• Beans: 3BB Blend (Locals Blend) (12oz)
  • Roaster: Local Coffee Roasting Company (Roxana, DE)
  • Origins: Colombia, Guatemala, Ethiopia
  • Roast level: Medium
  • Roast date: 6/8/2026
  • Process: n/a (blend)
  • Purchase date: 6/22/2026 at 3 Blonde Bakers (the namesake 3BB) in Bethany Beach, DE
  • First cup: week of 6/26/2026; last cup:
  • Tasting notes: milk chocolate, stone fruit
• AeroPress with JX grinder:
  • AeroPress with Prismo, scoop, metal filter, and paper filter
  • 17g beans
  • Around 250g of “pretty hot” but not boiling water (ratio 1:15)
  • JX grind setting: 16
  • Pour enough water to cover grounds; agitate; bloom until 0:45 or so; fill cylinder up to around 1/4″-3/8″ from top; stir 7x front-to-back with AeroPress paddle; steep until 02:45; stir 7x again; press slowly
• Pour-over with Ode grinder:
  • 20g coffee / 300g water (1:15)
  • Ode: 4
  • Water at 90°C
  • Size 2 V60
  • Recipe: Single Cup V60 Pourover, 60g bloom water and 60g pulses. Finishes around 03:00

I am fairly certain that this is the same coffee that is also sold as “Locals Blend”. I previously had this blend a year ago. The big change this year is that LCRC has switched from using 8oz bags to 12oz bags, which I think is a net positive — I always seemed to go through the half pound bags really quickly. The other change this year was that I brought a scale to the beach, so I was able to more precisely measure quantities. For whatever reason, though, my AeroPress brews fell a little flat compared to last year’s. It’s not that they were bad, but they lacked “personality”. I wasn’t all that inclined to tweak things at the beach, so I brought most of the beans home with me, and my first pour-over at 95C had a little bit of a burnt/scorched taste. It was much better, and more reminiscent of last year’s cups, at 90C. It has kind of a smooth, round, earthy mouthfeel that I assume comes from the Ethiopia beans in the blend, and acidity is muted. As I noted last year, I would probably also enjoy this at 1:16.