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Coffee Haters Club
Today's roast is Guatemala Antigua Pulcal Inteligente, several years aged. It was a smaller batch, weighing in at 294 grams pre-roast, so it won't be lasting long and in fact, the several cups that I have had thus far already put me about halfway through it, so I'll be roasting again later this week. Guatemalan coffees tend to be over-represented for me both because Sweet Maria's does good work in Guatemala but also because their climate diversity leads to a richer than normal variety of beans. Additionally, Pulcal Inteligente has been good stuff IME, so I knew I'd be in for a nice cuppa. Anyway, I pulled this one right as it was passing the city mark, at about 410 degrees, and I got a bright, slightly sweet cup with frequent hints of this note or that, spicy, floral, sometimes nutty, but nothing consistently standing out, like it was a will o' the wisp, flavor wise, leading me in all different directions but not totally tangible. I checked the cupping notes today and they read: brown sugar, hints of herbal tea in light roasts, apple at wider roast ranges, a balanced cup, enough top-note complexity to make it a highlight coffee. Outside of the apple, which I didn't really get, I'd have to agree, that's pretty much it.
What's your roasting gear? Sorry if you've mentioned it before. Dabbled with a popcorn maker and gave up after a while
Right now I'm using an Aillio Bullet, and it's probably the last roaster I'll ever own. A popcorn maker is a great place to start, and my first roaster was actually a Fresh Roast, which is what I recommend for most folks if they're ready to spend a few hundred on a roaster.
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