a brand new (-to me) V60 recipe when I should’ve used my standard recipe. It was still really good but a new recipe always takes me a few tries before I get the grinds and timings right… so, tomorrow I’m going to try this one again with my standby V60 recipe. BUT – it was really delicious and I can’t wait to try it again with a better pour – the aromas are super promising. Also the packaging is beautiful. Thanks again!
I’m glad you checked them out!! The aromas are what first stuck out to me about Oynx and made me realize what coffee could be
