Lemony

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.

New coffee: Brazil Cerrado from Les Bruleries. This is a coffee I really enjoyed the first time (not so much the second time). 14g Comandante => delightfully malty Aroma upon grinding and Meh taste, as there is a slight Lemony undertones with insufficient Dark Chocolate notes. This seems to be medium roast.

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).

Decided to redial the Comandante, and found that it was dialed in at 15 when I thought it was at 12. Which is pretty strange … and maybe a Fault (either in the grinder or in my memory). At least, so far I’ve not been making 1850 Midnight Gold at the intended grind size. Redialled to grind 13 (rest the same - 15g; 150g) today. Less Lemony (about same as 16th, however), some new crema, still Meh.

Aeropress with 1850 Midnight Gold, reducing Comandante grind size to 12 (from 15). 15g:150g (same ratio). Less Lemony, but still Meh

Continuing on with the same technique, but a new coffee 1850 Midnight Gold from Provigo. Initial taste impression: Lemony, which overwhelmes whatever “chocolatey” notes (which I don’t taste) it purports to have. Satisfaction: Meh - Nah (but I’ll tweak the grind params a bit before giving up).