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Dose: 21g
Ratio: 1:16
Grind: Slightly finer than neutral
Brew Time: 2:57
TDS: 1.4%
Extraction: 19.73%
Sensory Description:
This coffee is rich and deeply complex, showcasing dark fruit notes like plum and raisin—especially at a 1:16 ratio, which really brings out these characteristics. When well-dialed, the cup becomes clean and layered, revealing delicate high notes reminiscent of lemon yogurt. The classic Indonesian terroir also comes through with underlying cedar and spice. Expect a creamy mouthfeel and a long, pleasant aftertaste with a dark chocolate finish.
Dialing Notes:
This coffee leans funky—similar to Pangelangan and Frinsa if you had those last year. Let clarity and sweetness be your guides while dialing; they’re key to unlocking this coffee’s complexity.
Under-extraction results in a thin, tea-like cup—think unsweetened cinnamon tea—with little to no fruit character and a lack of texture.
Over-extraction mutes the coffee’s syrupy, lingering finish and replaces it with a drying, woody aftertaste.
Although it's anaerobically processed, I found Indragiri to not brew like most anaerobics—it drains slower. My brews typically finished around 3:00, whereas generally I see anaerobics finish much faster. With a coffee this complex, a dial with clarity and sweetness best showcases what it has to offer.
For a natural processed coffee, well-dialed cups of San Joaquin are quite chocolatey. And much like our other El Salvador offerings, this coffee is very sweet and has a nice creamy texture. You can expect a lot of candy bar flavors like milk chocolate, caramel, and vanilla. There’s also an underlying red fruit characteristic that adds complexity to the cup. Pay special attention to subtle notes of cherry and red apple when dialing. On the finish, you’ll find some cola, maple syrup, and pecan-like notes.
A well-dialed cup of Esperanza Kenya will present with a lot of fresh fruit-like sweetness similar to peach juice, clementines, and ripe strawberries. Compared to most naturally processed coffees, there is also a unique pop of citrus acidity that reminded me of lime. This fruit characteristic is paired with a lot of candy bar flavors like milk chocolate and nougat mousse, making the overall cup profile one of fruit and chocolate notes working very pleasantly together with a creamy, relatively heavy body. On the aftertaste, you should get some subtle florals and a lot of chocolate bar.
