Greens Alert - Page 72

#711: Post by **sosha** » February 7th, 2017, 9:42 pm

amh0001 wrote:Hi Sosha,

I went ahead and ordered 5 lbs of the mill city yirg that you mentioned. I would have bought more, but the shipping to CA is horrible! (32 bucks for 15lbs).

Badperson,

I checked sweet marias for that Ethiopian but it was sold out.

I'm going to try focus roasting a single lot of the ethiopian till i can get a great roast.

WOW. I usually get 10#, with $13.50 for shipping.

#712: Post by **amh0001** » February 11th, 2017, 3:48 pm

So i've roasted 7 batches of the ETHIOPIA GELANA ABAYA - YIRGACHEFFE mentioned above. I find it very underwhelming. I dont know if the beans are getting old or what.

Normally when I roast a Yirg, as the beans are drying you can smell hints of the sweet florals coming from the roaster. As I roast this one, I get nothing like that. I have taken them from city to full city, with different roast profiles, and it just lacks any "Tons of floral, light lime, stone fruit/red plum,"

there are some hints of "slight caramel, sarsaparilla, and acidity with thin body-(not uncommon in Ethiopian coffee).

I want to mentioned that I am a huge fan of the Mill CIty's roasting videos, and staff, but I cant recommend this coffee in Green Alert.

#713: Post by **sosha** » February 12th, 2017, 12:29 pm

I've always found a good natural to be more fruity than a WP. How long are you letting it rest?

#714: Post by **IMAWriter** » February 12th, 2017, 5:47 pm

amh0001 wrote:Hi Sosha,

I went ahead and ordered 5 lbs of the mill city yirg that you mentioned. I would have bought more, but the shipping to CA is horrible! (32 bucks for 15lbs).

Badperson,

I checked sweet marias for that Ethiopian but it was sold out.

I'm going to try focus roasting a single lot of the ethiopian till i can get a great roast.

You may want to check with Dave Borton at MillCity. Dave is an absolutely great guy, totally straight shooter, long time HB'er. I think there is occasionally a snafu on the shipping thing. I'd contact him immediately to see if that might be the case.

#715: Post by **Boldjava** » February 12th, 2017, 6:35 pm

Dave be out of town. Nick is auditing software and pricing as we type.

#716: Post by **Unrooted** » February 15th, 2017, 11:59 am

The biggest reason I keep buying from sweet Maria's is because I can get 20 lbs shipped for $8.

#717: Post by **Michael303** » April 3rd, 2017, 6:12 pm

I see this thread hasn't been updated in a while. What has everyone been roasting lately?

April 3rd, 2017, 6:30 pm

Had a terrific rack of lamb.
OK, I'll play. One of my favorite coffees, sort of under the radar. It's the Mexican Narita Teruño DOP from Burman's. I has that brooding almost but not quite fermented blueberry thing, though not as strong as that old lot 30 SM Harrar.

Nicely priced as well, and Berman's has a special shipping price that is VERY reasonable. He and Jon are nice folks as well

April 3rd, 2017, 7:07 pm

Haha. There are so many choices it's always nice to hear what everyone else is enjoying. I just snagged 5lbs of the Mexican Terruno Nayarita from Burman's along with a few other things. Thanks for the feedback, Rob.

#720: Post by **GregR** » April 3rd, 2017, 8:04 pm

Michael303 wrote:I see this thread hasn't been updated in a while. What has everyone been roasting lately?

Speaking of Mill City and awesomeness- yesterday I roasted a pound of their Yemen Haraaz Red Marqaha. It's already got a strong aroma of strawberries and cream. Gonna be hard to let this rest as long as it needs to.