Yesterday I was in the funk. Lack of sleep, stress, anxiety, depressed and just miasma put togetther mixed badly and serve.
So I decided to try pulling double espressos with Roel Tan-Torres' Sid Vicious roasted 1.21.2007.
I'd like to note that for the past weeks I've been having trouble pulling shots. I got gushers, thousands of liters of gushers in less than 15 seconds... and nary a chanelling. Yesterday afternoon, I tried again. Started with my usual #3 setting on the La Spaziale M4A (MACAP M4A), gusher in less than 15 seconds. 1-click finer, got gusher again and 15 seconds. Grrrrr.... Yet another click finer, I got... it! Oh yeah, fine 25+ second pull.
And I did again... The last 2 pulls had something interesting: they tasted the way the smell. Sorry, yet again my limited taste vocabulary leaves me speechless. The crema had none of that bitter-sprinkled-instant-coffee-on-the-crema taste. It was wee sweet but mostly neutral AND IT WAS GOOD TO THE LAST DROP. No bitterness at the end. No unpleasant aftertaste. No hightened acidity I noted when brewing from the press pot.
And I thought I lost it. I was about to give up pulling espressos in favor of press pot.
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