The first sign isn’t taste. It’s the pour. That pencil-thin ribbon you used to lay onto the bloom now surges, sputters, surges again, and the Ethiopian you bought for its jasmine note tastes like…
Last Tuesday I weighed out 15 g of a washed Guji from Onyx, ran my usual medium-roast V60 recipe, and got back a cup that tasted thin, sour, and faintly salty. The beans weren’t…
A sour, thin AeroPress can be consistent with relatively low extraction, but sourness is not proof of one cause. Some coffees are naturally bright, and serving temperature changes perception. Treat taste as a clue:…
Most home brewers hit a wall somewhere around the second month. The bag tastes flat, or sharp, or just nothing like what the roaster promised on the label, and the obvious suspect is the…