• Beans: Atwater’s House Blend (a.k.a. Hologram)
  • Roaster: Counter Culture Coffee (Durham, NC/Emeryville, CA)
  • Origins: Africa/Latin America (per website; not stated on bag)
  • Roast level: Medium (6/10)
  • Roast date: 12/23/2025 (Durham)
  • Purchase date: 1/1/2026 at Atwater’s in Catonsville, MD
  • First cup: Around 1/19/26; last cup: 2/2/26
  • Tasting notes: Fruity/milk chocolate/syrupy
• V60 with Ode grinder:
  • 20g coffee / 300g water or 24g coffee / 360g water (1:15)
  • Ode: 3 → 2
  • Water at 99°C
  • Recipe: Single Cup V60 Pourover with size 2 cone, 60g bloom water and 60g pulses – finishes around 03:00 for 20g, 03:15 for 24g

Although I’m not 100% sure, I strongly suspect that this is just the Hologram blend re-badged as Atwater’s House Blend. The tasting notes on the bag are identical to what the web site shows for Hologram. It’s possible that the roast level and/or the bean proportions are slightly different, but I kind of doubt it. Visually, the beans look on the lighter side of a medium roast, but again, everything is subjective. I’ve been brewing these identically to Big Trouble, mainly out of convenience, since I still have some of that left. The first 3 or 4 cups were pretty good: roasty with a nice twang of fruit. However, the last couple cups have tasted under-extracted, so I’m thinking I might be better off with a finer grind. I will try that next time I brew them, likely tomorrow or Sunday.

1/29: The past several cups have been pretty good at grind setting 2.

2/2: This was probably my favorite of the 2 Counter Culture blends that I’ve had recently. Nice, well rounded cups with a twang of fruitiness. I brewed my final 3 cups with 24g coffee/360g water so that I wouldn’t end up with beans left over. This quantity took a little longer to draw down, finishing maybe 03:15-03:20.