Drip Drip, Brewing Uncertain Coffee Beans into Coffee

In my previous post, I described the process of roasting a unique blend of raw coffee beans called "uncertain blend" which is the bottoms of various bags of coffee beans all jumbled together. Never know exactly what you'll get!

Uncertain blend is described by coffeproject.com:

A blend in flux. This blend represents what we're packing the most of. Escapees are gathered together in a melting pot of taste. Affordable if you want something to play with and practice. Look for notes of unicorn, moon rock, winsome, and meander, with a long-lasting meditative finish. Like a great classic novel, it's never the same twice.

After cooling the beans overnight, I placed the roasted bean blend into the coffee mill, and proceeded to grind a few tablespoons of beans into a ground powder.

On the top of the grind, you can see chaff that is very lightweight and doesn't add much to the flavor. Under this is the finer powder, perfect for making a good pour-over brew.

The secret for a good pour-over brew is to carefully pour the hot water (not boiling) over the grounds very slowly, allowing a "bloom" and filtration. Once the first pour is done, it's tempting to add more water, but it's better to simply extract from that first pour - put this virgin coffee concentrate into a heated mug and add hot water to top it out.

I will usually do a second or third pour, but it's never quite as good as that first one.

I poured the brew into a heated mug and observed the color. A deep brown with yellowish edges. Thick and rich, with an unusual coffee aroma. I took a sip and relished the flavor, unlike any other coffee I've had before. It's not extremely strong, had notes of dark chocolate, raisins, burnt toast, smoke and grapefruit.

These beans have been in storage since 2016 and these taste completely fresh. Pre-roasted coffee is usually very stale after six years sitting around, but storing them green preserves the flavor. All in all, this turned out pretty good - although not exactly as advertised, I haven't been able to detect any unicorn or moon rock.

Contemplating the flavor, it does have "a long-lasting meditative finish".

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Benjamin Turner: God fearer. Rooted in Messiah. Husband of @lturner. Father of SIX (!!!) wonderful children. The guy behind the camera. Blockchain enthusiast.

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