My brother shared a principle modeled after a friend of ours which says to not worry about spending money on things, since the experiences are more valuable than those dollars sitting in your pocket. I also spent a couple days agonizing over the thought of buying a fancy brewer, such as the Caedo Hoop or the NextLevel Pulsar or some other cool new brewer. However, one redditor pointed out that the best brewer is the V60, since it is so simple, and you should improve your coffee. My grinder is already pretty good, so I decided to take all this advice and spend $30 on a bag of uber-specialty coffee. So I went to Dayglow in hopes of buying some fancy coffee.
On their shelf, they had coffee from a range of roasters, but honestly, nothing that seemed super appealing to me. So I decided to go for an origin and brand that I respect, so a SEY Ethiopia seemed right. They also had the honey process version of this coffee, but I went for the washed. In hindsight, I may have enjoyed that one since a SEY honey process probably would not be horrible.
This coffee was a very light roast, and I had some issues with it as I started to brew it.
In the cup we find excellent density and structure, peach rings, lemonade, and tea.
I also did not know what I was tasting for. I think the tea here was rather light, and lemonade meant acidity. Peach rings also came out, but in less of a jelly, sour way, and more of a plastic, gummy way with a scent of peach. I have no idea what "density and structure" means in coffee, so I am happy to understand that.
The coffee also tasted good on AeroPress, and I wish I had brewed it a few more times on AeroPress as well.
Overall, this was an interesting foray into the uber-specialty world, but the coffee was not notably memorable except for its extreme lightness. I didn't think the acidity was particularly unique or prominent, despie it being good coffee.
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