Showerthought: Dialing in a new bean can be a whole day project

I got a new Ethiopian roast from a local roaster last Friday. I thought my usual grind setting would work, but it was way too sour. I spent the next six hours making tiny adjustments, wasting almost half the bag. I finally got it right on the eighth try, just as my partner asked if we were having coffee or a science fair. Anyone else have a bean that just refused to cooperate?

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3 Comments

price.jake2mo ago

Man, that sounds like my last bag of light roast.

alex8092mo ago

Wait, your light roast tasted like that? Mine are always way weaker.

reed.eva2mo ago

Honestly, that was a light roast?