Day: February 7, 2025

Orinoco Old Man Winter

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  • Beans: Old Man Winter
    • Roaster: Orinoco Coffee and Tea (Jessup, MD)
    • Roast level: Light
    • Purchase date: 12/24/2024 at Martha’s Café in Arbutus, MD
  • V60:

I bought a bag of this on a whim, not realizing that it was flavored. I got the best cups at grind setting 3 after initially starting at 5. This was OK black, but the maple/butter/cinnamon flavoring didn’t really work for me. It would probably be better with sweetener and/or creamer, but that’s not how I roll (except on very rare occasions). Oh, well, live and learn.

Good Time Earth Coffee

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Getting caught up on a few coffees I have brewed (or am brewing) over the past few weeks or months. This one is somewhat unique. It’s made by Good Time Health, based in Finksburg, MD. The description from the web site is: “Organic Medium Roast Ground Arabica Beans from Mexico, are paired with the Fruiting Body Mushroom Extracts of: Lions Mane, Reishi, and Cordyceps! Giving you a rich and naturally smooooth black coffee.”

So, coffee with mushrooms. It’s pre-ground (I suspect that they add the mushroom extracts after grinding) and looks to be a medium to coarse grind. My wife bought the bag in mid-December, so it’s probably a little past its prime by now, but my usual AeroPress recipe is still producing reasonably good cups. The mushroom extract adds a definite earthy flavor to the coffee.

  • AeroPress with Prismo, metal filter, and 1 paper filter
  • 1 heaping scoop of grounds (I use the scoop that comes with the AeroPress)
  • 250g of water at 95°C (or just pour to about 1/4″ from the top of the AeroPress cylinder)
  • Stir 6-7x / steep until around 02:45 / stir 6-7x again / press slowly

The one thing I’m noticing recently is that it takes a good bit of effort to press this — I suspect this may work well without the paper filter, so I am going to try it that way next time.