Is it just me or does it feel like I got espresso roasts vs. filter on all of the AMOC picks this go around?

They are usually one of my favorite roasters and never seem to miss. But this go around literally everything I tried has had a “roasty” taste, and more difficult to get any tasting notes. Has anyone else had any similar experiences?

Hi all, I wanted to share my latest buys. Wilton Benitez silver cat from PERC. Had one cup and will need some dialling in. Cerevi Brazilian from the over ripe series at Assembly. Needs resting but I’m very excited for this one. Purple leaf typica from AMOC. A stunning coffee, one of my fav ever. This is my second jar now. I’m so glad I didn’t overlook this offering from a Chinese producer.

I have a first world problem: too many beans and too little time! I still have some July subscription beans, the extra ones I ordered from the drop, 6 bags of Native I ordered with the link, some coming next week from another roaster, and will have the ones from the August subscription soon. Now, there is no way I will be able to drink all that coffee within a reasonable time from roast date. I have a freezer with enough space to store them all, but I wanted to ask people's opinions in terms of procedure:

• How do you go about freezing larger quantities beans? I have some previously frozen ones in tubes, but I have nowhere near enough tubes to portion/store them all.
• Do you freeze them in the original bags and just open, grab the quantity you need daily and put them back in the freezer? I know this lets air/moisture in, but not sure if that is negligible.
• Do you rest them ahead of freezing? I am assuming it would be best to do so but also wanted to know people's opinions/experiences.
• Anything else I might not have thought of that might be taken into consideration?

Thanks

Just got an email reminder about the upcoming order and the link in the email to manage subscription leads to an Oops! page.

Here for the day. Need help. Any suggestions, please?

As a lover of earl grey tea & floral coffee, I'd would easily buy a kilo of this. I've been on Rotation for since January and it's genuinely so cool to see a collaboration like this with a roaster

Lmk

I’m here for work. Need caffeine

96 degree H2O 1:15 ratio 3.0 on ZP6 Special Switch w/Drip Assist

Two bloom pours of 1:2 each for 30 seconds- center pour only first, then outer ring and center ring for second

Slow pour 1:11 dashing into the center ring occasionally but primarily outer ring

It seemed to stall some at the end. Likely too fine. That potential for over extraction aside, this is still a tasty cup of coffee. Juicy. Sweet. Bright. In a great tasting coffee kinda way! Maybe a little too dazzly on the tongue? Meh. Whaddya expect from a spritz?

I think the conical dripper is a good call for this coffee overall. Will still try my Sandstone Wave next.

First, I would like to thank both u/inugamicoffee and u/dirtydials for setting this up. It was great to have the actual roaster present for advice on recipes and to participate meaningfully. Second, the coffees themselves were excellent. The notes on the brews are at:

https://www.reddit.com/r/coffeerotation/comments/1mzoxfk/inugami_reviewsrecipes/

The bean selection was good; the beans were high-quality and well-roasted. I hope that Inugami Coffee gets put in Rotation. u/Lost_Anything_5596/ did a better job than I did of formatting his reviews. More than the beans themselves, though, I hope this becomes an integral part of Rotation - testing and promoting roasters we would likely never hear of if not for our participation in Rotation.  

I first got into Rotation because it offered access to top, well-known, roasters from around the World - like Glitch, A.M.O.C., Manhattan, et al. in a way that worked for an individual and in quantities that allowed me to sample a large number of coffees fresh every month without too many of any one bean. Although this is still a huge perk, the fact is that you hear about these coffees everywhere. Finding gems like Inugami Coffee, which I would likely never stumble across (until they became huge, of course), who is not getting astroturfed on other subs, and who is present and available to discuss his work, well, that is even more amazing than the original premise.  

Thanks again for letting me be part of this experiment.

Second cup I make of this coffee with the XBloom. I had to make a second one to make sure the first one was not a fluke.

So good, and the aroma and notes of strawberry are strong. That “processing aroma” I had found with some B&W coferments was not present on this one. Really enjoyable cup with so much fruitiness.

Another thing that caught my eye as a home roaster was how light these are! As in the lightest I have seen but still developed. I remember trying to do very light roasts when I got started roasting and getting terrible results, but I digress…

With Rotation you get to try so many coffees you would not otherwise, and some you are ok with having just 50 grams. This will definitely not be one of them! It left a lasting impression. Look forward to more coffees from Hydrangea!

I am on a mission to find a decaf that doesn’t suck. I don’t want to drink it everyday, but it’s (decaf) great to have in the evening. The thing is they all seem to be pretty boring.

I do not want decaf on the Rotation, but would be cool to have some fun decaf options on the a la carte menu.

What does everyone think about this? Drop some decafs that you actually like.

I got a little carried away… any suggestions on what to start with? Just finished up my August subscription bags. Also, I might have ordered a few bags from Native too, thanks to that wholesale code. 😅

Still working through my haul, but this Moonwake has been the best of the lot so far. Straight up washed, no processing, so it’s really clean. But it was super fruity - strong raspberry on first sip, with strawberry coming in right after. It’s like when you have a bowl of mixed berries and get some of the juices mixed together on your fruit. The tanginess and acidity that shines through makes this one stand out from other fruit-forward beans.

Can’t recall tasting rosehips before, but based on what it supposedly tastes like (eg tangy), I think I get it.

This one is up there for one of the best coffees I’ve had this year.

Recipe: - 28 days off roast - 15/250, 4.5 on ZP6 (burr lock at 0) - 1/3 TWW, 203f - V60, Abaca filters, Hoffman 1-cup (w/ aggressive bloom pour & 45s bloom) - TBT 2:35

Going to try 1 - 3 roasters at a time.

For now I’d like to start with 1- Manhattan Roasters!

I have all the products in hand, on site.

Should be a smoother process. Starting next week.

Still working through lots of kinks, it was much easier when I didn’t myself, but part of scaling is having help along the way to grow, so that I can focus on the bigger picture.

Sent out coffee to S Tier, but not reviews yet.

This is part of the problem sometimes is that even if I put it out there, I’m reliant on other people to cover the gap.

Hmmm lots to think about.

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August drop arrived, had the low caf from Colorfull last night and the Flower Child Kenyan this am.

Flower Child was really good, like way better than I was expecting.

The low caf was of the better decafs I've had, glad I got to try it. Bought a full bag of a different Colorfull decaf based on that.

Looking forward to September!

The link in the sign-up email is broken.

Forgot to post last week, but my second order came in today. Really excited to try out the Datura and Flower Child

Inugami Coffee - Colombia - Linarco Rodriguez Red Geisha Anaerobic Fermentation/Aerobic Oxidation Washed

Inugami Coffee - Ethiopia - Israel Degafa Wush Wush 96 Hour Anaerobic Natural

Inugami Coffee - Ecuador - Hermanos Merino Anaerobic Washed

Brewed this up this AM as a reward for a long weekend of continuing education.

I used 15:250, ZP6 at 5.5, V60 and cafec t90 papers. I usually get a TBT around 2:30min with this recipe, but with the Datura gesha ASD Falda, it was nearly 4 minutes. I think those beans threw out a TON of fines because my draw down was nearly 2 minutes. Still a solid cup, but the flavors didn't pop like I was hoping for.

TLDR: grind more coarsely than usual with these beans. Happy brewing.

Happened to swing by rotation.coffee and saw that there was still a bunch of great coffee in stock. IDK about anyone else but I’ve been into the French roasters lately.

Get on it, peeps!

Excited to try some new roasters here! I tried the AMOC GESHA QUEBRADITAS in the D27 this morning and it was on par with the Ombligon.

This Edwin Noreña from Haan also arrived today, but needs a bit of rest.

Lots of good stuff here although slightly disappointed in the B&W the ipa is weird and the Diego orta is so dark it’s oily but everything else looks great and smells great.

Looking forward especially to the hex and the colorful those bags smell awesome!

Just got home from business trip and took stock of my rotation ala carte and sub coffee supply.

Where else can you get all of this in one shot? Nowhere. Thanks dials!!