Posts made by Mike Stewart

• Day 22: Bolivia Caranavi Matriarcas Project

  I had low expectations because of all the woke cliche virtue signalling, but happened to get the grind right for the first Decent espresso extraction.  It ran a little faster at 19 s but there...

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  Mike Stewart
  1/13/24, 7:04 AM
• Day 13: Krampus PB

  This is definitely off the beaten path for Onyx and not flavors that I would choose.  Extracted as a 2:1 29g  26s shot aimed to be slightly underextracted to reduce the concentration of t...

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  Mike Stewart
  12/13/23, 4:25 PM
• Day 12: Ethiopia Gedeb Beriti Natural

  A few years back I read in James Hoffman's "Best of Jimseven" that he discovered from a friend how shockingly good cooled espresso was compared to a hot shot.  From this standpoint I don't see...

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  Mike Stewart
  12/12/23, 8:56 AM
• Day 11: El Salvador Santa Rosa

  Black tea is the predominant flavor in the blends most shops in the US (that I've been to) use with their espresso drinks.  I don't really want a black tea-flavored cap.  Black tea freque...

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  Mike Stewart
  12/11/23, 8:28 PM
• Day 10: Kenya Muthingini AA

  @Alan Carpenter I find that if the flavor tends toward caramel with a light roast it's probably being overextracted, the exception being the so-called "dark" flavored light roasts

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  Mike Stewart
  12/11/23, 8:07 PM
• Day 2: Ethiopia Hambela Bishan Fugu

  Going back to the 9g left after 3 espresso shots and doing a 16:1 V60 slightly finer grind, 3min 15 sec: get the peach, jasmine and white tea- delicate flavors.  

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  Mike Stewart
  12/10/23, 5:22 PM
• Day 5: Mexico Puebla Zapotitlan #2

  As a 2.3:1 BR espresso, a reasonbly good shot, some acid-sour, walnut dryness, baking spice leaning toward clove + some chocolate on the finish.

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  Mike Stewart
  12/5/23, 11:59 AM