Robusta - Page 2
- another_jim
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Marlton Coffee, whom I don't know, but who have a solid selection of green coffees, sell Ugandan Robusta in 15 and 30 pound lots.
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Josuma offers robusta at larger quantities. I received an e-mail a few weeks ago that smaller quantity is also available:
http://www.josuma.com/about-josuma.html
Obviously, SweetMaria offers 5 pounds at a time:
http://www.sweetmarias.com/coffee.other.robusta.php
http://www.josuma.com/about-josuma.html
Obviously, SweetMaria offers 5 pounds at a time:
http://www.sweetmarias.com/coffee.other.robusta.php
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No endorsement implied. These are whole bags, which will be somewhat more than 20lbs.
http://www.royalcoffee.com/offering.asp ... ry=ROBUSTA
http://www.cafeimports.com/offerings.ph ... rch_submit
http://www.royalcoffee.com/offering.asp ... ry=ROBUSTA
http://www.cafeimports.com/offerings.ph ... rch_submit
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Have you contacted Sweet Maria's? I thought the whole raison d'etre of CoffeeShrub was to service just this sort of need from the coffees that Tom stocks.
Best,
David
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There is a $150 minimum order, but that's not too bad.
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- another_jim
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I did a leisurely 19 minute roast of SM's Sufia Robusta today. I'll try it in a week, two weeks, and then roll it out at the upcoming Chicago get together in 3 weeks as "properly aged" premium robusta. I must say, not much rubber during the roast, mostly caramel and some tar.
Jim Schulman
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my sufia arrives friday. Jim, how far did you take the roast? Sounds like you really extended the ramp or did you have a rather slow finish too?
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I dawdled on the ramp to the first so much that there was no crack at all (not sure if this is a Robusta thing or ruined roast), got there in 15 minutes or so. I finished it fast and earlier than I had planned, at the first throat clearings of the second crack, since there was a really nice clean caramel candy smell at that point.
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The Sufia after one week,in a 100% shot, is rubbery and tarry but quite pleasant despite that (it's a clean rubber and tar?). The pour is pure espresso porn. But it definitely needs to age/stale more.
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I must admit I was a bit surprised to read about the rubber and tar.
The most recent quality SO robusta I have tried, a Javan Semeru roasted by Londinium, had none of these traits commonly associated with robusta even when drunk just a couple of days post-roast.
I don't know of anyone selling these beans in the states, though.
I suspect there are much bigger differences between robustas than is the accepted wisdom.
Cheers
Mike
The most recent quality SO robusta I have tried, a Javan Semeru roasted by Londinium, had none of these traits commonly associated with robusta even when drunk just a couple of days post-roast.
I don't know of anyone selling these beans in the states, though.
I suspect there are much bigger differences between robustas than is the accepted wisdom.
Cheers
Mike
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