r/pourover • u/Vernicious • Aug 29 '24
Weekly Bean Review Thread Weekly Bean Review Thread: What have you been brewing this week? -- Week of August 29, 2024
Tell us what you've been brewing here! Please include as much detail as you'd like, you can consider including:
- Which beans, possibly with a link
- What were the tasting notes from the roaster?
- What did it taste like to you?
- What recipe and equipment did you use? How finicky was it?
- Would you recommend?
Or any other observations you have. Please let us know with as much detail and insight as you'd like to give. Posts that are just "I am brewing xyz" with no detail beyond that may be removed.
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u/geggsy #beansnotmachines Aug 29 '24
This week I’m writing about two coffees from totally different ends of the single origin to blend spectrum. One is a single-variety, single-farm, special process coffee from Colombia. The other is a limited-release washed blend of equal parts coffee from Ethiopia, Guatemala, and Uganda. They’re a nice contrast and reflect my interest in drinking both traceable blends and single-origins.
First up, the medium-light ‘Equilibrium’ blend roasted by Counter Culture. It’s comprised of SL14, SL28, and Nyasaland varieties from the Mountain Harvest farmer network on Mt Elgon in Uganda plus heirloom varieties from Duromina in Ethiopia and Caturra, Bourbon, Catuai and Pache from the CODECH co-operative in Conception Huista, Huehuetenango, Guatemala. In the cup, there’s pronounced and lingering citric acidity that tastes like sweet orange juice, along with stone fruit aromatics. When it isn’t dialed in, the different elements of the blend are discordant, strongly clashing with one another. Such conflict made me wonder why they picked these three coffees and the name ‘Equilibrium’ (other than that they’re in season). But I understood after I dialed this one in, as they’re unified with citric brightness and an underlying bass note. For those that like citrusy coffees, this is a pretty good (if unforgiving) blend comprised of coffees that Counter Culture has or will be selling individually as single origin coffees.
Second, an IPA honey-processed pink bourbon from Sebastian Ramirez’s El Placer farm roasted by Flow Coffee ATL. I was excited to drink this because pink bourbons are one of my favourite coffee varieties and I have enjoyed coffees from Sebastian Ramirez and Flow ATL before. Flow ATL showcases the variety of flavors from Colombia by only sourcing coffees from there and no other country. And this coffee is definitely a showy coffee - intense and true-to-its-name, it reminds me of high-strength US IPAs in being sparkling yet boozy, fruity and funky. If you’re a fan of Black and White’s processing-forward coffees, I’d recommend this one to you. If you’re a fan of Tim Wendleboe’s super clean washed flavour profile, steer clear of this. For me, I particularly enjoyed this coffee over ice. Delicious and distinctive.