Friday, May 26, 2006

Today's Cup: Sumatra Mandheling Grade 1 Toba

This Sumatran was very tangy, a feature I didn't terribly enjoy --although I came to get used to it but the end of the pot:-) I attribute this to the roast profile, which entirely eliminates the 3rd stage.

Yesterday I published the roast curve for Preset 1. I also like the roast curve that Sweet Maria's uses:
StageTempDuration
Stage 1350F2:00
Stage 2400F3:00
Stage 3460F4:30
Total9:00

Here's the rub: with 1/2 cup, I end up shortening the roast so that I never get into stage 3 at all (neither with Sweet Maria's roast curve nor preset 1). So I think I need to come up with a roast curve for 1/2 cup that shortens the middle stages so that I can get into the last stage.

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