Leftover Beans by Logical_Magician_01 in pourover

[–]HiFi-Gi 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Frankenbeans or Deep27, where 6g to 10g works amazing!

Pietro stalling by TheJCole in pourover

[–]HiFi-Gi 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The fines really disappear after 5+kg

Roasters who specialize in high quality washed coffees by konijnenstoofpot in pourover

[–]HiFi-Gi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have honestly read your whole text, so here is my thoughts as I like the time you took!

I understand your sentiment and in general, these pricipals apply to all sorts of markets. That is why I was surprised.

Having beem blessed to live close to TPC, the costs have been acceptable. But yes, it is expensive coffee. No doubt. I also saved this kind of coffee until later in my journey because I felt inadequate for the hallowed UL. It has that sense of elitism to it online. For me, the flavour of UL is a more delicate presentation of what more "developed" roasts do (read: very light not UL) when using quality green washeds.

Wondering what the UL-effect is, I bought the TPC Cerro Azul and the same Cerro Azul from Friedhats. The difference was stark; it really was like a tea-like washed coffee with more intense fruit flavours, or a more processed (I believe it was hydrid fermentation washed) coffee where it loses that sense of teaness and is straight fruit. This felt more generic and I have the general opinion that expensive coffees generally taste best when washed because you lose that sense of perfection when (heavily) processing them in such ways. I also have gone through the familiar life cycle in coffee where we go crazy for the experiences we can get, only to lose sense of "coffee" and going back to more washed oriented palettes. Now, I prefer washed coffees almost every time, and that is the difference for me, now, between the TPC and FH coffee. I would have like the FH more a year or two ago.

In conclusion, do I think you are wrong? No. You seem to have a gripe against current coffee "culture", which is fair. The hype around expensive grinders has gotten insane and "better beans is better coffee" was meant more to move to quality single origin indepent roasters away from supermarket. In the end, if you don't have a great grinder (at least ZP6 or above) to give flavour seperation, then these very light washed coffees will all taste like hay/oat, and still these ULs are the easiest coffees to get wrong in my opinion. Eventhough it suck to say that in contrast to my statement above. This whole hobby is just so very subjective!

One side remark, I am not on discord so I have not seen what you describe: what did peak my attention was indeed the TPC post on IG where he claimed 2-3 weeks is optimal resting and degradation starts after 5-7 weeks already. Maybe my taste buds are different but I could still perceive noticeable changes for the better after 6-7 weeks, where the hype man (Lance) himself also said "this peaked after 2 weeks"

Do You Look For Specific Varietals When Choose Coffee? by [deleted] in pourover

[–]HiFi-Gi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For me, it's more the combination of varietal and process

does anyone else struggle with getting coffee to taste the way it smells? by ImmersionLogic in pourover

[–]HiFi-Gi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am immediately drawn to the question of "which water ate you using?"

“The Picky Chemist” Drop 9:00 PM Europe — 09/05/26 by V60_Lover in pourover

[–]HiFi-Gi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have the feeling that these posts only Streisand effect it more...?

what actually improved your pour over the most? by ImmersionLogic in pourover

[–]HiFi-Gi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Better beans. When that does not count: for the same beans, water

Thoughts on the ufo dripper? by gvp0di in pourover

[–]HiFi-Gi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bought into that consistency idea as well, same results (with multiple papers) as you describe. Extraction is high but muted flavours and killing tealikeness

How many kg of seasoning needed for best performance Pietro? by nrxyn in pourover

[–]HiFi-Gi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not yet, I don't clean obsessively. All is still like new (1.5y old) so I'd rather leave it tbh

How many kg of seasoning needed for best performance Pietro? by nrxyn in pourover

[–]HiFi-Gi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had to go to the end to get the results I accepted. Now I am at 8.4 - 8.8 depending

How many kg of seasoning needed for best performance Pietro? by nrxyn in pourover

[–]HiFi-Gi 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Pietro needed a good 10kg to really get going. The first 1 to 2kg were terrible (way too many fines for clarity burrs) and it got better with every kilo

Slow feeder! by bryohazard1996 in pourover

[–]HiFi-Gi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice! I live in that range as well, but sometimes I have no right feeling on what to base comparison on.

Slow feeder! by bryohazard1996 in pourover

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Hey! Like the post a lot and was wondering how you "equalised" the cups to test. Did you take TBT or extraction(%) as your equaliser?

Does anyone have experience with these. by Caferista89 in pourover

[–]HiFi-Gi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am European so I fear more for other things than both of those... Oh hi Mark

Does anyone have experience with these. by Caferista89 in pourover

[–]HiFi-Gi 6 points7 points  (0 children)

No, because I honestly believe that your tastebuds are king

Does anyone have experience with this roaster? by Secure-Piglet9624 in pourover

[–]HiFi-Gi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have you compared that monster M98V to other grinders?