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Dose: 20g
Ratio: 1:17
Grind: Slightly Coarser than Neutral
Brew Time: 3:10
TDS: 1.33
Extraction: 19.8%
Sensory Description:
When well dialed, Odo Shakiso is tropical and delicate with notes of candied orange, clover honey, bergamot, black tea, and tropical fruits. The aftertaste is long and pleasant with a range of floral notes like honeysuckle and lavender. The texture is creamy, similar to custard, with a light, tea-like body. The sweetness is dense and coating, similar to wildflower honey.
Dial Notes:
Over-extracted brews of Odo Shakiso were flat and dull on the pallet with muted fruit notes. The ripe tropical fruit notes became similar to stale, dried tropical fruit and sensory experience was similar to that of oversteeped black tea. If you are noticing bitter astringency and muted fruit notes, adjust your grind size coarser.
Under-extracted brews are lacking in sweetness, resulting in a thin and sour brew, similar to underripe citrus. In under-extracted brews of Odo Shakiso, I found prominent notes of underripe lemon and pineapple. If you are noticing sharp, sour notes adjust your grind size finer.
Well-dialed cups of Calagual are dynamic in experience, a lovely combination of process and terroir. Grown in Santa Rosa, Guatemala, this anaerobic natural pache opens with a soft and bright apricot and raspberry yoghurt, reflecting its process, and finishes with a vanilla and cashew-like sweetness and texture. There is clarity to the flavor profile, while carrying a velvety texture and slightly thicker mouthfeel.
A well-dialed La Maravilla La Cumbre is a great example of what we look for in our Orange label series. It’s remarkably chocolatey, with the creamy sweetness and richness of a good cup of hot chocolate. Perceived acidity is relatively low, and the cup leans on flavors of vanilla, caramel, and dried dates. Milk chocolate lingers on the palate, giving the coffee a long, pleasant finish. Sweet and full-bodied, it works as an everyday coffee on either pour over or espresso.
For a natural processed coffee, well-dialed cups of San Joaquin are quite chocolatey. And much like our other El Salvador offerings, this coffee is very sweet and has a nice creamy texture. You can expect a lot of candy bar flavors like milk chocolate, caramel, and vanilla. There’s also an underlying red fruit characteristic that adds complexity to the cup. Pay special attention to subtle notes of cherry and red apple when dialing. On the finish, you’ll find some cola, maple syrup, and pecan-like notes.
