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Roasted 07/23/23 Punch, red grape juice, fruit candy and fruit soda.

Roasted 12/23/22 I brewed this in a Kalita wave using notneutral filters with a Niche Zero grinder. My recipe is 28g coffee, 400g hot water not necessarily aiming for any particular time, but somewhere between four and five and half minutes. I try to do a 50g bloom in the first 45 seconds then three or four more pours. 30% Costa Rica Natural  70% Honduras Washed  42. Chocolate, wine like, lemon and cherry. Definitely would be good as an espresso. I am uncertain if it would be better with milk or as a sipping espresso. 

Roasted on 10/22/22 I brewed this in a Kalita wave using notneutral filters with a Niche Zero grinder. My recipe is 28g coffee, 400g hot water not necessarily aiming for any particular time, but somewhere between four and five and half minutes. I try to do a 50g bloom in the first 45 seconds then three or four more pours. 36. Peach, orange, chocolate and lemon.  Loved it and would probably be good as a daily espresso.  75% Washed Ethiopian Guji Archia  25% Colombia Honey / Yeast Peach  

Roasted on 09/05/22 I brewed this in a Kalita wave using notneutral filters with a Niche Zero grinder. My recipe is 28g coffee, 400g hot water not necessarily aiming for any particular time, but somewhere between four and five and half minutes. I try to do a 50g bloom in the first 45 seconds then three or four more pours.  46. Evidently this mix is a Colombia Natural and Ethiopia Honey 65%-35%. Another one that I forgot to post, but I tasted a lot of berry, sweet milk chocolate, with a nice body and very sweet. Felt like a classic Ethiopian, but with a little more body I am assuming from the Colombian. 

Roasted on 05/22/22 I brewed this in a Kalita wave using notneutral filters with a Niche Zero grinder. My recipe is 28g coffee, 400g hot water not necessarily aiming for any particular time, but somewhere between four and five and half minutes. I try to do a 50g bloom in the first 45 seconds then three or four more pours. 40. Black tea, lemon peel with pith and a little melon at the end. Nowhere close to as delicate as I thought it would be. Like most coffees with tea tasting notes it a little astringent. It does surprisingly well with a little milk and darker than I thought it would be. Probably my least favorite of the May 2022 mixes. I am surprised at how much I liked the Moka Java compared to the other three.  I think the four Lumi Mixes made me appreciate how much I enjoy their single origins, even the ones I wish they roasted lighter.  30% Colombia Koji Natural 30% Ethiopia Sidama Honey 40% Hounduras Honey Melon, cherry, lemon tea like.

Roasted on 05/22/22 I brewed this in a Kalita wave using notneutral filters with a Niche Zero grinder. My recipe is 28g coffee, 400g hot water not necessarily aiming for any particular time, but somewhere between four and five and half minutes. I try to do a 50g bloom in the first 45 seconds then three or four more pours. 42. Another coffee that I prefer with a small amount of milk and might be really good as an espresso. I am surprised at how muted this was black, but when I added about an ounce of milk suddenly everything became clear. Lots of strawberry, orange soda, sweet red grape and ever so slightly floral.  40% Costa Rica Natural 60% Hounduras Honey Strawberry, Orange, Grape & Floral

Roasted on 05/22/22 I brewed this in a Kalita wave using notneutral filters with a Niche Zero grinder. My recipe is 28g coffee, 400g hot water not necessarily aiming for any particular time, but somewhere between four and five and half minutes. I try to do a 50g bloom in the first 45 seconds then three or four more pours. 40.  Another interesting coffee, I honestly was expecting these Lumi Mixes to be on the lighter side, but this is closer to what I expect of a medium roast. Lots of chocolate, something similar to roasted barley, blueberry, bright lemon and tropical notes. According to the tasting notes dragon fruit, but I am not sure if it is quite that and I don't have enough to do more than two tries, maybe if I went a little coarser and sped it up I could get more tropical notes.  50% Colombia Natural Ice Fermentation 30% Kenya Washed 20% Hounduras Washed

Roasted on 05/22/22 I brewed this in a Kalita wave using notneutral filters with a Niche Zero grinder. My recipe is 28g coffee, 400g hot water not necessarily aiming for any particular time, but somewhere between four and five and half minutes. I try to do a 50g bloom in the first 45 seconds then three or four more pours. 40. This is something of a strange one. As a Moka Java I don't enjoy it, drinking it black I found it a little lacking getting mostly chocolate notes and the barest hint that there are some fruit notes. However adding a little milk, it improved significantly. Lots of red wine, blackberry, milk chocolate and something like orange, but not quite.  Again I think I prefer a normal moka java, that has only chocolate and berry notes (like Counter Cultures), but this is super interesting and I was not prepared for it. When I think of moka javas I think of African South American blends, maybe the absence of an African and presence of a Yemen is throwing me for a loop....