anyone come close to an Ill-y blend?

by **coffee_joe** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 10:36 pm

tell us.... :-)

your blends which work....

by **bruceb** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 10:38 pm

No problem. Just take any bean or mixture of beans and set them aside, if possible in direct sunlight, for a few weeks and voilá! Ill-y

by **simonp** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 12:02 am

From a recent blending post, here is one I did from a recipe that I found that is supposed to give an Illy-like taste profile.

Roast 1 230g Brazilian Canario stopped just before 1st crack
Roast 2 equal parts of Sumatran Iskander Tripplepick, Etheopian Harrar & Guatamalan Hue Hue, taken 20 seconds into 2nd crack.

by **scook94** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 8:58 am

Apparently Sweet Maria's Liquid Amber Blend is close to an Illy blend, but they won't tell you what beans are in it.

by **Beanie** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 11:55 am

simonp wrote:Roast 1 230g Brazilian Canario stopped just before 1st crack
Roast 2 equal parts of Sumatran Iskander Tripplepick, Etheopian Harrar & Guatamalan Hue Hue, taken 20 seconds into 2nd crack.

Hmmm... a bit of déjà vu

... did you mean 2nd crack, Simon?

Back on topic, I don't think I have experienced a fresh batch of Illy, so have not had the desire to try to imitate it. Please, would someone kindly describe what it is about the blend characteristics (flavour, body, etc) you are trying to duplicate?

by **CakeBoy** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 1:26 pm

We've got some old grinding in beans here. I can't remember what they are, but that doesn't really matter, they are so stale that is all you will taste. They are horribly over-roasted (hence being put aside for grinding). If you have an old Illy can, you are all set :wink:

by **beansmeanshighs** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 2:47 pm

Being an Italian I am proud of the fact that espresso runs in the blood.
Thank God its not Illy. When I lived in Milan we used more JBM than Illy.
I love BB comment ( never had a fresh one ) Not many people have.

by **Gouezeri** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 3:07 pm

Hate to put the cat amongst the pigeons or the Cakeboy amongst the muffins but:

scook94 wrote:Apparently Sweet Maria's Liquid Amber Blend is close to an Illy blend, but they won't tell you what beans are in it.

Would either suggest they've tried "fresh" illy blends... or they are trying to recreate the profile of a stale blend???? Odd to say the least.

by **simonp** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 12:21 am

Bean_Believer wrote:
simonp wrote:Roast 1 230g Brazilian Canario stopped just before 1st crack
Roast 2 equal parts of Sumatran Iskander Tripplepick, Etheopian Harrar & Guatamalan Hue Hue, taken 20 seconds into 2nd crack.

Hmmm... a bit of déjà vu ... did you mean 2nd crack, Simon?

Back on topic, I don't think I have experienced a fresh batch of Illy, so have not had the desire to try to imitate it. Please, would someone kindly describe what it is about the blend characteristics (flavour, body, etc) you are trying to duplicate?

Yeah, yeah, so I just copied and pasted :evil:

by **simonp** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 12:22 am

scook94 wrote:Apparently Sweet Maria's Liquid Amber Blend is close to an Illy blend, but they won't tell you what beans are in it.

I don't think so, as Liquid Amber has lots of aged coffees in there plus robusta, which from what I have heard Illy use neither.

by **Gouezeri** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 12:24 am

Oh I don't know Si, their beans are definitely aged... just not in the same way :wink:

by **scook94** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 5:51 pm

simonp wrote:
scook94 wrote:Apparently Sweet Maria's Liquid Amber Blend is close to an Illy blend, but they won't tell you what beans are in it.

I don't think so, as Liquid Amber has lots of aged coffees in there plus robusta, which from what I have heard Illy use neither.

I've only had their Monkey Blend so I can't comment, I was only going on Thom's own description.

Compare to: Very potent espresso blends … Illy has a blend that is somewhat similar but is not domestically available.

by **monkey66** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 7:19 pm

!!!!!

by **simonp** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 12:17 am

scook94 wrote:
simonp wrote:
scook94 wrote:Apparently Sweet Maria's Liquid Amber Blend is close to an Illy blend, but they won't tell you what beans are in it.

I don't think so, as Liquid Amber has lots of aged coffees in there plus robusta, which from what I have heard Illy use neither.

I've only had their Monkey Blend so I can't comment, I was only going on Thom's own description.

Compare to: Very potent espresso blends … Illy has a blend that is somewhat similar but is not domestically available.

Ah, yes forgot thta, but it does say it is not domestically available, and I think it differes greatly in taste to the domestic blend.

by **MKSwing** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:02 pm

beansmeanshighs wrote:Being an Italian I am proud of the fact that espresso runs in the blood.
Thank God its not Illy. When I lived in Milan we used more JBM than Illy.
I love BB comment ( never had a fresh one ) Not many people have.

I have in a bar in Italy. All the bar was "sponsored" by Illy and the barista was skilled and had won some kind of illy barista championship or training award, I don't remember exactly. The coffee was excellent.
But Illy you buy in shops is stale.

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