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Today's beans were Longneck Coffee Roasters (Williamsburg, VA) Mexico La Laja Honey Process (medium roast).
Today was the first day with my new grinder, so I went with a recipe where I had specific grind settings for the recipe for my specific grinder.

I used the Hario Switch with the Coffee Chronicler recipe (hybrid recipe):

On reflection, I bet the grind settings I followed were for a seasoned grinder, so I should have ground a little coarser as my grinder is not seasoned yet. Today's brew was a little bitter and had a hint of a metallic flavor (as expected for a non-seasoned grinder). I think I may go get a bag of cheap, unflavored, whole bean coffee to partially season the grinder. From the link below, it was recommended to run one bag through a new grinder at the bare minimum.

 
Nice to see you in this thread, sir.

This morning I’m having Starbucks Pike Place brewed with the French press. Not my favorite, but a big improvement from the hotel coffee I drank over the weekend.View attachment 1837727
Thank you Trevor! I've always enjoyed Pike Press.
I used a French Press for years. The gasket broke a couple of weeks ago so I went back to using the Moka Pot. Lavazza is our favorite and will be experimenting with different blends.
 

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Same, same for me... Don Pablo's Signature Blend in a SS Mueller French press into my Grandpa Yeti. I did have 2 Yetis full yesterday as I got a bit tired near the end of my work day.. So I stopped by the house and brewed up another one around 5PM.... Lovely

It's another nice day here in God's waiting room, i.e., Gainesville, Florida. 83F for a high today and "low" humidity, 35% at the moment.... But it is warming up and the humidity will start increasing until ....... well..... until October or so. <eg>
 
Today's beans were Longneck Coffee Roasters (Williamsburg, VA) Mexico La Laja Honey Process (medium roast).
Today was the second day with my new grinder, so I continued with a recipe where I had specific grind settings for the recipe for my specific grinder.

I used the Hario Switch with the Coffee Chronicler recipe (hybrid recipe):

I tried a second setting that someone recommended for pour over and it worked better than yesterday's settings which were a little bitter for the beans I was using. I did notice after I added all the water that an air pocket developed between the cone and the filter towards the top of the cone. That probably introduced some side channeling but it still was a pretty tasty cup as the chocolate notes came through. I did have the metallic taste at one point in the cooling process but it went away.

I picked up a bag of Eight O' Clock original blend whole bean coffee from the grocery store last night to season the grinder (at least the point of losing the metallic taste) but I ran out of time to start the project. I was looking for less expensive, non-flavored, whole beans and these were even medium roast which checked all the boxes (since I didn't want really oily dark roast beans oiling up my new grinder). I don't like wasting coffee, so I am going to plan out several brews to use with those beans and set aside enough coffee to try out these beans and hopefully get a few more grind settings established for some of my other brewers. I will brew with those beans once I have ground up the rest of the bag so that the metallic taste will be gone.

I hope everyone has a great day!
 
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