Variety: Gesha
Process: Washed
Sourced by: Siruma
Botzonian, the two coffees we’re releasing today are our two final releases roasted on the machine that got BOTZ started – Jobo. It’s his last hurrah. And we’re feeling sentimental.
Have you ever thought about the feelings of your seemingly inanimate possessions? It could be our robotic persona, but BOTZ is quite empathetic regarding machines. We have names for our favorite appliances. When they move on from our lives, we feel a deep sense of gratitude and respect (anyone else cry when their childhood oven got replaced?).
We’ll never forget the day that we hit our stride with Jobo. As curious roasting folks, we would politely change different variables that Jobo controlled (damper settings, fan revolutions, drum rpm, peak gas…yes, Jobo is quite versatile despite his smaller size!) to try to find a roasting style we valued and wanted to share. Our dream was ripe acidity with reverberating finishes. We tweaked, tasted, and tweaked some more. And then Jobo showed us his true form and the beans started singing in a way that gave us a new level of confidence. We had found our own voice in roasting thanks to Jobo, and, in our robotic opinion, it leaned loud.
Soon, BOTZ will start its own UG-15 journey with our new roasting machine pal named Dragoljub (a nod to my Deda who always wanted to start a hotdog cart). While we’re always a bit nervous about learning a new roasting system, our journey with Jobo has shown us that the best things require patience and dedication. Because of Jobo, we’ll be ready.
The last two coffees couldn’t be more fitting for Jobo’s personality and style. We usually provide cup characteristics, flavors, and feelings in our descriptions. But for these last two coffees, we’d like to describe the roast in honor of Jobo. Here’s how Aristobulo Rayo’s coffee road the wave in Jobo’s drum.
Jobo really enjoys roasting geshas (despite the high stress level of every batch). He started this roast with a moderate gas setting – not too high and not too low. He lets it ride for a good amount of time and then decides to step the gas down incrementally until the pivotal first crack gas setting. Jobo notices that this gesha really likes to explode at first crack (similar to your most explosive Kenyas). Instead of using a higher setting to combat the moisture release, Jobo decides to delay any changes till the last second with a lesser setting to ride the moisture down until the end of the roast. As his door opens, the gesha beans are still happily cracking in the cooling tray. The beans have a nice wrinkle and color that match their elongated shape. Jobo smiles as his cropster data matches the reference curve and feels confident that a future Botzonian will find it juicy. Thank you for repeatable juice, Jobo. Thank you, simply, for everything.
***Please note - roasting and fulfillment will take place from 3/31 – 4/4. Beans will ship on 4/7 (with our hope of shipping earlier if we can)!***