Am I doin it right? (pic)

[pingu Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close pingu]

Ive gotten my shots to a point at which I find them most definitely not undelicious. I was wondering, however if I could improve it. I think Im doing most everything right so heres a pic of my cup and perhaps one of you experts can see room for improvement. Its a fresh Ethiopian single origin.

Pic -> http://tinyurl.com/6le7tv

[askthecoffeeguy Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close askthecoffeeguy]

Re: Am I doin it right? (pic)

Nice looking coffee pingu - the cremas a bit broken up and a bit bubbly which could indicate that the coffee has been marginally over-extracted

But it could also be that the coffee beans themselves are a bit past it. How many days post-roast are they? Also that patch of dark brown in the top right hand corner suggests that the coffee might be a bit burnt

But really, all of this is academic. How does the coffee taste? Its whats in the cup and on the palate that really matters!

Hope this helps

Pat

[Koffee_Kosmo Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Koffee_Kosmo]

Re: Am I doin it right? (pic)

I would drink it
If fact I am going to go and make one now
KK

[pingu Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close pingu]

Re: Am I doin it right? (pic)

That helps a lot, thanks.

The beans are two days since roast apparently, I didnt know bubbles meant too much.

It does taste great, I suppose I just want to be able to read crema a bit better and make sure Im not doing anything terribly wrong.

[fatboy_1999 Señor Ding Dong Find all posts View Profile Close fatboy_1999]

Re: Am I doin it right? (pic)

Looks pretty good really.
If the beans are just 2 days post roast, then the bubbles are probably because it is still a little young.
If the beans last a week, youll probably notice the crema settle down a bit.

The dark brown in the corner might just be a shadow too.

But if it tastes great, you know youre doing something right!

[Koffee_Kosmo Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Koffee_Kosmo]

Re: Am I doin it right? (pic)

The general rule is to leave the roasted beans rest for min 2 to 5 days depending on the bean type
Also to be consumed up to 20 and 30 days or staleness sets in

As long as its a pleasure to drink? thats all that matters

KK

[pingu Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close pingu]

Re: Am I doin it right? (pic)

Thanks, didnt know you had to rest beans either! Learning a bit, today.

[Bon Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Bon]

Re: Am I doin it right? (pic)

Looks pretty decent to me.

[LindaD Senior Groupie Find all posts View Profile Close LindaD]

Re: Am I doin it right? (pic)

Pingu,

Ethiopians sort of need roughly about a week to rest. As my second fav bean, I find that around about this time and maybe to a week and a half it brings out the best in them.

-Linda