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by jalpert
June 28th, 2017, 2:36 pm
Forum: Coffee Roasting
Replies: 2430
Views: 187019

Greens Alert

Dave, a couple questions for you: - Does this coffee have much Bergamot/Early Grey flavor? I had 5# of a BLAST YOU IN THE FACE WITH EARL GREY yirg, and I got so sick of it that, to this day, I can barely stomach those types of Yirgs. - Sounds like you'd consider this a "special occasion"
by jalpert
September 12th, 2016, 5:45 pm
Forum: Coffee Roasting
Replies: 32
Views: 2211

Mill City FOTR 2016 discussion

That's what I did in Oakland, except I only sent the email to my wife and her dad. It worked! Also I learned a ton from this competition: - The #4 Guatemala tastes just like a Burundi we roasted for a Huky competition. And now I have two examples to prove that I detest the spicy
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by jalpert
September 6th, 2016, 7:06 pm
Forum: Coffee Roasting
Replies: 32
Views: 2211

Mill City FOTR 2016 discussion

I also had lowest moisture loss on #5. And a strong flash during the crack. I'm dead sure of one of them. Pretty sure of another. Have a good guess at two more. And only "throw a dart at that part of the world" for the last. My favorites were #1 and #2.
by jalpert
February 22nd, 2016, 12:23 pm
Forum: Coffee Roasting
Replies: 22
Views: 3909

Sources of Coffee Greens

Whoa whoa whoa this is blowing my mind right now. I just looked up what Daterra is. Many years ago I was doing some work in automotive tires in Brazil. We had several meetings with one of the largest distributors in the country, who also apparently owned a coffee farm. This is before I was
by jalpert
February 18th, 2016, 5:38 pm
Forum: Coffee Roasting
Replies: 72
Views: 5243

Roast and Learn Together - January 2016

Ha! I like that. Also, Dave, great show yesterday, give my thanks to Joe also!
by jalpert
February 18th, 2016, 1:54 pm
Forum: Coffee Roasting
Replies: 72
Views: 5243

Roast and Learn Together - January 2016

Here's my roast of the GCBC DP Ethiopia: {image} Generally fairly slow drying period with a flattening ET, dropped at the end of first crack (still some snaps in the cooling tray). Don't pay attention to the ROR spike at the end of the roast, it is an artifact of Artisan's interpolation algorithm an...
by jalpert
February 15th, 2016, 12:37 am
Forum: Coffee Roasting
Replies: 72
Views: 5243

Roast and Learn Together - January 2016

I had to travel for work today, will load the graph up tomorrow or Tuesday. If I recall it was around 5/3.5/1.5, but not totally sure
by jalpert
February 14th, 2016, 11:24 pm
Forum: Coffee Roasting
Replies: 72
Views: 5243

Roast and Learn Together - January 2016

I did a significantly lengthened drying phase and an early drop with high air. THIS IS THE FIRST DP ETHIOPIA I'VE EVER ROASTED THAT TASTES LIKE IT SHOULD. This is a watershed moment for me. Thank you all
by jalpert
February 14th, 2016, 1:18 am
Forum: Coffee Roasting
Replies: 24
Views: 7954

Why do roasters turn heat off at charge?

While I generally agree - I have found the initial stage of the roast to be extremely important for later stages, even make or break - in my experience, on my machine, it's slightly more complex. Our recent R&L in December demonstrated the importance of air flow, and I performed many experiments wit...
by jalpert
February 3rd, 2016, 8:47 pm
Forum: Coffee Roasting
Replies: 272
Views: 39282

Show your home roasting setup!

Disagree. The correct # of bikes to own is s - 1, where s is the number that would cause your significant other to leave you