Uncommon · Brazil Cerrado

Shot 4 on the Uncommon Brazil Cerrado — grind 42.5, 18.3g dose, 27.6g yield, 27 seconds. Clean naked PF flow, borders-to-center merge, balance 5 (slightly bitter), quality 4. Your notes match the numbers: the extra 4 seconds vs. your last pull pushed it slightly bitter, which is consistent with a coarser grind hitting the slower end of its range on a given day. Still a solid, well-extracted shot.

Time is Normal at 27s, just inside the good range. Ratio lands Short at 1.51 — right on the ristretto target yield (0.1g over). Target time was 20–25s and came in at 27s, so the yield was nailed but the shot ran a couple seconds long, nudging balance from 4 to 5. Flow was clean on the naked PF, no channeling. Taste (slightly bitter, no linger) matches what a 27s pull at this grind typically produces on a dark natural — not a problem shot, just slightly on the extraction-forward side of the dial.

Dark chocolate, walnut, and ashy/burnt chocolate notes are true to this Cerrado's profile — low acidity, full body, dark natural roast. At 12 days post-roast it's in the peak window. Your notes across shots 3 and 4 are consistent: the profile is solid, but you're noticing the dark roast character isn't resonating with your palate. That's a preference observation, not an extraction problem — the shots are well-pulled.

Two clean back-to-back shots on the naked PF with balance 4–5 and no channeling. The Cerrado is dialed in; the remaining question is purely whether the dark/ashy profile is a bean you want to keep pulling.