• Beans: Breakfast Blend (8oz)
  • Roaster: Local Coffee Roasting Company (Roxana, DE)
  • Origin: Colombia, Papua New Guinea, and Ethiopia
  • Roast level: Light
  • Roast date: 5/19/2025
  • Purchase date: 6/23/2025 at 3 Blonde Bakers in Bethany Beach, DE
    First cup: 7/1/2025; Last cup: 7/6/2025
  • Process: n/a (blend)
  • Tasting notes: fruity
• V60 with Ode grinder:
  • 19.5g coffee / 300g water (1:15.4)
  • Ode: 3+1
  • Water at 100°C
  • Recipe: Single Cup V60 Pourover with size 1 cone, 50g bloom water and 60g pulses – finishes 02:40-02:45
• Previous bag: July/August 2023 (V60, AeroPress #1, French press, AeroPress #2, AeroPress #3

This had decent flavor at 1:16, grind setting 4, and 50g pulses, but seemed a little weak. Setting 3 with everything else the same did not thrill me (for lack of a better word, it just seemed dull). For cup #3, I upped the ratio to 1:15 and (just to feel like I was changing something) bumped the grind to 3+1 and brewed with 60g pulses, as noted above. This was an improvement: it had more flavor and body than either of the first two cups. It’s definitely on the mild side (vs bold) and contrary to what the bag says, I didn’t notice a ton of fruitiness or acidity. All in all, though, it’s not bad, and in line with what I’ve come to expect from coffees sold as “breakfast” blends. This is my second bag, and the first was noteworthy in that it was the first time I ever brewed pour-over coffee. I also experimented with at least 3 different AeroPress recipes with that bag, and brewed at least one cup in the French press. Given that these are sold in 8-ounce bags, it’s safe to say I probably didn’t brew those beans the same way more than once or twice. I learned a lot in the process, but overall, I suspect that I’ll get more consistently good cups this time around.

7/4: Yesterday afternoon’s cup at 1:15 tasted just a tiny bit too strong. Strong can be good if it’s a bold roast, but doesn’t work well with a milder coffee like this. It tasted fairly well-extracted, so it seems it’s just a matter of dialing in the strength. 19.5g/300g (around 1:15.4) worked well this morning. I’ll keep brewing it like this for now.

7/6: Had just under 32g of this left, so I brewed it with 500g water (around 1:16). I used a size 2 V60, 70g bloom, then poured to 300g, swirled, poured to 500g, and swirled again. It finished at around 02:50 (just a hair faster than a single cup), and tasted fairly well-extracted and a little less strong than most of my single cup brews. I got my best cups of this (to my taste) brewing at 19.5g/300g, per my 7/4 note. Of the two LCRC blends I bought this year, it’s kind of a toss-up as to which I liked better: this, or the medium-roasted Locals Blend. Next up, I have a half-pound bag from Amity Coffee Roasters, who also hail from Sussex County, DE.