brazil peabody what would it blend with

[coffeegaz]

Im not a roaster yet!!!! so I have just recieved my brown bean surprise pack it contained

tanzanian arumeru
ethiopian harrar
zambian lupili
indian tiger mountain
brazil peabody

while I will be trying them all as single blends I was wondering if any would combine to make a good milk bases blend. also I cant seem to find any info on the brazil peabody has anyone any thoughts on that bean

well I have just opened the harrar what a nice coffee yum...

[Dennis]

Re: brazil peabody what would it blend with

Coffeegaz, maybe if you do a search under peaberryinstead of peabody you may have better luck?  

If Im not mistaken, Peabody is a person, whereas peaberry is a pea shaped bean found in coffee berries  :P ;D

Oh, and if it were me, I wouldnt bother blending - they all sound like they would be great on their own.

[coffeegaz]

Re: brazil peaberry what would it blend with

thanks dennis

next time Ill try putting on my glasses


gaz

[Dennis]

Re: brazil peaberry what would it blend with

thanks dennis

next time Ill try putting on my glasses


gaz

;D ;D ;D

[robusto]

Re: brazil peabody what would it blend with

Wasnt Peabody a bookish American cartoon dog?

[Thundergod]

Re: brazil peabody what would it blend with

Peabody with Sherman.

[robusto]

Re: brazil peabody what would it blend with

Thats the one TG, well done. Something to do with winding back the time machine every night....

[Dennis]

Re: brazil peabody what would it blend with

You guys are going to get in so much trouble for being OT.

So what do you think would go with these peaberries? Gaz, in addition to my previous post, its either coffee lore or coffee etiquette to blend beans that are from the same region/continent.

As your starter pack doesnt have any other beans from Sth America, maybe you could try another brown like the columbian. Alternatively you could mix peabody with sherman and end up with fractured fables.

[coffeegaz]

Re: brazil peabody what would it blend with

GEE I thought I was the only one old enough to remember peabody !!!!

does that mean that you would blend Tanzanian with Zambian am just trying to get a feel of what you can mix

thanks

gaz

[robusto]

Re: brazil peabody what would it blend with

Perhaps I can redeem us by getting back on topic.

Time is precious, so standing around a hot barbecue for what can be hours roasting tiny batches to blend later has lost its novelty value for me.

So I mix and match, pre-blend and roast. About 15 minutes for 400 grams x 2 batches. Half an hour all up. There will be perhaps 4 different SOs in batch 1, and a different lot of SOs in batch 2.

Or, different proportions in the second batch.

But I try to to blend like with like -- No giants and peaberries together. No hard beans mixed with monsoon malabars.

It all works well. Roasts are extraordinarily even.

[Andy]

Re: brazil peabody what would it blend with


Well, my 2.2c worth...

All 5 will be darn good as single origins.

tanzanian arumeru
ethiopian harrar
zambian lupili
indian tiger mountain
brazil peabody

If you want to blend, do it by YOUR TASTE but a starting point will be...

2 x indian tiger mountain (smooth n buttery body, mostly mid palette)
2 x brazil peabody (will fill-out the sides and add some sweetness)
1 x any one of those africans for highlight n punch.

so that gives you:

indian tiger mountain
brazil peabody
zambian lupili

indian tiger mountain
brazil peabody
ethiopian harrar

indian tiger mountain
brazil peabody
tanzanian arumeru


Another worth a try is:

indian tiger mountain
ethiopian harrar
tanzanian arumeru

The zambian lupili and tanzanian arumeru would not work as well together (my taste) but will work well with the tiger, peaberry or a central American bean.

I expect all 4 of those blend suggestions will be far better than your local cafe serves too.

[coffeegaz]

Re: brazil peabody what would it blend with

WOW!!!

what a list ,

Im currently drinking the harrar as a single blend (very smooth) and intend to try all the others as a single blend but use some of each blended to give to friends and visitors .Iseem to have more friends popping in for a coffee since I got my machine MMMMMMMMMMMM wonder why.

Oh!! guess what I found in the shed a BREADMAKER so it looks like Ill have to buy a heatgun and give roasting a go

so much to learn so little time.