Shaving notes of the MaineYooper

Dave in KY, you roast your own beans, don't you? That is very fun sounding!

Do you have tasting tips? I see you post occasionally regarding whiskeys, and I imagine a palate is needed there as well to pick up on the various notes. Sometimes I think I inherited my Dad's taste buds, in that many things don't taste like what I hear other folks say! My wife has the super sensitive nose and taste buds, and we kid about how I can eat fine chocolates and then still find a Hershey bar to be tops, or that I can't smell some wonderful aroma! But I am hoping to learn to detect flavors in roasted coffees.

Haven't had timeto roast coffee in months. My allergies keep me from getting a lot of the nuances others get. I'm more like you Eric. LOVE Hershey's

More coffee journaling 

Today's coffee is Jim's Organic Ethiopian
Water is brought to 97-98C, 18.3 grams of coffee, 300 grams of water added.

1st cup done using the balanced bloom and 1st pour (60g bloom, 60g pour), followed by 1 pour of remaining water (180g) for a lighter body. Result was pretty good, but no new flavor notes detected.

The 2nd cup was done using the "sweet" bloom/pour (40g water for bloom, 80g pour) with the light body 2nd pour (180g). I really found this cup easy to drink as a good coffee should be, but again, I can't say I detected anything other than a good coffee taste. Well, there was a hint of chocolate. And the body was light with a good mouth feel.

The final cup was the "brightness" bloom of 80g bloom and at 45s, the remaining 40g. Final 180g added as one pour for a lighter body. This was a very good cup. I think I need to repeat this brewing on my next day off and work on detecting nuances in the coffee.

Eric,

Which pour over dripper are you using? What material?

More coffee journaling 

Today's coffee is Jim's Organic Ethiopian
Water is brought to 97-98C, 18.3 grams of coffee, 300 grams of water added.

1st cup done using the balanced bloom and 1st pour (60g bloom, 60g pour), followed by 1 pour of remaining water (180g) for a lighter body. Result was pretty good, but no new flavor notes detected.

The 2nd cup was done using the "sweet" bloom/pour (40g water for bloom, 80g pour) with the light body 2nd pour (180g). I really found this cup easy to drink as a good coffee should be, but again, I can't say I detected anything other than a good coffee taste. Well, there was a hint of chocolate. And the body was light with a good mouth feel.

The final cup was the "brightness" bloom of 80g bloom and at 45s, the remaining 40g. Final 180g added as one pour for a lighter body. This was a very good cup. I think I need to repeat this brewing on my next day off and work on detecting nuances in the coffee.

Eric,

Which pour over dripper are you using? What material?

I am using the plastic Hario V60, with Hario filters.

Eric, check out the resources link on this website 

https://www.sweetmarias.com

I’ve been buying gear and green beans from them for 20+ years. They also sell roasted beans. There’s a ton of information on roasting and brewing coffee. I roasted my first batch of coffee in a cast iron frying pan. It was ok but then I graduated to using a hot air popcorn popper. I used that for several years. You get an up close of the sights and sounds of the roasting process and really learn what first and second crack looks and sounds like. I’ve always thought second crack should be called crick because it’s a crickley sound rather than the crack and snap of first crack.  Anyway, even if you aren’t interested in roasting coffee, Sweet Maria’s is a great resource.

Marko many thanks for the info. I will be looking at Sweet Maria's soon. Time for bed now, as I work tomorrow!

More coffee journaling 

Today's coffee is Jim's Organic Ethiopian
Water is brought to 97-98C, 18.3 grams of coffee, 300 grams of water added.

1st cup done using the balanced bloom and 1st pour (60g bloom, 60g pour), followed by 1 pour of remaining water (180g) for a lighter body. Result was pretty good, but no new flavor notes detected.

The 2nd cup was done using the "sweet" bloom/pour (40g water for bloom, 80g pour) with the light body 2nd pour (180g). I really found this cup easy to drink as a good coffee should be, but again, I can't say I detected anything other than a good coffee taste. Well, there was a hint of chocolate. And the body was light with a good mouth feel.

The final cup was the "brightness" bloom of 80g bloom and at 45s, the remaining 40g. Final 180g added as one pour for a lighter body. This was a very good cup. I think I need to repeat this brewing on my next day off and work on detecting nuances in the coffee.

Eric,

Which pour over dripper are you using? What material?

I am using the plastic Hario V60, with Hario filters.

The clear plastic or the opaque plastic? Size 02?

I have the opaque plastic sizes 01 and 02 and just picked up a glass size 01 that I use with the Hario Switch base (swapping out the larger cone that comes with that dripper).

I am currently using the white Hario tabbed filters and the regular Cafec filters for the V60s. I also have the plastic Hario Mugen that also uses the 02 size V60 filters. The Mugen is a forgiving brewer that I would use to get a baseline flavor of a new coffee. It can be frustrating to get the filter smooth and bubble free when wetting the filter in the Mugen but with practice, you can smooth things out. I like it in that you dump all the water in and walk away from the brewer and let it drain. No extra pours or hassle (at least for the recipe I used). I have also used the Mugen cone with the Hario Switch base as well.

Eric,

Which pour over dripper are you using? What material?

I am using the plastic Hario V60, with Hario filters.

The clear plastic or the opaque plastic? Size 02?

I have the opaque plastic sizes 01 and 02 and just picked up a glass size 01 that I use with the Hario Switch base (swapping out the larger cone that comes with that dripper).

I am currently using the white Hario tabbed filters and the regular Cafec filters for the V60s. I also have the plastic Hario Mugen that also uses the 02 size V60 filters. The Mugen is a forgiving brewer that I would use to get a baseline flavor of a new coffee. It can be frustrating to get the filter smooth and bubble free when wetting the filter in the Mugen but with practice, you can smooth things out. I like it in that you dump all the water in and walk away from the brewer and let it drain. No extra pours or hassle (at least for the recipe I used). I have also used the Mugen cone with the Hario Switch base as well.

I have a red 01 V60. Been using it for a couple of years. I also have a ceramic Bee House 2 hole dripper, and use the Melitta #1 filter. It was a great starter pour over for me and I still use it every now and then. In addition to those, I have a steel cone filter that does not need filters. It gives a brew similar in mouth feel to a French press brew.

I am using the plastic Hario V60, with Hario filters.

The clear plastic or the opaque plastic? Size 02?

I have the opaque plastic sizes 01 and 02 and just picked up a glass size 01 that I use with the Hario Switch base (swapping out the larger cone that comes with that dripper).

I am currently using the white Hario tabbed filters and the regular Cafec filters for the V60s. I also have the plastic Hario Mugen that also uses the 02 size V60 filters. The Mugen is a forgiving brewer that I would use to get a baseline flavor of a new coffee. It can be frustrating to get the filter smooth and bubble free when wetting the filter in the Mugen but with practice, you can smooth things out. I like it in that you dump all the water in and walk away from the brewer and let it drain. No extra pours or hassle (at least for the recipe I used). I have also used the Mugen cone with the Hario Switch base as well.

I have a red 01 V60. Been using it for a couple of years. I also have a ceramic Bee House 2 hole dripper, and use the Melitta #1 filter. It was a great starter pour over for me and I still use it every now and then. In addition to those, I have a steel cone filter that does not need filters. It gives a brew similar in mouth feel to a French press brew.

When I was researching which material to choose for the V60 for thermal properties I also chose the same plastic as you. I started with the 01 size (in white) but found most of the recipes were for the 02 size. I also ran across a post saying mentioning different flow rates between the 01 and 02 size drippers. I picked up the 02 size in plastic (red) and it did have a different flow rate for the same dose/recipe which worked better for some recipes. I took a caliper and measured the holes of both the plastic 01 and plastic 02 sizes and they were different size holes. the hole for the V60-01 measured 0.747" and the V60-02 hole measured 0.888" (at least for the opaque plastic versions). I do not know if that holds true for the glass or metal versions or not or if that was just a manufacturing anomaly. It did make a difference for me, but now I prefer the 01 size to pour closer to the brew bed.

Did you enjoy the brews from the Bee House dripper? I was looking at that one along with several others of similar design so I could use a locally available filter if I ran out of all my filters. I finally decided that I have enough drippers for now (ha ha).

That is cool that you have the steel cone filter. Do you know which one it is? I can definitely see you would get the French Press vibe since you have no paper filter to absorb any oils.

JUST KIDDING