$ beanlog 2026-10-14

bean log 2026-10-14

sidra ascent

2026-10-14 Wed, Sidra ascent: handwritten brew notes, bag sniff, photos of the beans on the scale and the grounds in the filter, the SEY coffee card for Lizeth Samboni La Esmeralda Sidra, and the new bag and box

new bag

New bag from Sey:
Lizeth Samboni
La Esmeralda
Sidra - Washed (Colombia)

(new bag)

Roasted
2026-10-05

the SEY box stamped “ROASTED 10/05/2026, BEST AFTER TWO WEEKS”, the opened bag, and the bag’s round Lizeth Samboni sticker

SEY coffee card for Lizeth Samboni, La Esmeralda, Sidra - Washed, Colombia, with tasting notes, pricing details, varietal, region, altitude, and harvest

back of the SEY card: processing, about Lizeth Samboni, and about Sidra

grind & brew

Timemore Grind 1.9.2 (↑2)
Heated 450+ g purified water

bag sniff

very stubborn /
tough. quite
a little
workout for
hand strength

400 g purified water : 25 g beans
16 : 1

immersion time with Hario Switch
until 3 min 20 sec. Normal is
2’30” – 2’45”; going ↑ for
light roast extraction.

mug: Patagonia / ferris
with lid

Listening: Boards of Canada, Inferno (2026)

sipping

sipping first juice’s
slippery remoulade
locomotive stability
bitter chocolate puffing
tracing concentric rails
mountain ascent

echo
glinting nectarines
reflecting window
gazing widening
spiral gentile
sweet thrum
ascent

sight virga
smooth fricative
lick light
column holding
cry rite
dissolve salt
pillar spell
out blood
ascent

[cup/1 · wednesday · method/easy-immersion · water/purified · colombia · sidra · listening/boards-of-canada · companion/unicorn]

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