Round 2 with the same beans as yesterday:
- Beans: “Angel Albino Corzo-Chiapa” medium roast (Mexico)
- Grind: Medium-coarse – 2.5 turns on the JX minus (25 on the grind chart, or 75 total clicks)
- 90°C water
- 16 grams coffee / 180 grams water (1:11.25)
- One new paper filter (pre-moistened)
- Recipe: 13g that makes you happy (inverted: add 40g water, stir 5x, top up to 180g at 0:30, stir 10x, flip at 1:30 and press very slowly, finishing at 2:30)
This turned out similarly to yesterday’s cup. The flavor was fine, and while it was a tiny bit stronger (in line with the slight difference in ratios) and overall a pleasant cup, it was still a little bit weaker tasting than I would prefer. So, not much difference between the two recipes, at least when it comes to the finished product. I feel like I’m going to end up at 1:10 again, which tasted really good with a dark roast, but seems kind of like overkill. Based on an interesting Reddit thread I found, I think as an experiment, I’m going to try the following, not necessarily in this order, and see what I end up with:
- One of these two AeroPress recipes at 1:12 to 1:15, with a very fine grind
- Pourover using 20 grams of coffee with 250 grams of water and a similar grind to my previous pourover cups
If neither of these do the job for me, then I’ll break down and try 1:10.