Dark Matter Coffee / A Love Supreme

I've moved to Chicago now. My wife is going to medical school, so we will be here for at least four years. I do quite like the city, and it is nice to be somewhere so big and dense. My work also has a very nice office, with free lunch three days a week, cafe-grade espresso machines, and pour over setups at every snack station. There is three named coffees available across the office, and unlabeled coffee in the mega-batch brewer and the "coffee robot." The two espresso machines have Intelligentsia's Black Cat Analog Espresso and a Metropolis decaf espresso roast. I don't think anyone has cleaned the grinders, but they have a Mazzer Super Jolly and a time-based Mahlkonig. 

At every pourover setup, they have two Baratza Encores (not ESP), usually set to 25 (I adjusted to 15), filled with Dark Matter Coffee's A Love Supreme, one 03 size V60 range server, and three glass V60s drippers on three V60 drip stations on three V60 scales.  The roast dates that I saw were all within the past month. This was on the darker side of medium, though, so I think it would have more longevity.

Four thousand dreams may decay into indigo dust and still, the voice will say: “Love!” A Love Supreme activates a wave of kinetic energy that unites and inspires the creative consciousness. This elemental substance burns bright in the hearts of all. Balance, sweetness, and body are the pillars forming a voluptuous, chocolatey, and easy-drinking potion. A dreamy spectacle for all and a pleasure for every generation. 

It is a little frustrating that every coffee in the office is a medium-dark roast. What about light roast lovers, like me? I will simply drink coffee at home. I do like a darker roast under milk, though. 

Let's get back to A Love Supreme, though. It was a good coffee, definitely had a Brazilian or Indonesian chocolate/earthiness going on. The beans were moderately sized. I made a big cup, and I had to bring filters from home. Hot water on demand was super useful for rinsing the filter. The Bonavita kettle does make for an easy pour, but I do like the aesthetics of my Hario at home. I wish they had filters in the office so I didn't have to bring mine in. I wonder which buttons I can press to make them restock the filters. 

I think I should try again, but grind at 17, to see if I can balance the sweetness and bitterness. I liked it. It was certainly not bad coffee. I might try the "mokapot-style" recipe on an AeroPress there, which I loved with the medium-roast George Howell Mamuto AB. This may be contingent on me finding AeroPress filters, but I could bring some from home.