Wake Up and Coffee
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I prefer my coffee cold, but I I like the flavor of hot extraction much more than cold brew. In the past I’ve done flash brewing where you do a pourover over ice. This is great, but obviously dilution happens, and while I enjoy the ritual, it takes time and attention.
An industry friend let me borrow this bre:zi contraption and it is very cool. It does a heated bloom followed by a cold brew. So it can do a cup in 11 minutes. You get the brightness of heated extraction with a great smooth mouthfeel and a predictable cup. Don’t have to weigh ice and water, just dial in the grind size, weight, and adjust the brew style (light/medium/dark concentrate or normal, or their lengthier kissaten slow‑drip mode) and weight (you can lie about how many grams you put in there to dial it in: higher for more dilution, etc). You can make concentrates for espresso martinis that have bright flavor. But a morning cup for me of 30g at a pourover grind consistency has let me enjoy bright, light roast coffee at the temperature and viscosity I prefer.
The thing is expensive but worth it IMO. Well-built, very easy to keep clean, everything is magnetically attached. Very slick.
https://brezicoffee.com/products/brezi-cold
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@mclaincausey very cool bit of kit
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There was a yt-online-live-coffee-tasting thing on this weekend run on James Hoffman's channel. First time I've done a proper cupping, and I have to say it was really really hard. Much harder than expected. Still enjoyable but not quite what I had been hoping for in terms of "flavour experience".
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@tenuin I had the Fermentation Kit from Hex Roasters out of Charlotte, NC. My order of preference was 3 2 4 1.
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@havingmysay said in Wake Up and Coffee:
@tenuin I had the Fermentation Kit from Hex Roasters out of Charlotte, NC. My order of preference was 3 2 4 1.
I got mine through a roaster local to me in Berlin. Apparently they messed up a bunch of orders, as on the day I received the kit, i also got an email that I would be refunded because the package could not be delivered.. reached out to them to let them know I did indeed receive it. And just today I got another email saying they are going to have a re-run because of some technical problems...
Order of preference 2 3 4 1, but it was really pretty close. I think my expectation was also a little different. I have been really into Ombligon by Jhoan Vergara, and natural and honey processed coffees in general for a while. The Ombligon has undergone some crazy 80 hour fermentation process that genuinely makes it taste like cherry cola. I was kinda expecting that they would pick some wildly different processes to really make the effects processing has apparent. I did not expect things to be this subtle and similar.
But then, the point they raised about repeatability and sustainable business practices make a lot of sense too, and from what I can tell, James is not the type to chase the latest trends..
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@Pointman that’s so rad. Guess I need to go back to Japan and collect all the coffee trading cards.
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Still learning the ropes…
My morning coffee latte art
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"If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much space"
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@Indigo-Alchemist your post was moved here from random announcements
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@goosehd awesome, still finding new threads here
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Happy morning Espresso
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@Indigo-Alchemist Like this mug.
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@twin
% agree my friend!
Have a great day/coffee
