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Hodeidah Gran Gourmet Bar 80/20 blend, medium light roast.

Very unusual roast color for a classic Italian blend, this one is not meant for the moka although I can work around it.

I’m still dialling in but so far this coffee is quite strange, I can’t feel the robusta and there’s a bit of acidity that reminds me of the previous Torrefazione Penazzi India Cherry AB coffee, the rest is malt and caramel notes, I guess beans from Central America (the label doesn’t specify anything about it).

I’m grinding in the espresso range (1.5.0) but since there’s still acidity my next move will be to add even more water to increase the yield and see if the sweet notes come out, to do this i have to use the Giannina with 1 cup reducer and fill with water above the level for 1 cup, so a yield of roughly 60 ml or more.

We shall see with the next tests.

Meanwhile I’m working on the Instagram page.