4 Letter Word · Colombia Sidra de Luz

Shot 5 on the Sidra de Luz — your first naked portafilter pull ever. Ristretto target hit: 22 seconds, 26.5g yield on 18.7g adjusted dose (ratio 1.42). Balance 3, slight linger. The naked PF showed borders-to-center stream merge — that's the healthy extraction pattern we flagged as the target diagnostic on naked pulls.

Time is Fast (22s), which on this bean at this grind has been normal — shots 2 and 3 both ran 27–31s at grind 38, so this is slightly quicker than prior pulls. Ratio 1.42 reads Ristretto, just a hair under the short threshold. Flow on the naked PF looked clean: border streams converging to center is exactly what even distribution looks like through a bottomless. The slight linger at balance 3 matches shot 5's spouted result — this is a consistent signal on this bean, not a prep artifact. Worth noting: the minor splashing is normal for a ristretto pull on a naked PF, not a channeling flag.

Sidra de Luz is a malic-acid-forward bean with genuine brightness baked into its profile — some of what you're tasting is the bean, not under-extraction. But the slight linger across two consecutive shots (vs. the immediate resolution in shots 2–3) is a real pattern. At 24 days post-roast it's squarely in peak window. The double-fermentation washed process adds complexity that can read as lingering brightness at the edge of extraction — one click finer should help without pushing bitter.

The naked PF debut is a genuine step forward — clean border-to-center flow on your first attempt means the WDT angle adaptation worked. You now have a reliable visual diagnostic tool for every shot going forward.