I stopped into a new coffee and tea shop near the Luxembourg Garden to sample their espresso of the moment.
They were serving Abbachebsa from the Jimma region in Ethopia. It tasted slightly bitter, but it had a light cherry flavor.
I purchased a 250 gram bag of the roasted beans, took them home, and brewed espressos with my 9Barista stove-top espresso machine.
The first espressos that I produced were strongly bitter, but after I reduced the weight of the beans (from 18 grams per serving to 16.5 grams) and decreased the fineness of the grind, the bitterness subsided. For just about every espresso that I produced, the coffee expressed a cherry flavor.
The coffee is roasted by a company called Coutume. The roasting facility is located in Romainville, near Paris.
As well as coffee, tea, and other beverages, graines serves tartines (a single slice of bread or toast with one or more food items on top), soups, salads, quiches, cakes, cookies, and other desserts.
graines
3 bis, rue de Vaugirard
75006 Paris
