The day before, my friend Dominique dropped by for some coffee. Though we usually have cappuccinos I can only offer press as I didn't have much time to prep and clean the espresso machine. The coffee was 10 days old by then but it was still fruity and rather musty but still good and with less acidity and more body.
Yesterday, I had my last mug of coffee at about 3 pm. It was still fruity but rather musty now.
Today, I have no coffee...
20061229
20061226
NOT COFFEE: Weather
This has to be the warmest December in Davao that I've experienced. As far as I can remember, that is. Unscientific observation. Sweaty-back-of-the shirt kind of reckoning.
20061225
Coffee on Christmas
Christmas Eve dinner has come to pass...
And all I ate was a belly full...
Quite less than the two or more prior...
Right. So I bought home the grinder, the last 200g of Giraffe (roasted 12.17.06), press pot, the water boiler, stainless steel pot, sieve, brushes, and measuring spoon, so I can share the coffee after dinner. Trouble is no one wants one. Seems they were afraid to stay awake all night.
So I pressed one serving for me, poured it into a cup and realized there was about half-a-serving left. Duh! Seems a full belly dulls the mind, I usually use a mug and not a cup. Poured that out and gave it to my brother, who was, sipping beer.
Blah. I was hoping for that floral scent but got a musty fruitiness instead. Did another batch this time ground coarser by 2 clicks. Same. Blah.
This morning, I pressed and sipped to taste. Blah. Then my brother came in and asked for some. I left my cup and went to pressed him one, this time adjusting for a finer grind by 1-click, pressed, sniffed. Lo! Behold the perfumy scent! Yes! Yes! Yes! And my brother liked it, said it wasn't bitter like those from the coffee chains.
I returned to my cup grinning and was pleasantly surprised to get the same perfume where it was only fruity before. Niiiiice.
Now Mom comes in and asked for a cup. And my brother asked for another. And I got lazy... I decided to use the drip this time. I figured out how much water the drip's pot can hold and guesstimate how much coffee to use and another guesstimate on how coarse I should grind (8 on the Macap M4). The drip came out thin, kind of acidic, a bit bitter and disappointing.
Oh well... maybe I'll do better with the drip New Year's day.
And all I ate was a belly full...
Quite less than the two or more prior...
Right. So I bought home the grinder, the last 200g of Giraffe (roasted 12.17.06), press pot, the water boiler, stainless steel pot, sieve, brushes, and measuring spoon, so I can share the coffee after dinner. Trouble is no one wants one. Seems they were afraid to stay awake all night.
So I pressed one serving for me, poured it into a cup and realized there was about half-a-serving left. Duh! Seems a full belly dulls the mind, I usually use a mug and not a cup. Poured that out and gave it to my brother, who was, sipping beer.
Blah. I was hoping for that floral scent but got a musty fruitiness instead. Did another batch this time ground coarser by 2 clicks. Same. Blah.
This morning, I pressed and sipped to taste. Blah. Then my brother came in and asked for some. I left my cup and went to pressed him one, this time adjusting for a finer grind by 1-click, pressed, sniffed. Lo! Behold the perfumy scent! Yes! Yes! Yes! And my brother liked it, said it wasn't bitter like those from the coffee chains.
I returned to my cup grinning and was pleasantly surprised to get the same perfume where it was only fruity before. Niiiiice.
Now Mom comes in and asked for a cup. And my brother asked for another. And I got lazy... I decided to use the drip this time. I figured out how much water the drip's pot can hold and guesstimate how much coffee to use and another guesstimate on how coarse I should grind (8 on the Macap M4). The drip came out thin, kind of acidic, a bit bitter and disappointing.
Oh well... maybe I'll do better with the drip New Year's day.
20061223
Hellooooo World!
The Giraffee roasted coffee that I ordered from Roel Tan-Torres (roasted on 12.17.06) was superblylicious!
With about 16g ground in a Macap M4 then to a 360ml Bodum press pot, I smelled perfume as I sipped my first taste. Love to describe the taste but I rather forgot to 'taste' when those perfume notes hit my nose... I got to note the taste a couple of days later. It was medium bodied, I thought it was a bit high in acidity, but certainly not unpleasant, and what tasted like flowers. A bouquet of flowers. 4 days after the coffee was roasted, I noted that the perfume was gone and was replaced by something that was dense and had over-ripe fruitiness... *sigh* I really liked that perfumy smell.
THEN... I adjusted the grinder 1-click finer and got it back. Ahhh... sweet smell of success. The body seemed to have gotten heavier with the finer grounds. A lovely batch this coffee
I have another 200g kept in a vacuum container for Christmas Eve dinner and hope to have preserved those perfumy (perfumey?) notes.
With about 16g ground in a Macap M4 then to a 360ml Bodum press pot, I smelled perfume as I sipped my first taste. Love to describe the taste but I rather forgot to 'taste' when those perfume notes hit my nose... I got to note the taste a couple of days later. It was medium bodied, I thought it was a bit high in acidity, but certainly not unpleasant, and what tasted like flowers. A bouquet of flowers. 4 days after the coffee was roasted, I noted that the perfume was gone and was replaced by something that was dense and had over-ripe fruitiness... *sigh* I really liked that perfumy smell.
THEN... I adjusted the grinder 1-click finer and got it back. Ahhh... sweet smell of success. The body seemed to have gotten heavier with the finer grounds. A lovely batch this coffee
I have another 200g kept in a vacuum container for Christmas Eve dinner and hope to have preserved those perfumy (perfumey?) notes.
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