Tag: iran

prelude

sparkling water with
acv and electrolytes.
breakfast: chia seeds, slivered
almonds, kefir and blackberries.
kitchen radio: interviewing parents
whose partner is deployed to the war in iran. trump’s quote:
a “friendly take-over” of cuba.

grind

looked at what rin said yesterday, followed that advice.
guatemala coffee again today,
310g purified water heated, 296.8 remained for preheat.
measured 16.1 g beans and 16.0 g grounds.
typical rdt procedure.

groundssniff

“frizzante!” —🦄

brew

immersion: 2’45” (15” longer)
total brew time: 3’45”

observe

listen

anne efternøler, maria laurette friis, johanna borchert
we are. profoundly. predisposed. to drowning.

the land of weirdos.

talented voice manipulation.

taste

prep palette salty from electolytes
and acidic from the ACV.
first sip’s river, thick chocolate leather.
again the salty crystals.
the word, “splurge”.
something about the desert,
it’s dry smell. acid around
the rim.

research

about the producer

Asociación de Cooperación al Desarrollo Integral de Huehuetenango (ACODIHUE)

established in 1996, this is a co-op with over 40,000 farmers.

Parable’s product notes for this coffee highlight ACODIHUE’s work across multiple municipalities in focus on poverty reduction, food security, and environmental stewardship.

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brew

preheated with 310.0 g purified water.

measured 16.1 g finca beans. used RDT with 3 spritzes from the aerosolizer and 4 shakes.

ground at 1.8.0 on the timemore, about 3 clicks coarser than recent cups; not consciously chosen, just left over from yesterday.

after grind, only 15.8 g grounds despite no visible clumping or cling.

used 255.7 g purified water for brew with easy immersion, 2:30 immersion.

accidentally left the pan heated during preheat cycle, so the re-pour was steaming. sleepy.

groundsniff

“the dark wind” —🦄

observe

kitchen conversation drifted through ramadan and iran.

listen

“el ten eleven” self-titled album from the early aughts.

not so familiar with them, but good!

taste

first sip rich, acidic. curly chocolate.
a bit more sour than previous fincas.

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brew

pre-heat started with 308.9 g purified water.
used 299.2 g for pre-heating the switch; the rest evaporated.

measured 16.1 g beans before RDT, taken out of the freezer.
used 3 spritzes of RDT and 4 shakes.
grounds landed at 16.0 g. after a grind at 1.8.0 on the timemore, a bit coarser than normal.

only after grind, realized that this guatemala hue. is a medium roast. suspected darker.

used 256.3 g water for brew, steaming, sizzling at the edge of pan. immersion ran 3:06, an accidental 36 second overhang.

groundsniff

wooden barn converted to store with coffee provisions. obvi, sorry.
perhaps the ceiling is corrugated tin, lol.
the coffee merchant smell. maybe burlap sacks.

imagination fails to swish the half-court word shot.

the “pipeline experience:” this improvised term
for what happens to the morning brain when a nose
enters the catchment of the grinder and is
transported to the coffee dimension.

observe

listen

“khazan” from compilation lahze didar, behdad babaj, parviz meshkatian, mohssen kasirossafar:

taste

first sip surprising, fresh.
second there’s a gasp notch,
smooth chocolate. true
partnership: bitter’s acidity
shimmering

richness; chugs
electrolyte water
leveling the palete.

first time guatemala’s aftertaste
stepped into the foreground.
back tongue cupping spotlights
a sweet, sour rhymeshot/echo.

nothing pierces anything
here. sideways glance at grape?

listen

haunted by the title song, lahze didar.

sounds like phrygian on “a,” but sumptuous microtonality emerges in the ornamentation and elsewhere, and then some lower melodic starting on e♮. yum yum.

recently was introduced to the concept of microtonality in pulse, and that has now informed the experience of this piece. so many things going on that cannot appropriately be called rubato.

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