Colombia Excelso EP Caldas Colombia: Excelso EP, Caldas

Roasted several batches with my favorite being a dark side of medium (a few second after second pop). I found the coffee to be more acidy than I prefer at the lighter roasts but having a very pleasant chocolate flavor, with just a hint of acidy notes at the last. I will try a small batch at a dark roast, but suspect that I will like this dark side of medium best. I have used pressurize expresso, French press and drip methods to brew the coffee and found I prefer the drip method with this one. A surprise to me, I thought the expresso was going to be the way to go. Note: I use an air popcorn maker that I have to bounce lightly to roast my beans. For the best roast it takes 16 minutes (with second pop starting about 15 minutes 40 second), so I guess this would indicate it is a slow roast. The other roasts where 12 minutes for light (first pop) & 14 minutes for medium. When I finish I cool my beans in a glass pie pan in as close to a single layer as I can. They cool quickly and are cool enough to touch in less than a minute. I cook my beans outside since the chaff makes a mess.

Roasted on SR800 to a light. Enjoyable espresso. Good choice.