• Beans: Tanzania Peaberry (single origin)
  • Roaster: Rafiki Exchange (Mount Dora, FL)
  • Origin: Arusha, Tanzania
  • Roast level: Medium
  • Roast date: Unknown
  • Purchase date: Unknown (received as gift)
  • First cup: 1/2/2026; last cup: 1/11/2026
  • Tasting notes: Dates, cinnamon, molasses
• V60 with Ode grinder:
  • 20g coffee / 300g water (1:15)
  • Ode: 2
  • Water at 99°C
  • Recipe: Single Cup V60 Pourover with size 1 cone, 60g bloom water and 60g pulses – finishes around 03:00

This is the first single-origin Tanzanian Peaberry that I’ve brewed. I’ve previously only had it as part of a blend (specifically, Zeke’s Snow Day Blend). I couldn’t find much info about this particular roast, either online or on the bag: just origin, roast level, and tasting notes. I’m not sure if it’s roasted on-site at the exchange in Mount Dora, or elsewhere, and there’s no roast date (or even a “best by” date) on the bag. None of that particularly matters, though, because the coffee is really good. It has a very pleasant balance of body and sweetness with low acidity. Like a lot of African coffee, it seems to work best with a fine grind. I tried settings 4 and 3 on the Ode before settling on 2.

1/11: The last several cups of this were fine, but didn’t seem quite as good as the first half of the bag. I’m not sure why exactly, but this is definitely not the first bag where I’ve noticed this. I wonder how much of it is actual changes to the beans (outgassing/etc, which might benefit from slightly tweaking the recipe) or just my own taste buds, as I’ve noticed that I tend to get “tired” of drinking the same coffee after 10 cups or so. I suspect it’s a combination of both.