Brew Analysis by Josh Wismans and Tim Tran
The Vohora family has provided consistently high-quality coffee and it is off the back of strongly positive reputations that we excitingly dive into this naturally processed SL-28. And this coffee provided flavor in spades!
Our favorite brew was our first dig into this coffee – as to whether this is a testament to how well this coffee performs in the cup or whether we happen to be coffee professionals capable of striking lightning every once in a while, we’ll leave that up to you. Our first recipe was a 1:16.22 ratio at a coarse grind brewed on a conical brewer. This coffee gave incredibly sweet, ripe stonefruit notes, with some accents of turbinado sugar and an almost marshmallow decadence. The initial brew provided very high clarity and this is something we observed across each of our brews. The extraction proved to be on the lower side, at 17.3% with a TDS of 1.2, but this did not stop the coffee from tasting great.
At higher doses of coffee, the flavor density improved, as expected, but stayed fairly balanced all throughout the brews. We found higher doses on a v60 to present brews with more caramel forward profiles, with notable citrus flavors.
Moving to a flat-bottomed brewer, the coffee presented a rounder flavor profile, and our second favorite brew was a moderately high dose of coffee at a coarse grind. This brew gave plenty of berry jam sweetness, with a pleasant navel orange citrus acidity, and some herbaceous lemongrass and rosemary notes. The flavor profile of this coffee provided a long and sweet finish. The extraction proved to be a touch lower, with a 16.79% extraction and 1.31 TDS.
This coffee provided a fun dive into how clarity can present for a beautiful cup, when the notes expressed prove to be poignant, flavorful, and easily discernible. To best enjoy this coffee, we recommend targeting a slightly lower extraction for a clean expression. We recommend a moderate dose at a coarse grind on a conical brewer. We hope you are able to enjoy this coffee as much as we enjoyed brewing!
