Ethiopian Yirgacheffe

roasted city+, stopped before second crack. french pressed.

more body than i expected at that roast level (woot, hope i didn't just reveal my ignorance there of where body comes from). very bright and acidy. my poor tongue doesn't really like acidy too much, meaning the yirg isn't going to be my favorite cuppa.... but! it's still damn good. dark and caramelly and yummy, again, things i didn't expect at so light a roast.

i ordered a variac a week ago, haven't got a tracking # for it but I think i might be getting it today... i think poor smokey is roasing WAY too fast, I think my wall voltage is mighty high, and i noticed last night that the base of his roast chamber is kinda pitted and melted and is probably not long for this world.

i blame society.

specifically, the electric company, i think.

in any case, roasting to full city in 5 minutes will definitely affect the cup flavor, most likely in a negative way. with the variac i can slow things down (and i've been considering heat gun/dog bowl to REALLY slow things down, but I like the small batches from smokey and HG/DB => bigger batch...).

anyhow, bottom line: Yrg: not bad, not a favorite, but not a hated bean.