Too fresh!

[lukas]

This is so disappointing! I was out of coffee and just roasted some Yirgacheffe, made a Melitta-filtered cup, and the coffee is so disappointing but at the same time I can just taste that the coffee will be great in one or two days, but now it's just muted, smokey and fresh. Hrrrmmmm.

[Chrisweaver]

ha haa wow thats creepy. I roasted some Yirgacheffe in the shop last night and although I know that I shouldn't, I brewed an espresso, it was very... very... veryyyyy bright. However, its staring me in the eyes now... a day later... and its calling for me

"chris... drink me"

[Puck]

Yeh, I know what you mean, I've got exactly the same problem. 250g each of Yirg' and Australian mountain, resting in the cupboard since Saturday, and I'm having to use Sainsbury's Espresso beans <gulp> today.
Forward planning was never my strong point.

[Chrisweaver]

ha haa, I'm lucky in that, I get free coffee from work whenever I like, and atm, I have 9 kilo's of freshly roasted coffee from hasbean, 2 foot away from me:)

Chris

[Bertie_Doe]

and the coffee is so disappointing but at the same time I can just taste that the coffee will be great in one or two days, but now it's just muted, smokey and fresh. Hrrrmmmm.

I roasted 225gr of Yirg yesterday, mainly because 'my man' seems to have run out of Haraar. Roasted for espresso @ 10sec into R2, so expecting it to be real smokey

250g each of Yirg' and Australian mountain, resting in the cupboard since Saturday, and I'm having to use Sainsbury's Espresso beans <gulp> today.

You are very brave, I would have gone for the fresh Yirg or Oz.

QC

[Puck]

You are very brave, I would have gone for the fresh Yirg or Oz

LOL. Well, it was touch'n'go, but I figured if I start on it too soon, it'd be gone by the time it's ready, so it was that or drink tea <shudder>.

[Bombcup]

Someone on here once talked about 'turbo de-gassing'. Not in reference to relieving post sunday lunch discomfort, but grinding your shot and leaving it to stand for 30 minutes before extracting when using very fresh coffee. Not tried it myself but probably worth a punt.

[Bertie_Doe]

Tried that once with Monsooned, but only let it rest for 10 mins - very volatile, but also very drinkable

[Beanie]

I rested 12-36 hour-old/fresh coffee for about just a couple minutes tops... usually less... and with my no-mess contraption, I'd flip the grounds in the PF (kinda like with pancakes) which also broke up any clumps. That would usually work for me

If you have one of those Vacuvin jars, you could try vacuum sealing 25% of it so that it degasses faster? I'm just not sure how much faster it would be though

[Chrisweaver]

Well i tried it yesterday, and as a straight up shot it was still very acidic, though with some sugar, mellowed it right out, and it was heavenly... how about you lukas?

[Aadje]

Well Lukas, how is it today?

[lukas]

Just sipping a Vacpot'd cup. Very nice, a little dark (as most often .. grr), the grind was a bit off but I can't be bothered to do another pot off it this morning. Very enjoyable, but still a bit muted.

I visited my parents yesterday and preground some of it for filter, after some hours in a clipped bag the coffee was really good. I bet tomorrow I'll have more luck , and tomorrow I'll remember to grind a little bit coarser for the vacpot.

[Chrisweaver]

best i've had Lukas with the 'chef was a cinnamon roast, and brew in a 3 cup chemex, it almost tasted like I'd added grapefruit juice to some perfect black coffee, it was amazing!

Unfortunately I did what you cleverly avoided, and drank it all yesterday when it was still young :'(

[lukas]

Time for another batch then, Chris! I'm lucky in that my batch-size is 500g, that last's a while. That's in no relation to the labor that is in each 500g batch, though ...