- Beans “Elysian Morning Blend”
- Roaster: Bean Alchemy Roasters (New Market, MD)
- Origins: Bolivia, Colombia
- Roast level: Medium
- Roast date: 11/21/2024
- Purchase date: 11/30/2024 at Sykesville Holiday Mart in Westminster, MD
- V60:
- 19.5g to 20g coffee / 300g water (1:15.4)
- Ode: 5
- Water at 95°C
- Recipe: Single Cup V60 Pourover with 40g bloom water – finishes 02:45-02:50
This is a little longer past roast date than I typically like, but that’s just how the timing worked out with travel, etc. this month. It’s only a 10oz bag, so I’ll likely use it up within a week to 10 days. I opened the bag and brewed my first cup on 12/14 using grind setting 3+1, mainly because that setting had worked well for my most recent bag of medium-roasted beans. However, these particular beans seem to like a coarser grind. My last two cups at setting 5 have been fairly smooth.
With winter once again at our doorstep, and the house getting cooler, I’ve gone back to preheating my mug with insta-hot tap water prior to brewing. I used to also pre-rinse the V60 filter with insta-hot water, but lately, I’ve been pre-rinsing with heated water from the kettle. I also have consistently been using the plastic size 2 V60 for all of my brews, because, for whatever reason, I find I get longer draw-down times and better extraction than with the size 1. I still can’t explain this phenomenon, and there don’t seem to be many people commenting on it online. But, “it is what it is”.