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Ethiopian Harrar

Postby TheBreeze » Sat Mar 22, 2008 1:44 pm

looking forward to this .....

sweet marias quote...."harrar is back to stellar form this year "
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RE: Ethiopian Harrar

Postby CakeBoy » Sat Mar 22, 2008 2:17 pm

Excellent :D
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RE: Ethiopian Harrar

Postby Sarion » Sat Mar 22, 2008 2:33 pm

Yes! One of my favourite coffees! I think Limu is great too!
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RE: Ethiopian Harrar

Postby Neo » Sat Mar 22, 2008 3:33 pm

Harrar is great....producing nice dripped and potentially great espresso.
However, Panama is ranked higher by me because it's more complex.
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RE: Ethiopian Harrar

Postby Beanie » Sat Mar 22, 2008 3:51 pm

*dances about gleefully" Thanks Breezie :D Now... if only I had my Hottop :( Hmmm should I risk trying to order it roasted?
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Re: RE: Ethiopian Harrar

Postby GeorgeW » Sat Mar 22, 2008 9:38 pm

Neo wrote:Harrar is great....producing nice dripped and potentially great espresso.
However, Panama is ranked higher by me because it's more complex.



I've never had good results with this bean for espresso. What am I doing wrong I wonder? I roast to second crack but it always seems acid somehow.
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Re: RE: Ethiopian Harrar

Postby Bertie_Doe » Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:44 pm

GeorgeW wrote:I've never had good results with this bean for espresso. What am I doing wrong I wonder? I roast to second crack but it always seems acid somehow.


After Monsooned, I have Haraar amongst my favourites, in fact, Haraar works better for me at ristretto, than MM. Looking thru my logs, I see that I take it 10 secs into rolling 2nd - so expect an oil strike :)

I don't know if anyone has noticed, but Haraar grinds have a distinct, unique smell. Worth having a sniff, prior to brewing.

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RE: Re: RE: Ethiopian Harrar

Postby Beanie » Sat Mar 22, 2008 11:04 pm

Blueberries! :D well, when I get the roast right ;) Sometimes I think it smells like really ripe fruit that's gonna go bad in two days. My best is still my first roast of it. I think I stopped it just before rolling really started, uhm, rolling :lol: I've had great espresso from Harrar from 10 secs into 2C right up to rolling 2C. I may have gone quite a bit past rolling 2C before but found it too roasty for me.
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Re: RE: Ethiopian Harrar

Postby Neo » Sun Mar 23, 2008 6:25 am

GeorgeW wrote:
Neo wrote:Harrar is great....producing nice dripped and potentially great espresso.
However, Panama is ranked higher by me because it's more complex.



I've never had good results with this bean for espresso. What am I doing wrong I wonder? I roast to second crack but it always seems acid somehow.

:lol: I forgot to tell i had panama for dripped lol
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RE: Re: RE: Ethiopian Harrar

Postby GeorgeW » Sun Mar 23, 2008 1:40 pm

Many thanks to all. I'll have to try again.
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RE: Re: RE: Ethiopian Harrar

Postby zix » Sun Mar 23, 2008 3:12 pm

I have had problems with getting great tasting harrar espresso too. So far, I have viewed it as a lesser ethiopian than yirgacheffe - less refined, less balanced, less varietals but more acid and strength. But the last batch I tried was really good, not at all like the previous Harrars!
Perhaps the other ones were all of inferior quality, I don't know. This one was great.
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RE: Re: RE: Ethiopian Harrar

Postby kingseven » Sun Mar 23, 2008 3:14 pm

It has been a long time since I've had stellar Harrar, and I now wonder whether I'd see that classic blueberry as good or as too far into the funk.

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RE: Re: RE: Ethiopian Harrar

Postby zix » Sun Mar 23, 2008 5:35 pm

Well... I may just have been lucky this once. We'll see next time I get one, not sure were this one came from. Interesting that you have had the same experience, k7.
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Postby TheBreeze » Mon Apr 07, 2008 3:03 pm

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so very almost blueberry as cooling

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Postby Bertie_Doe » Mon Apr 07, 2008 9:03 pm

TheBreeze wrote:so very almost blueberry as cooling
:D

After grinding but before pulling the shot - have a sniff of the grinds and tell us what they smell like. I find the smell quite distinctive and not very pleasant. Fortunately, this doesn't come thru in the cup (for me).

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