Al Subaih - Brew Chart & Impressions
What can we even say about this coffee? It's just beautiful. We usually narrow it down to four impressions for our labels, but we had to use five of MANY because this coffee is so complex.
When it comes to a coffee like this, it's impossible, almost futile, to try and over analyze it: you have to experience it for yourself and make it your own little sensory trip.
But if you were to ask David what he tasted in it, he would tell you that papaya and lychee are the dominant fruits, making the coffee feel fresh and sirupy, but that we can also feel lots of citrus like sweet lemon, with an undertone of red berries.
It's sweet like vanilla and cane sugar, and if you brew for longer than our starting specs, it'll be full of caramel as well.
The coffee is also floral like rose water, and we might have detected some hints of cinnamon as well.
What is also impressing is that all of this, somehow, works wonder together.
Method | Dose | Ratio | Time |
Espresso | 18 g | 2.3:1 | 26-30 sec |
Espresso with milk | 18g | 2:1 | 32-36 sec |
Americano | 18 g | 2.3:1 | 28-32 sec |
V60/Origami |
20 g | 17:1 | 3:15-3:45 min |
Chemex & Batch Brew |
40-60 g | 16.5:1 | 4:30-5:30 min |
French Press |
18-25 g | 15.5:1 | 3:15 min steep time |