Does anyone else find this difficult to dial in? I'm struggling. I've had to move the Mazzer at least 3 or 4 notches coarser to get a pour from this to the point where I've had to change my dosing technique - no tap to level the grounds otherwise I'm having to grind so coarse it may as well be French Press.
When I don't do a levelling tap it results in quite a thin puck - at least it seems that way to me.
Is it just me and the moon phase and the espresso devils or does anyone else have issues dialing in this bean?

gbatterley wrote on Jul 25^th, 2010, 10:32am:


I must say that I don't notice.  All coffees are different in the espresso machine so the first shot of anything is always to dial it in, the 2nd shot is pretty close and normally drinkable and by the 3rd its pretty spot-on and only tiny changes needed after that.

maryb wrote on Jul 25^th, 2010, 12:09pm:


Yep!  I had this in my grinder at the Snobbery every other day last week and I, and others all loved the result.

i have had some uneven roasts, and quite a few dead beans throughout the roast. seems to be tainting my results, anyone else experiencing this..?

I've been enjoying this bean for the last 5 days and then overnight it seemed to have changed and now just tastes like milk that is going off.  I actually thought it must have been the milk and bought new stuff but still no joy. Feel bad for pouring 1.5 L milk down the kitchen sink unnecessarily now. has this happened to anyone else?

I took this to CS8 and love it. I agree, at first it did choke the machine and I had to take the grind back much courser than usual, but once it was dialled in it was beautiful and good whichever way it's made - awesome in the aeropress.

Mal wrote on Aug 5^th, 2010, 11:36pm:


Thanks Mal.  I ground a little coarser and that helped enormously.  I also realised the bag I had them in wasn't sealing properly so I think I also staled them quickly.

Have another new batch roasted and resting in a new bag.

smokeydeck wrote on Aug 5^th, 2010, 12:32pm:


it was only about 8 days post roast but I staled them quickly with a poor quality bag.

Just roasted 600g of Longberry, couldn't wait so I did a Clever Coffee Dripper brew 20 mins post-roast, the dry aroma was amazing, huge blueberry notes and oh so sweet.
It produced a lovely clean buttery mouthfeel with the berry notes very prominent, I'm impressed

greenman wrote on Aug 11^th, 2010, 5:15pm:



This is my favourite summer bean for cold press.  An absolute treat in manual brewing methods.  I roast it a few degrees shy of second crack, CS8/9.

Andy Freeman wrote on Aug 17^th, 2010, 11:35am:


Awesome, I'm deffs excited to try it then.
back to beanbay we go :S
haha  

From the BeanBay description Quote:

Well I'm more worried about this Freemanism - is it splotchy or blotchy or is this a new term invented to describe an uneven roasting characteristic? Never mind, I think I know the answer to that  

Is this crop different quality-wise to the Harar Longberry from last year? Greenman's descriptions sounds mouth-watering. I did buy a Clever dripper. I think I'll run a batch through the Baby roaster tonight and give it a try.

So I roasted 600g green (510g roasted) of this on Saturday arvo after the pickup, taking it about 30 seconds into second crack.  My previous roast was running low so I just left the bag open for a few days before putting it through the grinder last night.
As described by Andy, it pours as quite a thin espresso, and while the crema struggles to hold up to milk, the berry notes certainly don't.  It's like a warm blueberry milkshake
It also makes for an extremely sweet, bright espresso where the blueberry really comes through.

All in all one of my favorite beans & roasts to date.

I've got to say NTE that from both roasts I've done so far, I've really only gotten the really intense in your face berry flavour the day I open the bag.  After that it's very subdued & has more of a hint of berry.  Has anyone else noticed this?  I get all excited day 1, then feel a sense of disappointment when it's not the same day 2.