Guatemala Finca Entre Rios Organic - short shots?

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Guatemala Finca Entre Rios Organic - short shots?

Postby simonp » Mon Mar 17, 2008 11:52 pm

Anyone else been drinking this bean as espresso: Guatemala Finca Entre Rios Organic?
I really like it as a single origin espresso, but I do find I get very short shots with it, going pale after about 20 seconds. Grinding finer just gets me less volume, but blonding happens soon still (around 25 seconds, running a less than 30ml ristretto).
I have tried a slighty darker and lighter roast tnan my usual a few snaps into 2nd crack, but these seem to affect taste but not shot length.

It is not really a problem, I just wondered if others had seen the same thing?
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RE: Guatemala Finca Entre Rios Organic - short shots?

Postby Beanie » Tue Mar 18, 2008 1:06 am

How about updosing?
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RE: Guatemala Finca Entre Rios Organic - short shots?

Postby simonp » Tue Mar 18, 2008 1:24 pm

I dose fairly high anyway, probably around 18g. I wouldn't want to get any more in and still leave a small gap to the showerscreen. Perhaps I should try the tripple basket, never have yet.

It is a nice shot though, one of the better single origin espresso beans in my opinion.
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RE: Guatemala Finca Entre Rios Organic - short shots?

Postby Chrisweaver » Tue Mar 18, 2008 7:06 pm

I have used it a substantial amount, but in a blend, however we do get relatively fast paling, which we counter with a slightly larger dose and an almost ristretto'd espresso
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RE: Guatemala Finca Entre Rios Organic - short shots?

Postby CakeBoy » Sat Mar 22, 2008 2:06 pm

We've not had any since last March and there is no mention of early paling issues in our log, but we may have been using the triple back then, so that sounds like a reasonable idea to try that Simon.
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