How do you roast your green coffee beans? I am not looking for the procedure. I'm not looking for what machine you use. What I mean is, like, how much do you roast at a time, and how many different varieties of coffee do you roast at a given time? For me, I usually roast about twice per week, sometimes only once per week. I roast small quantities, usually 1/4 to 1/3 pound of any variety. If it's a coffee that I have a large stash of, then I will do up to a half pound on a single roast. Why such small batches? For a couple of reasons: I find it easier to control the roast process when I roast only a very small batch of beans. … [Read more...]
How was the taste?
April 25, 2009 By 4 Comments
Remember last week, I wrote about a roasting that I did on some Yirg? It was ugly, but I was hoping it would be delicious. Well, I am happy to report that on my fourth roasting attempt, I was finally able to reproduce the delicious Yirg results that I got the first time I roasted it! After going too light, then too dark, I finally hit it right on! Unfortunately, that was a small batch that I roasted, though, and I've already drank all of it! You see, I was tired of wasting good coffee beans when I wasn't doing a good job of roasting, so I decreased the batch size until I hit on the proper results! And, I did it! Like I said, those … [Read more...]
Ugly, but hopefully delicious
April 18, 2009 By 1 Comment
Last month, I got my first Ethiopia Yirgacheffe green coffee beans. Ethiopia is the place where coffee was "invented," so I was looking forward to enjoying some wonderfully delicious coffee. Well, as you know if you read this site, I am pretty new at coffee roasting, and specialty coffee beans in general. When I roasted the yirg beans, I thought I did an OK job, given that it was only about my 3rd or 4th time to ever roast coffee. I e-mailed a photo of my roast to my best coffee buddy, Bobby. Here is a picture of my initial roast: Well, Bobby e-mailed me back and told me that the roast was "ugly." As I scrutinized the picture, … [Read more...]
Roasting session this morning
April 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Well, this morning I did some roasting of green beans. I guess I usually roast about twice per week or so. Today is Wednesday and I roasted two different varieties of green beans today. First, I roasted some Natural Yirgacheffe Worka beans that came from Ethiopia. I got these beans from my Sangay, Bobby Timonera. Bobby bought these through GCBC, but he didn't like them as much as some other varieties of beans, so I bought them from him. These are some excellent beans that I really enjoy. The roasted beans have a combination of a fruity and spicy flavor, which I really enjoy. My first attempt at roasting the beans, I thought that … [Read more...]
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