Aillio Bullet R1 IBTS Analysis by Evan Gilman
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Every year, I seem to forget how much I enjoy Colombian coffees, especially from Huila. Luckily, every year I’m reminded in the most delicious way possible. This coffee was easy to roast, easy to drink, and easy to take flavor notes on as well.
With this week’s roasts, I decided to take the charge temperature a little higher than before, to 410F. I wanted to complete my roasts a bit more quickly, and to spend the majority of my time in Maillard since these (the companion lot being CJ1462) are such fresh and sugary coffees. I didn’t want to change too much about the way I roast these two lots, so I did start with P6 heat application, F2 fan, drum speed at D6, and a 500g batch size.
For my roast of this coffee, I kept heat application at P6 until a little before first crack, only altering the fan speed throughout the roast to temper the rate of rise. Starting at F2 as usual, I increased fan speed to F3 as yellowing started, then further to F4 at first crack. I’m used to seeing rate of rise begin to increase a bit before first crack, but this coffee just wouldn’t quit! My reduction of heat to P5 before first crack helped keep it under wraps, but this coffee just wanted to keep cooking.
Luckily I was able to achieve what I was after with 40% of time spent in green / drying, 47% in Maillard, and 11% in post-crack development. At an end temperature of 406.6F, there was a tinge of roastiness to the finish, but the main notes here were deep molasses, canned pear, lime candy, and cherry juice. An incredibly juicy coffee with plenty of room for expression in the roaster, I’d suggest using a filter drip, though I'm sure nearly any preparation method would bring out deliciousness in this cup.
Here is a link to this roast on roast.world: https://roast.world/@egilman/roasts/FYHBSna9vidkNEeFekm_i
