Ethiopian Harar Horse Lot 19 as a Single Origin Espresso

Don't know if any of you have experience with this, but I thought I'd try it out. I just got a shipment in from SM and I decided to try the Ethiopian Harar Horse Lot 19 as an espresso and then a cappuccino.

As espresso, I did two shots. One with a little Splenda (blech!) and one straight. The Splenda shot was sickly sweet and I dumped half of it. The other started off very nice when HOT. It was fruited and smooth. As it cooled, it lost all character and wasn't all that memorable

Picture of shots to follow:

Next I pulled a double to make into a cappuccino. My grind was close to being dialed in, so I felt safer with the naked PF.

The cappuccino was pretty good, but a little too smooth. I think espresso with more bite usually makes better milk drinks. I pulled the double, steamed and frothed my milk and poured it. You can see how amazingly quick my latte art skills are coming around.