Improv

Achieved Excellent with Yirgacheffe: same as before; 185f Water Temperature, and 2:25 brew time. A much more sweeter Dark Chocolate taste this time! A little too overpowering, towards the end of the cup, in fact. This is how it should be. Improv

Yirgacheffe on Inverted Method: increased grind size to 19, Water Temperature at 192f, Brew Time 2:00. Slight Improv compared to yesterday, I think - but as I finish drinking the cup I’d say it is Excellent (more of Dark Chocolate coming through) and is teetering on the edge of being perfect.

Trying Inverted Method for Yirgacheffe and increased Comandante grind dial to 18 (from 15^*), which lead to a more pronounced Aroma during grind incidentally – as well as increased the Brew Time from the usual 1:25 to 2:25 minutes (as well as used a Thermometer to measure Water Temperature at 185f) – and the taste is much more full flavoured than previous cups. This is an Improv, and I’ll try the inverted only going forward. Very Good taste, and and very close to Excellent cup … definitely in comparison to the last few days.

Improv: Brazil Cerrado with 16 grind and hot’ish water. Pretty Good taste (and getting closer to Excellent) .. very little Lemony notes, and smokey Dark Chocolate is coming through.

Improv: Dialed a bit coarser (14), and made 1850 Midnight Gold. This time a bit more visible crema than yesterday, and the resulting taste was Good (on the ‘decent’ side, because there is a slight Lemony undernote, and no noticeable Dark Chocolate notes I usually enjoy).

Improv: Same coffee, but this time (~8PM now) by accident I ended up using colder than usual water for Aeropress (I could feel the lack of heat on first sip). Surprisingly there was a more pronounced coffee-y taste (chocolate-y/ nutty) (ie. little to none of that sour/bitter crap that makes drinking coffee resemble humdrum). Maybe Water Temperature matters more than I had thought, and that it may be worth investing in a variable-temperature Kettle? Evidently, the best tasting Espresso Italien so far.

Improv: Second trying of Espresso Italien but Aeropress this time (instead of Moka Pot). Comandante dial 20; 150g hot (not boiling) water and 15g coffee, with 1+ min brew time. Taste - less Italian compared to yesterday with more aggreable notes. Verdict: Aeropress wins, for now. Satisfaction: Excellent A sweet after-taste lingers on (noticeable especially when drinking water) …