What can you find in the coffee you roast? - Page 2

#11: Post by **Burner0000** » March 11th, 2014, 11:47 am

The Guatemala were lower grade fair trade beans. The crappy part was the fair trade. I am an FTO fan..

#12: Post by **Italyhound** » March 11th, 2014, 1:06 pm

If I don't find a rock in my yemen beans, I will question their authenticity.

#13: Post by **ripcityman** » March 11th, 2014, 11:42 pm

How about live worms. I used to roast commercially for a couple of coffee shops. Back in 2005 to 2008, I roasted Colombian Supremo Huila. I would have to de-stone all the beans in large trays for pebbles, then one day I saw a live worm buried half way in a coffee bean.

#14: Post by **Bonsai Doug** » March 12th, 2014, 9:14 am

Bodka Coffee wrote:I have found a tiny rock or two and two pieces of corn.

Same here. I thought I was nuts when I found what appeared to be pieces of corn.
At least I'm not alone!

#15: Post by **Bodka Coffee** » March 12th, 2014, 10:04 am

The stuff I found was in Guatemalan also.

#16: Post by **Boldjava** » March 12th, 2014, 10:47 am

ripcityman wrote:... then one day I saw a live worm buried half way in a coffee bean.

Larva stage of a coffee bean borer.

#17: Post by **rgrosz** » March 12th, 2014, 12:58 pm

Italyhound wrote:If I don't find a rock in my yemen beans, I will question their authenticity.

+1 Lots of rocks in my Yemens from 2010 and 2011. Once I found a fishing hook in some other beans.

#18: Post by **Airhan** » April 1st, 2014, 12:55 am

During one roast in my popcorn popper I actually popped a corn kernel that was in my beans from Kenya. Talk about irony.

I do have a TC4 controlled popper though, bring on the movies!

#19: Post by **Andy** » April 1st, 2014, 2:47 am

KingDL1 wrote:<image>
I found my first rock in about my first 50 lbs ...

Well, isn't that gneiss!

#20: Post by **kire612002** » April 2nd, 2014, 8:01 am

Stones,nuts,berry borers