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Ngoma, Washed bag
Five Senses Coffee · Perth · Australia

Ngoma, Washed

Tasting notes: blackberry, honey, lemon

The pioneering Vava Coffee brings us this lot from the Kuture factory on the slopes of Mount Elgon in Bungoma, Kenya. Ngoma means Drum in Kiswahili—Bungoma was named from eng'oma—the Bukusu word for drums.

Process
Washed
Origin
Kenya, Uganda
Price
A$21 (≈ ₹1,218) / 250 g
Per 100 g
A$7.50 (≈ ₹435)
Roasted in
Perth, Australia
Format
Beans or ground
Stock
In stock

How to brew it: V60

1Zpresso K-Ultra 0.8.1 · 15 g coffee · 250 ml water · 92 °C · 2:30–3:30

  1. Rinse the filter; discard the water. Add 15 g coffee, tare, start a timer.
  2. 0:00 — bloom with 45 g water. Swirl.
  3. 0:40 — pour in slow circles to 150 g.
  4. 1:15 — pour to 250 g. Swirl once to flatten the bed.
  5. Drawdown should finish by 2:30–3:30. Sour: finer. Bitter: coarser.

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