2026-04-27 — Switch V60 style

My standard recipe, a little bit downsized:

• 14g coffee; Comandante 23 clicks; 92 deg water
• 45g bloom, two pours totalling to ~225g, total time: 3:15

Notes: - Not giving detailed notes again since the taste is the same. Just describing what is different in this brew than others. - This time, I think I brewed it close to perfection. Right mix of fruity notes, sweetness with body. - It's close to perfection and not perfect because it's a slight bit over extracted. - Syrupy and more sour, fruit-juice like as it cools. Hint of bitterness that was there went away.

I have 26g of this coffee left. I've decided to freeze it again and save it for a special occasion!

2026-04-26 — Switch Substance recipe

I had 52g frozen from last month. Opened it up for my birthday. Decided to do 4 brews at 13g each to make it last longer.

Today:

• 13g coffee, Comandante 23 clicks, 92 degrees water
• Used the Substance Cafe recipe: 5 equal pours. 40g bloom, then 40 pour as the bed becomes dry
• Total time: 3:20

Notes:

• Dry aroma: The frozen beans didn't lose any aroma. I was immediately hit with melon / bubblegum as I unpacked the vacuum seal.
• Brewed coffee aroma: so sweet it put a smile on my face. I love this coffee.
• Initial taste: I think the brew method over extracted the coffee a bit. There is a bitter aftertaste that's fighting with the natural sweetness of the cup.
• Decided to add a very tiny pinch of salt. This reduced the bitterness and made the cup a bit more balanced: it's still over extracted, but now it feels more cohesive. Taste is heavily fruit juice, bubblegum, melon. Sweet, little acidity, and underlying it all is a strong brewed coffee flavour with hints of bitterness.
• The substance recipe is optimised for beans that are probably lighter roasted and Glitch's. Won't try it again with these beans.
• Medium hot: a bit more acidic but otherwise the same. Slightly more smoother?
• As it cools: even less bitterness. I'm enjoying it more.
• Cool: A bit syrupy, but the aftertaste doesn't linger for long.

Next brew: will do a standard V60 recipe (bloom + 2 pours).

2026-03-19 — Switch V60 style

I used a little higher temperature than the previous brew (94 degrees vs 91 degrees). I think this has reduced the aroma a bit, more offgassing during bloom phase maybe.

Really good, but didn't hit the same high notes as my first brew!

I have 50 grams frozen, I'll need to be really careful brewing.

2026-03-18 — Switch Hybrid

I can see why the tasting notes mention melon. Now that I was primed to detect it, I can see what I called 'bubblegum + jackfruit' can also seem like 'melon'.

Today, I tried the hybrid (immersion and then pour). The brewed coffee as I'm waiting for it to cool enough to dring doesn't have the same 'in your face' level of aroma at present.

Initial taste: slightly muted, a little more bitter then yesterday. If yesterday was 11/10, today's brew is 9.5/10.

Surprisingly consistent as it cooled, the profile didn't change like yesterday.

2026-03-17 — Switch V60 style

Dry aroma: really sweet and fruity. Mix of bubblegum and jackfruit! I really loved the dry aroma.

The brewed coffee has a slightly muted aroma compared to the dry aroma (but still really strong!), but it has added a hint of spiciness.

Taste while hot: at this point it feels like juice. Very little bitterness. Sweet, and aromatic. Not too much body. Feels like an 'airy' cup of coffee.

As it is cooling down: still aromatic, but now it feels like syrup. Really love it.

Cooler still: even more syrupy.