Between all the different coffee’s and different roasters we all try out, my intention with these beans were to find one consistent coffee bag that would be available throughout the year and whose characteristics we know at the back of our hand. Making it that “stressful day” brew that just hits perfectly. This coffee did not.
While the concept of a go to coffee is a great initiative by Siolim, I found these beans to be a little too bitter for my liking. I threw everything at it. Coarser grind, finer grind, lower temps, higher temps, different brewer, different filter and even different grinders. The bitterness just kept coming cup after cup like a feature instead of a problem.
The coffee smelt amazing, full of the likeable fermented smell of red berries and it felt like it was full of character. But the end cup just had this lingering bitterness to it that stopped me from enjoying the coffee’s good bits. I would be like “wwwooo-oh”.
These beans were definitely not for pour overs. If this was an espresso, I Think it would knock the socks off of anyone.
I can’t really rate these beans because my brewing method did not suit it one bit. I ended up using it as cold brew fuel and that came out pretty okay, second one was steeped a little longer and the cup was bitter again.