• Beans: Jamberry (blend)
  • Roaster: Gracefully Coffee Roasters (Baltimore, MD)
  • Origins: Colombia, Guatemala, Ethiopia, Costa Rica
  • Roast level: Light to Medium
  • Roast date: 7/10/2025 (double check)
  • Purchase date: 7/22/2025 from Gracefully curbside café
    Freeze date: n/a; Thaw date: n/a
    First cup: 7/22/2025; Last cup: TBD
  • Process: Natural process
  • Tasting notes: Mixed berry jam, honeyed apricot and chocolate covered almonds
• Switch with Ode grinder (1 cup):
  • 20g coffee / 300g water (1:15)
  • Ode: 3+2 to 4
  • Water at 100°C
  • Single Cup V60 Pourover with 50g bloom and 60g pulses – Finishes around 02:45

I was in the mood for a fruit-forward coffee, and this definitely lives up to that billing. It’s the first full bag I’ve opened since I bought the Hario Switch, and as such, has served as something of a “guinea pig” as I test out a few different brewing methods.

• For cup #1, I kept the drain closed for the bloom phase, and open for the pour-over phase. This was a good cup with a nice mouthfeel — probably my favorite of the first 3, actually.
• For cup #2, I kept the drain closed for the bloom and for the initial top-up to 120g, then opened it for the rest of the pour. I wasn’t crazy about how the bed ended up — there was a thicker ridge of grounds left at the high water mark, which the ending swirl didn’t take care of. Maybe I should swirl it right before I open the drain. Whatever the case, the cup tasted fairly similar to cup #1, so there’s probably not much point in brewing it this way going forward.
• For cup #3, I tried a full-immersion brew. After the bloom, I kept the drain closed and poured all the way to 300g without stopping. Then, I swirled, steeped until 02:30, and opened the drain. It took around 30 seconds to drain down, finishing at 03:00. The cup was fine, but tasted a little bit over-extracted. I would probably want to use a coarser grind if I was going to brew it like this regularly. My real goal here was to see how it tasted, and to see if the size 3 Switch could accommodate a full 300g immersion brew. The answer is yes, with plenty of room to spare.

Based on these results, I’ll probably end up using method #1 for subsequent cups. I likely will also try brewing a cup or two in the regular V60, to see how it compares to the Switch cups.