• Beans: Black & Orange Blend
  • Roaster: Zeke’s Coffee (Baltimore, MD)
  • Roast level: Dark (7/8)
  • Origin: Brazil, Colombia
  • Roast date: 03/24/2025
  • Purchase date: 03/29/2025 at Green Valley Marketplace (Elkridge, MD)
  • First cup brewed: 03/30/2025
  • Tasting notes: “Nutty notes of liquor and baker’s chocolate / medium acidity”
• V60:
  • 21g coffee / 300g water (1:14.3)
  • Ode: 4
  • Water at 90°C
  • Recipe: Single Cup V60 Pourover with 60g pulses- finishes 02:40-02:45

I’m finally all caught up with coffee notes. I’m actually still near the beginning of this bag. As I remember, I’m going to try to start noting the date I brewed my first and last cup of each bag along with roast and purchase dates. That will give me a better sense of freshness to correlate with my notes, and also an idea of how long it takes me to go through bags in general.

It had been a couple of months since I last had a dark roast. I used to just assume that immersion (e.g. French/AeroPress) was always going to be better with dark roasts, but my usual V60 method has worked out fairly well for the last couple of bags I’ve brewed. This one is no exception. As I typically do, I went with cooler water and a slightly stronger ratio than I typically use for medium/light roasts. The first few cups have been smooth, roasty, and not overly bitter — pretty much how I like dark roasts to taste. I may end up having to freeze some of this if I can’t finish the (1lb) bag by middle of next week, so it will be interesting to see how that works out.