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  • #31
    I just ran off another batch, this time Yirg Gelena Abaya natural. Drinking it now with some sparkling water and ice, it's nice

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    • #32
      home made cold drip

      Yes, towards the end I does slow down. But I didn't bother to adjust it. 9-10hrs is fine as long as it produces a good cup. my mates didn't really like the light roast though... I'm going to try a medium roast Kenya AA tonight

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      • #33
        my mates didn't really like the light roast though... I'm going to try a medium roast
        Bingo!

        I think light roasts requirements are a bit of a Furphy in many different brewing processes.

        The gotcha with most light roasts is it will produce a lemongrass tea range of flavours which is interesting, unique, different and not much like coffee. They have their place but I'm sure most of your mates that didnt like the light roast will love a cold drip at a more "normal" roast depth.

        Blind tastings at the Snobbery have shown most people who tried cold drip (as an iced coffee with milk for the latte drinkers) liked the espresso roast ranges best. Of course, feel free to experiment with your roast depths but don't get sucked into the hype of it has to be sour if it's not espresso.

        If you have the right balance of sugars, acids, body and brightness then most brew methods will shine.

        "Well roasted coffee is coffee roasted well."

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        • #34
          home made cold drip

          Great advice, worth experimenting. My brew today was I spose a medium roast. I went about 1min further past the end of 1c when I roasted it.

          Turned out great

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          • #35
            Originally posted by Andy View Post
            Bingo!

            I think light roasts requirements are a bit of a Furphy in many different brewing processes.

            The gotcha with most light roasts is it will produce a lemongrass tea range of flavours which is interesting, unique, different and not much like coffee. They have their place but I'm sure most of your mates that didnt like the light roast will love a cold drip at a more "normal" roast depth.

            Blind tastings at the Snobbery have shown most people who tried cold drip (as an iced coffee with milk for the latte drinkers) liked the espresso roast ranges best. Of course, feel free to experiment with your roast depths but don't get sucked into the hype of it has to be sour if it's not espresso.

            If you have the right balance of sugars, acids, body and brightness then most brew methods will shine.

            "Well roasted coffee is coffee roasted well."
            I wholeheartedly agree! I want my coffee to taste like coffee... regardless of brewing method. If I want tea, I will drink tea.

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            • #36
              Awesome job JamesM!

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              • #37
                At work we are rotating our single origins coffees that are roasted at the lighter end for espresso and getting very good results in the cold drip. imho darker espresso roasts are fairly uninteresting. Cold drip tends to mute acidity as it is.

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                • #38
                  Inspired by this thread. I usually just cold steep, sieve and run through the AP with paper filter for a cleaner cup. However after trying a few retail cold drips over the summer and seeing this thread I am inclined to try for myself, hoping for a crisper / cleaner cup.

                  Does not get much simpler than this.
                  300ml water
                  40g medium grind, Rwanda Ruhuha, this was rich and smooth choc with very low acidity as espresso this morning, so im thinking it will be ultra smooth through the dripper.
                  about 42 drips / min
                  2 X paper filter on top
                  S filter below
                  Attached Files

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                  • #39
                    great rig steve!!!!

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                    • #40
                      Originally posted by JamesM View Post
                      great rig steve!!!!
                      Cheers

                      Thanks for the thread, pictures and videos really help to spark ideas. Its was so simple, 2.5hrs in and its ticking away nicely.

                      So much easier and less mess than steeping. If it tastes better even more of a bonus.
                      Although to compare fairly i would have do a drip brew using the Porlex, this is my maiden manual brew on the K3P, the medium grinds looked heaps more consistent than the porlex.

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                      • #41
                        Gave this a go today (pretty much Steve's model). Although my initial attempt to get the irrigation dripper into the bottle lid resulted in way too fast a drip (water must be escaping around the 'spike'), the resulting drink was fantastic on ice. This was a Huehuetango at CS8-9. Definitely going to master this.

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                        • #42
                          Originally posted by Barry O'Speedwagon View Post
                          Gave this a go today (pretty much Steve's model). Although my initial attempt to get the irrigation dripper into the bottle lid resulted in way too fast a drip (water must be escaping around the 'spike'), the resulting drink was fantastic on ice. This was a Huehuetango at CS8-9. Definitely going to master this.
                          I had same problem the first time i installed the dripper.
                          Second time i heated the spike on my pocket knife and only made a very small pilot hole. Then kept twisting / pushing the dripper in that little hole unitl it got all the way through, 2 runs and have not had any leaks.

                          I ended up starting at 48drips / min the second time to allow for the big slow down on the small volume of water.

                          Still the end result is very very smooth, very clean, much more so than cold immersion brewing.

                          Think i might have to work on a slightly larger scale model over the cooler months.

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                          • #43
                            Cheers Steve. I made my pilot hole with a bullet head nail....not sure why I thought that was a good idea.

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                            • #44
                              This reminded me to post some photos of my version.

                              The frame is 1" ali tube, the bottle brackets are 90mm poly pipe and some double sided velcro, the dripper is a brass valve from the junk box and the filter is the spare screen from my Expobar held in the end of the bottle with an old group seal.


                              Gary



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                              • #45
                                Nice gazza, that's got mad scientist / coffee nut written all over it.

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