20/07/2024
🚨🚨🚨New Coffee and Some Brewing Technique Stuff!🚨🚨🚨
Hi! Long ar*e time haven't posted anything. Sorry. Workloads are insane these past few months. But a massive "thank you very much!!!" is in order to you guys who constantly support what I do! 🙏
By the way, new and restocked coffee are on the store if you haven't checked them out: Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Misty Valley G1 and Costa Rica Especial SHG are up. Cupping notes:
Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Misty Valley: Blueberry Jam, Jasmine Tea, Orange Candy
Costa Rica Especial SHG: Chocolate Bar, Almond, Orange and Strawberry Candy
🔴 Order Here:
https://ph.shp.ee/bJhSfke
Anyways, when we are at it, let's improve your brews! (pour over ulit, v60 and the like, our nemesis 🤣). Sharing thoughts and ideas lang ah! I'm no expert. Just helping out!
"BLOOM COLAPSE"
A very negative thing to do when you are brewing pour over coffee is forgetting to pour at the right time after the "bloom phase" and letting the coffee grounds "colapse" and compact. What happens is the micro channels created (this is the second reason we do the bloom) in between individual coffee grounds during violent expulsion of trapped gases closes as the water drains and removes the coffee grounds from liquid suspension. So avoid doing long bloom times. 20-30s is optimal, anything above is too much. This decreases with the age of the bean too and it's density. Thing to look out for it is visually seeing the top of the coffee bed "concaving downward". Start pouring already! And earlier on the next brew of that coffee.
This is the same reason too to be very careful when you do multiple pours. In between pours raises the chance that the bed of coffee fully drains, thus the micro channels will close. It wouldn't open up as wide as in the bloom anymore as this is assisted by the release of gasses.
Prevention of colapse is non negotiable if you have less than stellar grinders (beginner ones that doesn't grind as evenly). It has something to do with aggregate distribution much like building concrete foundations (sand, gravel, cement). Differing aggregate size matrices that promote compaction. That of course we don't want in coffee!
Wooo! That's it. Hope you have a spectacular weekend guys, as always! Cheers and keep having fun with the hobby!
