Observations

• First sip: nutty, dense, immediately more balanced than cup 1.
• Bitterness present but controlled, no longer gating the flavor.
• A slight zingle sits adjacent to sweetness.
• Later sips reveal emerging sweetness.
• A faint berry note appears on the mid-palate.
• Finish evokes burnt sienna and warm earth tones.
• Blizzard aftermath: sidewalks freshly cleared, powdery snow drifting down.
• Cars across the street snowed in up to the wheels.
• On-campus work canceled for a snow day; Debussy in the background.

Brew log

• Paper filter fully seated and pressed to cone walls.
• Fast, confident clockwise pour; ~200 mL in quickly, all water in by ~1:00.
• Switch closed during pour with no early drip-through.
• Switch depressed at 2:30; drawdown complete by 3:48.
• Grounds clung to the catchment, likely from residual moisture.

[ balance · snow · debussy · sweetness ]

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