• Beans: Decaf Huila (single origin)
  • Roaster: Sophomore Coffee (Baltimore, MD)
  • Origin: Huila, Colombia
  • Roast level: Medium
  • Roast date: 11/20/2025 (bag #1); 12/11/2025 (bag #2)
  • Purchase date: Late November 2025 (bag #1); late December 2025 (bag #2) at Atwater’s Café (Catonsville, MD)
    First cup: Early December 2025 (bag #1); 1/1/26 or 1/2/26 (bag #2)
    Last cup: Late December 2025 (bag #1)
  • Process: Ethyl Acetate (EA) decaf
  • Tasting notes: Dates, cinnamon, molasses
• V60 with Ode grinder:
  • 20g coffee / 300g water (1:15)
  • Ode: 6
  • Water at 95°C
  • Recipe: Single Cup V60 Pourover with size 1 cone, 60g bloom water and 60g pulses – finishes 04:00-04:15
• Switch with Ode grinder:
  • 20g coffee / 300g water at 95°C
  • Ode: 9
  • Close drain / pour to 60g and agitate / pour to 300g and agitate again / steep until 02:30 / open drain; finishes around 04:30

I didn’t have any full cups of bag #1, but I have had 1 cup (and counting) of bag #2. This has one of the slowest draw-down times of any coffee I’ve brewed in the V60 with my single-cup recipe. It takes over 2 minutes, even with a rather coarse grind. Flavor-wise, it is fine, but there’s something slightly “off” about it that I don’t like. I suppose it could be getting over-extracted while it sits there forever draining. I am wondering if this would work best with the French press, so I may try that the next time I brew it.

1/4: The Switch recipe above seemed to produce a better cup (based on the 2 or 3 sips I had of it). I used the same grind I use for French press, and it seemed to speed up the brew (the draw-down took 2 minutes for the entire volume of water, vs however much is left in the cone after finishing the pour-over). It seemed like a smoother-tasting cup without the “off” flavor that I noticed with the V60. I still may try the French press the next time I brew 2 cups’ worth, but the Switch seems like a winner for single cups.