Monday, December 29, 2008

Blend #3

1/2 oz. of Ethiopia's-Harar Horse
1/2 oz. of Costa Rica's-Tres Rios La Magnolia
1 oz. of Kenya's-Gichi Kiambu

I roasted this recipe together until I heard the Second Crack begin - "Full City+ to French Roast" The beans emerged a soft mocha brown without any caramelizing and escaping of the oils.

I ground the beans very coarse as I brewed 2 TBS. of the coffee in the French Press for 4 minutes. The aroma was pleasing -floral and chocolaty. Quite enjoyable.

The flavor reminds me of a Peaberry with a full bodied mouth feel. Slighly sweet from the floral attributes of the Horse and the Magnolia. These two flavors seem to play very well together. I consider this recipe to be my first successful blend.


4 comments:

Anonymous said...

My husband says I'm not a real coffee drinker because I just voted, and I drink my coffee with cream and sugar. (For him, the strong an blacker it is, the better.) Anyway, I love your blog and the recipe for different coffee blends. It's a great idea. Thanks!

J Rock said...

Geri, I have to agree with your husband. Not to be too snooty but if the coffee is "good" coffee why add the cream and sugar? I tell my mother-in-law that the reason they add Hot Chocolate to coffee and call it Cappuccino is to make the Hot Chocolate taste better. ;-)

Anonymous said...

John,
I just noted this blog - are you actually roasting your coffee - or buying it roasted? Please don't make me read through this to find out - If you are roasting it yourself - can you direct me to places to get the raw beans and equipment? If you are not roasting it - then I am reading too fast - or something! Help!

J Rock said...

Hi Malcolm,

Yes, I am roasting the raw green beans.

I use a popcorn popper to roast the beans http://anchorbayroasts.blogspot.com/2008/11/nirvana-have-i-arrived.html

but you can also just use the stove top and a pot.

I purchase the beans themselves from Coffeebeancorral.com