Coffee Roasting 101

Greens

This morning I roasted some coffee beans.  You may be wondering what I am talking about.  You see, I purchased some green coffee beans, beans which have never been roasted before, and I roasted them in a pot on the stovetop. There are a lot of better ways to roast coffee beans, but I am a bit of a simpleton when it comes to coffee, and I enjoy pan roasting.  You can do a better job with commercial roasting equipment, but pan roasting is fine for me, for now anyway. If you like coffee, but have never roasted your own beans before, you probably don't know what coffee really tastes like.  The coffee you buy in the grocery store was … [Read more...]

Sulawesi Kalossi Toraja Gr. 1

Sulawesi

OK, for my next coffee review, I am coming closer to home, to Indonesia.  More specifically, I am talking about a coffee from the Island of Sulawesi, the nearest Indonesian Island to my home in Mindanao, Philippines.  As a matter of fact, when I used to live in General Santos City, we could even receive radio transmissions and sometimes TV signals from Sulawesi stations.  So, I feel a little bit of connection with Sulawesi, even though I have never been there in person. Because of my tenuous connection with the Island, I was excited to taste the Sulawesi beans.  I actually roasted these beans a little beyond where I intended to go, to … [Read more...]