Christmas Coffee

Regular Latte

Starting to make plans for Christmas dinner...

Any suggestions for a great coffee to end this meal?

Espresso or a longer drink.

Thanks!

RE*AC*TOR

Tim Wendelboe's Kenyan Tekangu, brewed in V60 pourover to about 19% extraction.

Wigsy

Can u explain the 19%? Also what dose do u suggest in the v60 & what time works well?

Regular Latte

I don't think Santa is bringing me a v60 this year, but it would be fun to brew the coffee for guests right on the dinning table. Kind of multi-sensory for people as the coffee blooms and flows. Nice idea.

I'm guessing the Kenyan Tekangu works very well using other methods??

BTW, can you buy the v60 in Ireland?

RE*AC*TOR

On a size 2 V60, I use 30g coffee / 500g water (94/95C). I finish pouring around 2 mins, finished dripping through by 2:30. But it all depends on how fine you grind etc.

19% extraction....

You can extract generally anything up to 30% of the solid material of ground coffee. Generally 18-22% is where people reckon the best flavour lies. Less than that, it is underdeveloped, more than that it becomes bitter.

The Tekangu is also excellent in french press, aeropress etc. Great coffee.

Coffee Angel are selling the V60 stuff (and the Hario hand grinder too).

Regular Latte

Reactor, I just looked into the Tekangu. It's going to work out at about €20 for 250g! It would have to be amazing at that price, right? Much respect to Wendelboe for his generous Fairtrade policy on this coffee though. Maybe I should consider a bag of coffee as a charitable investment into a Kenyan community.

Any other suggestions??

(I'll look into Coffee Angel for v60....when their new site goes live)

RE*AC*TOR

I think it's the best coffee I've had all year. When you open the bag it's like opening the lid to a jar of jam.

Whether or not you or your guests will love it as much as I do is up for debate. There are plenty of other, great coffees, with more reasonable shipping costs, from the likes of Square Mile, Hasbean, James Gourmet Coffee in the UK.

IsThatSo?

This coffee is amazing:

https://www.hasbean.co.uk/products/Panama-SHG-La-Esmeralda-Estate%2C-%22Palmyra%22.html

I brew it in a french press, which might suit your sensory requirements for Christmas day.

The shipping is Fedex, so you need to place a fair sized order or it works out very expensive. Steve stocks great coffee though, so anything you get from him will be good.

stimpson

IsThatSo? wrote: »

This coffee is amazing:

https://www.hasbean.co.uk/products/Panama-SHG-La-Esmeralda-Estate%2C-%22Palmyra%22.html

I brew it in a french press, which might suit your sensory requirements for Christmas day.

The shipping is Fedex, so you need to place a fair sized order or it works out very expensive. Steve stocks great coffee though, so anything you get from him will be good.

Hasbean do Royal Mail too works out at a couple of quid a quater...just takes longer

IsThatSo?

stimpson wrote: »

Hasbean do Royal Mail too works out at a couple of quid a quater...just takes longer

Yep, it got lost on me once though and I don't take the chance now. Royal Mail seem to have a problem with my address! I use that as an excuse to order big and drink plenty

Gran Hermano

My last two orders with hasbean, using the bog standard and cheap mail option, have arrived rather quickly. I ordered one on Thursday and it arrived today.

Clinker

Gran Hermano wrote: »

I ordered one on Thursday and it arrived today.

I had exactly the same experience. Tantalising new coffee under my desk. Can't wait to get home. Damn this evening class I have to teach!

Wigsy

Regular Latte wrote: »

Starting to make plans for Christmas dinner...

Any suggestions for a great coffee to end this meal?

Espresso or a longer drink.

Thanks!

https://www.hasbean.co.uk/products/Christmas-Pack.html

Hasbean has a Christmas pack up on the site.

Regular Latte

I've just put in an order with Hasbean for the Palmyra (looking forward to the "walnut whip"). Thanks, Isthatso.

The Christmas pack is on its way too, wigsy. Cheers.


As an aside, this time last year I was in Chicago and brought back a couple of bags from Intelligentsia. (That was last year's Christmas coffee.) I thought they didn't deliver overseas, but I have a feeling I read somewhere on this board that some of you got an order from them. How did you do that?

RE*AC*TOR

They do indeed order overseas. Shipping can be expensive enough though.