Josh's Coffee Notebook

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1 coffee and 1 brew so far, the last on Oct 17, 2026.

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Oct 18, 2026 at 06:00Planned

30 gDose

480 gWater

1:16Ratio

30Grind setting

4 minutesBrew time

Drink it black. Taste after a minute or two of cooling. Bag says honey, caramel, orange. Fill in the real impressions after brewing.

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Method: French press
Gear: French press, Hand Grinder
Water temperature: 200 to 205 °F
Black or milk: Black
Variable changed: grind setting (also a bigger dose, so this one changes more than one thing)

Oct 17, 2026 at 06:00 ★★★★★

25 gDose

425 gWater

1:17Ratio

finestGrind setting

4 minutesBrew time

Not recorded. I added milk after pressing.

The grind was the finest setting, which is too fine for French press. Predicted result, not tasted notes: bitter and muddy from over-extraction.

Grind coarser. Nothing else changes.

Approximate, from memory.

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