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by Christine on November 12, 2022
I agree with others who have questioned the fruity, floral reviews. Yirgacheffe’s general flavor profile is more of a winey taste, not fruity, and this one is no different. The fruity flavors come more from Harare/Harrar, not Yirgacheffe. This coffee was more like a Sidamo. It’s good, but it’s not fruity. I find that I get to first crack around 400, and I take it to second crack, but that mutes some of the flavor profile as you probably already know. We use it exclusively for espresso and it’s been lovely for that. I probably wouldn’t buy it again, only because I don’t care for the winey flavor, but it is a good coffee. Just don’t expect blueberries from this one.
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by Todd on June 19, 2022
I love it, but I had to figure out what I was doing wrong with my roast profile first. I had read about the wow-factor blueberry flavor, and my first attempt at roasting it resulted in a muddy blueberry-floral hit with plenty of sweetness, but not the acid to balance it out. A hotter start, with a shorter roast cleaned up the flavor significantly.
For those with the Gene Cafe roaster, here was the profile used:
8 oz, 227 grams starting, 7.0 oz 199 grams weight after roasting (12.5% loss).
Pre-warm the empty drum for 5 minutes at 392 F.
Rapidly add your beans and re-insert the drum into the Gene Cafe. (be quick!).
Clear your kitchen timer and start timer and the roast at 392 F. (200 C) Stay at this temperature for 5 minutes.
After 5 minutes have elapsed, raise the temperature to 464 F (240C).
First pop of first Crack will be likely heard at about 10:30 on the kitchen timer,
Reduce temperature to 437 F (225C) one minute ten seconds after the first pop of first crack is heard. (For me, the temp was lowered at 11 minutes 40 seconds into roast).
Continue at this temperature until Full-City roast is reached (About 13 minutes and 30 seconds).
Rapidly cool externally to the Gene Cafe to stop the roast process.
I include this because the Gene Cafe roasts a bit differnt than classical drum roasters, so the roast profile is tuned for the Gene Cafe Roaster.
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by Doug on October 17, 2018
Ever since the original "Misty Valley" natural (Ethiopia Organic Idido - Misty Valley) exploded onto the market in 2007, I've been trying to find its equal. See, that first experience ruined me forever. It was highly forgiving, yielding intense blueberry notes across a fairly wide range of roasts. That blueberry essence is what I've chased for the last 11 years. I've roasted a hundred or more Ethiopian lots in that time...washed and natural...and never found its rival. I've never found those flavor notes in any washed Yirgacheffe, and hitting them in naturals is incredibly tricky: FC at most, don't push it into second crack, and try to find the sweet spot...which may be no more than 5 seconds in the roast.
I've roasted this lot 4 times, brewed it both cold and conventionally...no blueberries. Didn't even feel like I got close. It's good, sure, a nice example of a natural Yirgacheffe, but it's just not exceptional...to my tastes. You may love it. Only way to know is to try it!
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