As in my previous post, I “accidentally” got a bag of espresso blend beans they use at Dunkin’. People were curious about the shot, so I delivered.
A couple of caveats: (1) I’m relatively new to this whole espresso thing, so I’m not the best barista out there (2) I used my Bambino + DF 54 combo to dial in the dose (18g in, 36g out in 26s).
Some comments: the beans are roasted HEAVILY (as some comments suggested, they are charcoal roasted, even). The beans smell good but heavily burnt. Reminds me of espressos from automated coffee machines that we have in Italy.
The taste is not bitter, but quite flat and very… coffee-like. No undertones or anything peculiar, of course. Honestly, the beans were burned to a crisp and the taste reflects that. Most (all) coffee connoisseurs would deem this trash. But hey, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. And I don’t really mind these beans, they are ok if you want to seek that very standard/sub-par dark roasted espresso taste that might spark some memories about getting coffee at a random cheap coffee place.
by lurko_e_basta
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The beans. Super shiny/roasted heavily. Reminds me of decaf beans (they surely have caffeine).
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The shot.
Thank you for sharing!
Does it taste as burnt as those beans look?
Ok now please pull a proper shot
Dunkin or Starbies beans are terrible imo. When I tried using either my weighing dish was filthy every single time. No idea what they’re doing to those beans in those factories
Them shits was roasted in a furnace.
Honestly your timing looks pretty good, if only slightly fast. Likely the beans are just too old.
I had a double from Dunkin and was buzzin like crazy. I think they accidentally pulled a quad because no one ever orders just espresso. Just as you say, it was very flat, no undertones, but very easy to drink and still had the coffee flavor. Maybe it was the 3 hours of euphoria I felt afterwards, but I quite liked it.
Looks like the BP oil spill!
***if you want to seek that very standard/sub-par dark roasted espresso taste that might spark some memories about getting coffee at a random cheap coffee place.***
I can’t tell whether you are sarcastic 😀
The slight rotation of the portafilter towards the end gave me some anxiety
Did Stevie wonder roast those beans?
Thank you for perfectly capturing my shattered expectations as an American imagining Europe to be an espresso Mecca, only to realize that there is a lot of relatively bad burnt coffee there too. 🙂
Since the beans were clearly roasted in the fires of Mt Doom I suggest you take a journey there and back again, as it’s the only place that you may un-make them
How old are they?! No crema?
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I just walked over to my nearest Dunky Dee’s and asked for a cup of beans and they just gave it to me. And yes typical Mr. Boston beans with a dark consistent high gloss oily mass. I was impressed at how consistent it was. Like every bean was almost identical in color, weight and size. Dialed in a shot and with proper heating *pulled at 191f* it was pretty solid and chocolately with minimal carbon taste.
I mixed the grind size by a few microns and the shot was pretty consistently good enough. Very interesting since the beans I usually use would have wildly different profiles at the different grinds. Using a synchronika and ceado e37s then re tested with a eureka Libra and a gaggia classic to get a vibe for a high end and a mid range setup. Pulled shots from both grinders in both machines and mostly the same or at least nothing worth writing about.
Yeah but you were so preoccupied with whether or not you could you didn’t stop to think if you should
This post negatively impacts the deepest reaches of my soul. This is villainous.
Nah it’s trash
no wonder they gave you that bag, it was ready for hospice!
Dunkins espresso shot specs at the store are volume and TDS range iirc, not flavor.
Clean your cup and machine!
Now you get to enjoy these raisinet looking bean for the next month
Crema so thick it stayed in the portafilter