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Gracefully Mighty Forces

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  • Beans: Mighty Forces (blend)
    • Roaster: Gracefully Coffee Roasters (Baltimore, MD)
    • Origin: Sumatra, Colombia, Mexico
    • Roast level: Medium/Dark
    • Roast date: 2/4/2026
    • Purchase date: 2/10/2026 from Gracefully curbside café
    • First cup: 2/14 or 2/15/2026; last cup:
    • Tasting notes: Cocoa, honey, cinnamon apple
  • V60 with Ode grinder:
    • 20g coffee / 300g water (1:15)
    • Ode: 3
    • Water at 95°C
    • Size 2 cone
    • Recipe: Single Cup V60 Pourover, 60g bloom water and 60g pulses. Finishes around 03:00
  • AeroPress with JX Grinder:
  • Switch with Ode grinder:
    • 21.2g coffee / 315g water
    • Ode: 4
    • Water at 99°C
    • Close drain / pour 60g and agitate / bloom until 0:45 / pour to 315g and stir several times / steep until 3:00 / open drain

This is another blend where the specific beans used seem to vary depending on what is available at different times of year. The bag pictured on the web site, the web site description, and the actual bag in my possession, all show slightly different bean blends, although they all have Sumatra and Colombia in common. The coffee itself is just as advertised: bold and roasty. The AeroPress, in particular, produced a really nice, smooth, strong cup. This will probably be my office coffee for the next 2 or 3 weeks.

3/1: My favorite cups to date have come from the AeroPress. Today, I tried it in the Switch, and got a fairly close approximation. It was actually my second try with the Switch: the first time around, I used 95C water, and the coffee cooled too fast. It worked out better with 99C water, but I think next time I will also preheat the Switch. I have enough beans left to brew one more cup like this, and 4 more at the office in the AeroPress, which will take me right up to Spring Break.

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