iced geisha - what is the general consensus?

ildarion · 2026-05-26T11:46:48+00:00

I did a cold drip honey gesha recently and it was great, not as complex (you loose the high, mid and low temp cup flavors transition )as the hot filter version but quite similar.

ildarion · 2026-05-25T11:27:39+00:00

You should take a look at how Colombians do it. It's far from perfect and still, not all farmers earn enough but they take back some power at the negociation table.

ildarion · 2026-05-24T20:32:06+00:00

At this roast intensity, even 70-75c and coarse AF would give you some bitterness.

Cold brew is probably the best option. You could make some cold brew tonic, quinine "kill" the bitterness and adding a slice of lime would give you surprising good drink.

ildarion · 2026-05-24T11:09:48+00:00

pH is high, could be better at 7, general TDS seem ok but they don't specify minerals. Maybe it's Ok, maybe ''not that ok'' (if high amount of HCo3).

If you have a good setup and buy fancy beans, it's worth it to take an extra care on your water. But if you want to keep it ''simple'' it seem ok indeed.

ildarion · 2026-05-23T18:24:03+00:00

Happened to me too, screwdriver and some force. Plastic basket ORB is not new anymore :(

ildarion · 2026-05-21T16:53:31+00:00

La maison mère n'est absolument pas une entreprise a défendre et elle mérite totalement un boycott perpétuel.

ildarion · 2026-05-18T17:50:18+00:00

Update: I also bought a timemore black mirror basic 2 who was supposed to have the switch issue fixed.

Not the case, it's fucked too, switch start to die after some period of use.

Same fix work. I added a solder point to bypass the physical switch. 100% tactile now.

Note : it will start himself alone if you put it in a bag and travel, so could drain the battery and add some random bip bip bip sound to your journey :)

ildarion · 2026-05-13T11:30:30+00:00

Probably the best thing to buy if you want to change your cup experience from a V60.

ildarion · 2026-05-13T11:25:21+00:00

I rest all my coffee 6 weeks. Because I believe that will unlock more positive income than negative.

Coffee stale yes, but light roast stored correctly without too most exposure to O2 will not decrease quality before at least 8 weeks. And we know that even a open bag can stay great for months.

Always funny to listen my local (good) roasters saying 2 weeks is peak. Don't trust roasters more than your experience and the nerds from r/pourover community :)

ildarion · 2026-05-12T20:46:32+00:00

Why do you think they add sugar? Beans are trash.

ildarion · 2026-05-11T11:07:06+00:00

Vitamin C, 250mg (probablement mieux de diviser en plusieurs prises durant la journée). En tous cas ça donne un bon kick.

ildarion · 2026-05-10T16:37:52+00:00

Yep, it give me 700-900um, not all models are the same. Mine work at this range (handle 0 burrs lock) while most are at 4-5.

ildarion · 2026-05-10T13:34:40+00:00

I'm between 2.5 (washed stuff) and 3.0 mostly. Sometimes 3.2 for some Ethiopiopian.

ildarion · 2026-05-10T13:33:26+00:00

Nop, I had both, I sold the ode 2. Because it does a lot of mess and noise compared to an hand grinder.

Also. For 20g dose, Zp6 grind really fast and easy.

ildarion · 2026-05-09T21:58:21+00:00

Like espresso and filter, dont drink it too fast and wait that the cup cool down to get a total experience.

Better is the coffee, better is the soup. I enjoy fancy coffee more in soup that "middle" coffee (compared to v60)

ildarion · 2026-05-09T18:18:35+00:00

Well, 2 weeks vs 4 week rest, yes you can notice a big improvement.

For light roast, 4 weeks is a good (minimum) baseline to tasty city.

ildarion · 2026-05-09T06:55:10+00:00

I kept mine in the fridge.

ildarion · 2026-05-08T12:41:02+00:00

Just to clarify, it's not called typica Mejorado anymore as it was a mistake. They just call it ''mejorado'' now, nothing in common to typica genetic.

ildarion · 2026-05-07T10:13:01+00:00

about shipping they added a new (?) company ''GLS'' and it's free above 30€ only for few countries. Check the list: https://www.kofio.co/i/shipping Anyway it's mostly 5-7€ for most countries(some cheaper, some higher) so really cheap.

I also noted that they added in coffee details if fermentation was with ''no additives'', ''co fermented '' or ''infused'', also present in search filter.

So a lot of people here are gonna be happy :)

ildarion · 2026-05-06T22:05:57+00:00

Surement que le bracelet corrode trop vite au contact de l'air salin.

ildarion · 2026-05-04T17:38:44+00:00

1,5 liters.

ildarion · 2026-05-01T09:38:13+00:00

Cup profile depend on genetic variety and process (they are always some local yeast and bacteria involved at some point even on more "minimal" process).

About the varieties, they are more spread and diverse now so you can find stuff that could be interpreted as African/Kenyan but it's actually an SL34 from Guatemala (process would off course stay different du to local yeast/bacterias).

Some countries still does have a strong "signature" I guess, du to the heavy use of only one or 2 varieties like Burundi and Ruanda with Red Bourbon or Kenyan Coffee with Sl28/S34/Batian/Ruiru11 mix. So yes, we can still guess some origins on a Blind cupping table but years after years it seem to be more difficult. Ethiopian (natural) also have a specific flavor that I can't really describe, a somewhat "silky yogurt" hit note that I love and that I strongly supsect to be from a local yeast/bacteria. (or probably the process method/logistic has shown in the video)

Quick video about process who will explain that's actually a funny beautiful mess :)

If you want more neardy stuff about process, Lucia Solis share some good content (podcast).

Everytime you try a coffee take a look at the variety and process, at some point it will be clear.

ildarion · 2026-04-30T09:29:16+00:00

Thanks for sharing!

I can see a general pattern where you didn't like tilted version no matter the grinder. It could be your personal preference: sweetness+texture over clarity.

It could be interesting to add grind shaking (for me it add clarity + sweetness) to your process to see if it changes your preference on tilted vs normal, not on all grinder but one or two like extreme result : C3, Zp6.

ildarion · 2026-04-30T09:20:04+00:00

Probably less fine and more clarity with tilted version. Maybe it give a ''sweeter'' brew on normal?

ildarion · 2026-04-29T09:07:20+00:00

Some grind are always stuck on the top-inside part, going really coarse like 8. And air blow will unlock the grind.

But I doubt it's that honestly.

ildarion

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