The Write Stuff

Kiki aka Princess fluffikins yesterday at the height of her Winter coat. Troppo fluffy!

Blackberries and wine made by myself from Sussex dornfelder grapes. About to blend these with 2 different portions of my 2018 solera sour. Nearly wrote the dornfelder off as it had quite a musty aroma 4 months ago but that has rounded out and turned into spicy/leathery aromas. Will bottle some of the straight wine and blend the rest 1:3 with the solera.

Home batches 21-23. 250g each of Brazilian, Guatemalan and Papua New Guinean beans. As we drink mostly , I try to get them to the point where they have some body, reduced acidity and some varietal character too. This is called city or city+. Bit of a tightrope, as if you go too far, you just get chocolate and char.

Garlic honey ferment started, hot pepper sauce sriracha style 9 month ferment ready for serving.

corner is looking (and tasting) better than ever with recent arrivals and . The grinder in particular has completely transformed coffee for us. Levelling tools, declumping the grounds and good fit tampers also help a lot with even extractions.

Home made . After last night's meal, not totally convinced about the work-payoff ratio, but I have a kg or so to play with so that may change.