Cafec Abaca made this faster than expected

[Peter Masala]

Brewer and filter: Hario V60 02 plastic; Cafec Abaca 02
Grinder, burr and calibration: Fellow Ode Gen 2; Gen 2 flat burrs; 5.1; chirp point checked
Bean, roaster, process and roast date: Colombia Huila Sidra; Manhattan Coffee Roasters; washed; roast date 2026-06-19
Dose and water mass: 16.0 g coffee; 267 g water
Temperature and water profile: 94°C; filtered tap water, about 85 ppm TDS
Pour/agitation schedule: single continuous main pour after a 45 s bloom; one small excavation with spoon only if dry pockets remain
Drawdown time: 3:05
Expected and perceived flavour: expected clean citrus and tea-like finish; perceived cup is bitter in the finish
Changes already tested: tested one brew with remineralized water while keeping the recipe fixed

This is the first version of the recipe that survived different mornings and still tasted like the same coffee. I am logging it before I get clever and ruin it.

[Peter Masala]

That tracks with my experience. The useful part is that you wrote down what stayed fixed, so somebody else can actually test it.

[Masala Soil]

Coffee people will spend forty minutes designing a faster breakfast.

[Record-Courier]

The bean is innocent until proven overextracted.

[Peter Masala]

I am less convinced by the flavour claim than the workflow claim, but that may be because my water is different.

[Record-Courier]

The cleanup detail matters more than reviews admit. A tool used every day gets judged in the sink as much as in the cup.

[Masala Soil]

Every hobby eventually becomes labelled freezer bags, apparently.

[Peter Masala]

This is exactly the kind of note I want in a forum: date, setup, what changed, and what happened. Future searchers can do something with it.

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