Cupping the bounty

coffee_cup

As I told you in my last article, last week the mailman presented me with a wonderful bounty of four different varieties of coffee beans.  The beans arrived on Wednesday last week, and I roasted just after they arrived.  Now the work begins. Work?  Yes, work.  remember, I have to drink the stuff now!  I mean, a very dedicated coffee drinker like me can't just roast the beans and then forget, I have to put the scientific process into play and give the beans some taste testing.  Hey, it's a tough job, but somebody must do it, right? You see, when you roast coffee beans, you don't get to go brew a cup of joe right away.  I guess you can … [Read more...]

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...]