Hi everyone,
Not sure if this is the right thread, so please feel free to move it if need be.
I've got two bags of green beans on the go at the moment for home roasting, Ethiopian Yirgacheffe Special Prep and India Monsoon Malabar Gold. Roasting in a popcorn machine, ultra noob but it works for me at the moment.
The India beans are an absolute crema monster when I'm running it through my Gaggia Classic, grind settings are towards the finer end but not as fine as it goes. Makes for a delicious cup! Unpressurised, double basket.
On the other hand, Yirgy barely produces any crema in the cup and sometimes even requires a mulligan cup to get it right.
Could it be that the two variants require different grind settings, with the Yirgy beans being significantly smaller than the India beans? Although one would think that when ground, they both yield the same result.
Any advice appreciated, prior to switching machines I was using pressurised baskets and getting not a bad taste with the Yirgy, so I'm keen to get it right with my Gaggia Classic.
Thanks, Brendan.
Not sure if this is the right thread, so please feel free to move it if need be.
I've got two bags of green beans on the go at the moment for home roasting, Ethiopian Yirgacheffe Special Prep and India Monsoon Malabar Gold. Roasting in a popcorn machine, ultra noob but it works for me at the moment.
The India beans are an absolute crema monster when I'm running it through my Gaggia Classic, grind settings are towards the finer end but not as fine as it goes. Makes for a delicious cup! Unpressurised, double basket.
On the other hand, Yirgy barely produces any crema in the cup and sometimes even requires a mulligan cup to get it right.
Could it be that the two variants require different grind settings, with the Yirgy beans being significantly smaller than the India beans? Although one would think that when ground, they both yield the same result.
Any advice appreciated, prior to switching machines I was using pressurised baskets and getting not a bad taste with the Yirgy, so I'm keen to get it right with my Gaggia Classic.
Thanks, Brendan.

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