USPS claims to have delivered 4 of 6 boxes of Roasting Styles Exploration Kit that got mailed. One had a failed delivery attempt and the other is going to Canada and will take a while because of that. Shop's web site is updated with a new coffee from Brazil and removal of a coffee from Peru which I can't roast any more of (some is still available in shop).
@neal *extremely West Side Story voice*
Postage takes ages in Canada
So many long roads in Canada
They'll get it here when they can (-ada)
Then I'll brew coffee in Canada!
@gnomon I think most of the delay was getting the box out of Chicago. Tracking says it's in Toronto now so hopefully that gets delivered soon.
@neal thank you again for putting this together and sending it out. Can't wait to dive into it! That'll probably be a tomorrow morning kind of thing though.
@gnomon Fun fact: the colors on the labels match the colors in the final graph.
@neal I'm only one proper round of critical tasting in so far (municipal water, not Third Wave Water yet; cf. https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/8fd4-Drinking-Water-Analysis-2018-AODA.pdf ← https://www.toronto.ca/services-payments/water-environment/tap-water-in-toronto/tap-water-quality-system-reports/ ← https://www.toronto.ca/services-payments/water-environment/tap-water-in-toronto/ for baseline TDS in aggregate)
Brewed as low-ratio Aeropress as I usually do in the mornings rather than following cupping protocol because I suck at that.
I really like the flavour of the light roast, and your notes for the aroma of the dark are *spot on*.
Going back in for pourover soon!
@gnomon The most important part of cupping is getting the coffee into your mouth. The importance of the slurp is over rated.
@neal thank you for making me feel better about skipping that method entirely. 😄
(I've got a trick epiglottis that often doesn't seal properly; hereditary. Slurping is a high percentage way to end up with a lung full of liquid and a coughing fit. Super awkward.)