Dark Matter Coffee · Unicorn Blood Espresso Blend

Shot 66 — grind 40, 17.5g adjusted dose, 39g yield, 24 seconds, balance 4, 5 stars. Fast time but even bilateral flow throughout, chocolate notes, and a balanced finish. Your best shot on this bag.

At 24 seconds this lands in the Fast band — below the Normal floor of 25s — but the taste tells a different story entirely: balance 4, 5 stars, chocolate notes, clean finish. Fast time with even flow and no taste penalty is a common signature of a well-prepped puck on a medium-dark bean where resistance is naturally lower. The 8g lag is normal Bambino behavior — not channeling. Your own note flagging it as possible channeling is the one thing to set aside here: even bilateral flow throughout contradicts that read, and the taste confirms it.

Dark chocolate from a medium-dark washed Honduras/Guatemala blend is textbook on-profile. At 43 days post-roast the bag is in 'use soon' territory but clearly still has life — this shot shows no staling signs. Finish the bag at these parameters.

Shot 64 locked the recipe, and shot 66 just confirmed it with a 5-star pull. The WDT hard cap is doing its job — two clean shots in a row with no channeling drama is the pattern you've been building toward.