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Coffee Chronicles - Bonus

Rook Coffee Website The Beans They are quite a bit larger than most of the beans in the other tastings. Also much lighter. To be fair I do not know when they were roasted and they are probably "old" by coffee connoisseur standards. They are definitely a darker

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Coffee Chronicles 024

"Official" tasting notes and background information. The Beans For the final version, once again, no aroma off of the beans. The beans themselves are small again, hinting at a higher elevation growth. Even after grinding, the aroma I am getting off of the coffee is pretty much non-existing.

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Coffee Chronicles 023

"Official" tasting notes and background information. The Beans Small beans again, hinting at higher elevation. Like pretty much all of this week I am not getting any aroma off of the beans. Brewing Method AeroPress I am following James Hoffman's "The Ultimate AeroPress Technique"

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Coffee Chronicles 022

"Official" tasting notes and background information. The Beans Average sized beans, once again I am not getting any aroma off of the beans or the grind. Brewing Method AeroPress I am following James Hoffman's "The Ultimate AeroPress Technique". 11 grams of coffee and 200

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Coffee Chronicles 021

"Official" tasting notes and background information. The Beans This appears to be a blend of two different beans, some really small and some larger ones. I am not really getty any aroma off of the beans themselves. After grinding a sour note seems to dominate. Brewing Method AeroPress

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Coffee Chronicles 020

"Official" tasting notes and background information. The Beans The beans are large, with a wonderful milk chocolate colouring. I am getting a very light hint of chocolate off of them when inhaling. Curious to see how this translates into the cup. Brewing Method AeroPress I am following James

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Coffee Chronicles 019

"Official" tasting notes and background information. The Beans I am three for three now with my nose just not really picking anything distinct up from the beans. The beans themselves are interesting too as they do not appear to be uniformly roasted. Brewing Method AeroPress I am following

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Coffee Chronicles 018

"Official" tasting notes and background information. The Beans Once again I get nothing off of the beans themselves. I am starting to question my nose. Brewing Method AeroPress I am following James Hoffman's "The Ultimate AeroPress Technique". 11 grams of coffee and 200 grams

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Coffee Chronicles 017

"Official" tasting notes and background information. The Beans Once again, my smell seems to not pick anything up. I did get some sour, almost acidic notes off of it, but I think this may actually be the paper bag. The beans are larger than yesterdays and slightly darker

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Coffee Chronicles 016

"Official" tasting notes and background information. The Beans Small beans, hinting at higher elevation or dryness. I am getting only the slightest hint of coffee off of it. Brewing Method AeroPress I am following James Hoffman's "The Ultimate AeroPress Technique". 11 grams of coffee

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Coffee Chronicles 015

"Official" tasting notes and background information. The Beans I am getting a "clean" smell off of the beans, with a hint of sweetness. They are small, so I am once again guessing higher elevation. Brewing Method AeroPress I am following James Hoffman's "The

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Coffee Chronicles 014

"Official" tasting notes and background information. The Beans A sweet and sour smell comes off of them, while the beans themselves look like they're made of milk chocolate with a consistent colour and texture. Brewing Method AeroPress I am following James Hoffman's "The

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Coffee Chronicles 013

"Official" tasting notes and background information. The Beans I get a sweetness off of the smell of the beans, with some berry I can't quite identify it smells delicious though. Interestingly enough, the beans themselves are a "mix" colour wise, almost like a blend.

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Coffee Chronicles 012

"Official" tasting notes and background information. The Beans I am not really getting any distinct smell off of the beans. The beans themselves are small, hinting at being grown at a higher elevation. Brewing Method AeroPress I am following James Hoffman's "The Ultimate AeroPress Technique&

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Coffee Chronicles 010

"Official" tasting notes and background information. The Beans I am getting a weird chemical whiff off of it. My first instinct is to say "Caramel", with some acidity and sweetness coming through after. The beans themselves are of average size and milk chocolate colour. Brewing Method

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Coffee Chronicles 009

"Official" tasting notes and background information. The Beans I get very little off of the beans themselves. Mostly an acidic nose and that's about it. After yesterday's this is a bit of a letdown. Brewing Method AeroPress I am following James Hoffman's

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Coffee Chronicles 008

"Official" tasting notes and background information. The Beans Opening the bag, I do get a hint of sweetness with some "heft". Looking at the beans they are surprisingly uniform and are the colour of milk chocolate. After grinding, the aroma greatly intensifies. Brewing Method AeroPress I

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Coffee Chronicles 007

"Official" tasting notes and background information. The Beans The dominant nose on the beans is acidic, which was not what I was actually expecting, there is a bit of sweetness coming through as well, but very very little and I had to really concentrate on detecting it. Brewing

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Coffee Chronicles 006

"Official" tasting notes and background information. The Beans Like yesterday, I get a whiff of sweetness with some chocolate off of the open bag. Brewing Method AeroPress I am following James Hoffman's "The Ultimate AeroPress Technique". 11 grams of coffee and 200 grams of

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Coffee Chronicles 005

"Official" tasting notes and background information. The Beans The smell of the beans is very sweet, with a strong coffee smell (compared to the last few days), almost reminiscent of a dark roast. Brewing Method AeroPress I am following James Hoffman's "The Ultimate AeroPress Technique&

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Coffee Chronicles 004

"Official" tasting notes and background information. The Beans Opening the pouch the first aroma that hits me is of dark chocolate. This gets even more pronounced after I grind the beans. It is a pleasant aroma and a surprise to how "smell free" the last two

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Coffee Chronicles 003

"Official" tasting notes and background information. Brewing Method AeroPress I am following James Hoffman's "The Ultimate AeroPress Technique". 11 grams of coffee and 200 grams of water. Steep 2 minutes, then swirl and let settle for 30 seconds before fully pressing it through. A

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Coffee Chronicles 001

"Official" tasting notes and background information. Brewing Method AeroPress I am following James Hoffman's "The Ultimate AeroPress Technique". 11 grams of coffee and 200 grams of water. Steep 2 minutes, then swirl and let settle for 30 seconds before fully pressing it through. Tasting

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