Ethiopia Adame Gorbota G1 Yirgacheffe Ethiopia: Adame Gorbota G1, Yirgacheffe

Makes an awesome cup. Roasted with a Fresh Roast SR540 till a few seconds after first crack and allowed to go through the roasters pre-programmed cooling process. Finely ground and brewed with a Breville Bambino. 16g in and with a little dialing in, it produced a wonderful shot. Strong notes of berries and sugary goodness. Highly recommend!

A couple grains of salt to take with my comments, I pan roast and I have only recently been experimenting with beans from different origins and processing. When these beans came in I let them sit for a couple days as they had been in hot temps for a couple days during shipping. I loaded them in a stainless steel saucier (of course I overloaded). Kept the temperature low for a slow drying with frequent tossing from the wrist. Once the chaff, which was plentiful, started to release I put the flame up slightly and was a little hard with the toss to allow the chaff to fall outside the pan. When I was convinced the first crack was through and some beans had a second I dropped into my cooling tray. I waited a whole 12 hours before I ground some for a cup in a drip maker. What I tasted was sugar water with a light fruit essence. I let them sit for a few days then brewed in the moka pot. What a wonderful coffee. I get that strong coffee taste and a powerful sweet/tart fruit combination. It doesn't matter what it taste like in a drip brewer(which I plan to try again) these are a great cup in the moka. I just wish I could try them in a proper espresso machine.

This was my second pound of this variety. The first was a gift, and was the first I've ever roasted. As a complete novice, I've been all over the place, too green, too dark (burnt!), too soon after roasting. I let it cure for 4 days and shared a cup with a friend on a road trip - it was OUTSTANDING.