Sunday, June 01, 2003


more dancing goats

one of the things patrick from the victory gave me yesterday when i went to pick up the batdorf dancing goats was a couple of batdorf's fun coffee pamphlets.

they nicely reprint a lot of classic scaa information, and include a fun set of instructions for the basics of cupping and tasting, aimed at their coffeehouse retail customers, most of whom don't really know so much about this level of coffee.

however, what intrigued me most was the tidbit of information, tucked away in the corner of their material, that they think the dancing goat blend should be pulled to an 18 second shot, not the "classic" 25-30 seconds.

this was news to me! but i have to say that as a straight, no-milk espresso on the rancilio silvia, i have to agree that the dancing goat is much better at 18 seconds. but because of what i think are the number of "hard beans" in its make-up, i don't like the way it grinds on the mazzer as a ristretto.

nice 1-1/4 oz. 18-second espresso can be had, tho'. but i can't help comparing it again to the gillies blend i keep talking about. one of the highlights of that blend was its particularly mouss-y crema that yielded a sweet coffee taste when licked right off the side of the cup.

the batdorf offers nice crema, but it's heavier, somehow inert. . .

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