Posts made by Matt Luniewski

• Day 16: Ethiopia Gedeb Gotiti

  Very nice brew today! I've been using Scott Rao's recipe for the pulsar, and it hasn't failed me yet, though occasionally I'll have to tweak my grind setting if drawdown is too long. I also get the...

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  Matt Luniewski
  12/16/23, 11:13 AM
• Day 9: El Salvador Santa Rosa Honey

  I do love my honey coffees, almost as much as I love my fermented coffees.  This is another super sweet and juicy one. I'm not quite getting concord grape, but I also don't think I've had gra...

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  Matt Luniewski
  12/9/23, 2:37 PM
• Day 8: Guatemala Finca Travesia Natural

  I made two 30g brews today instead of my usual three 20g brews. First one on the pulsar, got mostly cocoa nib and a bit of sweetness. Second with the V60, I got strong cocoa when hot, a little more...

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  Matt Luniewski
  12/8/23, 3:32 PM
• Day 7: Burundi Long Miles Gaharo Hill

  Another good one today, really hard to follow yesterday's pick though. My first brew, I did a combo immersion/percolation in the pulsar. It didn't favor this coffe. Was just a bit bland. Second b...

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  Matt Luniewski
  12/7/23, 2:50 PM
• Day 6: Costa Rica Las Lajas Black Honey

  @Matthew Barnes - As a fellow member of the Concil of Matthews, I agree. I also agree with the others, this one was special as soon as I opened the bag. I couldn't place the note of the bean, but ...

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  Matt Luniewski
  12/6/23, 9:45 AM
• Day 3: Kenya Gichathaini AA

  What a lovely coffee! I've been trying to get my thoughs and tasting notes before reading them. Today's Kenya was less sweet than the last few days, but more complex. I kept getting tomato juice n...

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  Matt Luniewski
  12/3/23, 9:58 AM
• Day 1: Framily

  @Luis Campos The reason I decided against espresso is that I would probably take 1 or 2 tries to dial it in. That only leaves you with maybe 1 good drink from the day.

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  Matt Luniewski
  12/1/23, 10:19 AM
• Day 1: Framily

  My first Onyx advent calendar! Decided to go with the Pulsar for this brew, just a hair finer grind than I would for a pour over and using a combo immersion/percolation recipe. I got candied cher...

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  Matt Luniewski
  12/1/23, 10:18 AM