Crema de la Crema: an espresso blog

Roast notes:

Chaffs only starting from 1st crack. 1st crack starts late, around 3 minute mark. 2nd crack starts around 4:40. Stopped at 5:30, a rolling 2nd crack.

As I write this entry, I’m on my 2nd cup. My 1st cup was under-dosed, and thus under-powered. Here’s my pour:

Just to sidetrack a bit, I got a new camera. A Fuji Finepix F50fd. What a great camera. What sets this ultra compact aside from the rest of the Sonys and Nikons and Canons is its sensitivity settings. The ISO for this beauty goes all the way to 6400. And unlike the rest of the gang and including some DSLRs, the Finepix handles noise very well. The above photo is taken at auto program, an ISO of 400. On other cams, you’ll be seeing pixellated noise, not on this baby. And if you ever ever find its predecessor F31fd, lay your hands on it. The F31fd handles noise better than any camera in its class, and outside its class, including DSLRs. Anyway, on to more pressing matters…

Where was I? Moreninha. There’s a certain tang to it. Not lemony brightness, no. I can’t pinpoint it. Also, there’s this more dominant taste waiting to spring out. I can’t pinpoint it either. Methinks I have to be patient and wait another 2 days rest before I can get the full flavour of this coffee.

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I’ve got just a bit of Vivace Dolce left, over 3 weeks since their roast date. To make the best of it, I’ve been

1. Keeping the beans in its original one way valve bag, taking care to press out as much air out of the bag before ziplocking it.
2. Keeping the coffee beans in the dark, away from light.
3. Drinking only Aeropress - I can taste the staleness when I did espresso for the beans a week past the roast date. Aeropress is one of the ways to go. Having Aeropressed coffee from 3 week old beans still beats coffee from any of the major chains in Singapore.

Mmmm… I just snuck a few sniffs from the bag of freshly roasted Brazil Moreninha Formosa. Needs maybe 2 more days of rest.

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Found this link on Engadget. Silvia married Wii. Looks like she’s PID’d too. While the GS3 sports a joystick, this Silvia’s armed with a nunchuck.

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