Got myself a new 3-cup vacpot for two reasons:
1. the Bodum Santos is too big for the amount of people who normally drink coffee in my house (1 - me).
2. Having stalling issues with the Santos using both the plastic filter and a seconhand glass one.
So I got a Yama, 3-cup, with a cloth filter (and a butane microburner).
Initial test was with some Home Roasted Yirgacheffe, let temp settle around 91C with water on top. Dumped grinds, stirred, waited about 70s, removed heat and one final stir.
Into the cup, straight away it tasted overextracted and bitter, but it was also very hot. 2 or 3 minutes later, all those graperfruit and tea like flavours were there - really clear.
So - I guess I'm asking is this normal? Do people find in general that vac pot coffee goes into the cup hotter than French Press, and requires a little cooling period?
Second test was with some Faz Cach. Same process, this seemed somewhat overextracted even to the end of the cup. I guess the typical suggestions would be coarser grind / less stirring etc?