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Home Barista is developing a consolidated space for folks interested in buying or trading green coffee in one easy to manage location. If you are interested in distributing, acquiring, or trading green coffee, this is the thread to do so.
Since hunting down exceptional greens can be a challenge nowadays maybe heads up are in order.
here are a few recent listed lots I just ordered that should have exceptional potential for espresso and/or brewed.
SM Kenya Nyeri Ngunguru
SM Aida Batlle El Salvador Finca...
This video shows a recent entrant that is currently priced the same as the IKAWA Home roaster and seems to have lots of useful features. This market space is getting very active: Features include:
- integration with Artisan and free included software
- a tiny tryer
- a rotating...
Hi,
I saw that some of the members on HB are Ikawa Home owners. Are you willing to share successful profiles (espresso) for:
Guatemala-Delicia SHB, Brazil Y. Bourbon, India Parchment, Monsooned Malabar (arabica)...or any other?
Carefreebuzzbuzz recommended Hacea coffee and I recently made an order. He mentioned that the service is top notch and I 100% agree. They even included a personalized, hand-written note with the order. That kind of care was much more common in the pre-amazon monopoly days. I...
I've looked at this thread Huky Gas Automation and tried to see I could use it with my BC 5 roaster. However, the Python code is from a different version, and after updating it, I can't seem to have my Python code talk to the Arduino board. Any help would be great.
When...
Hi all,
I'm interested in getting into coffee roasting purely as a means of producing good coffee in the varieties and taste profiles I want (I don't want another hobby). Are the PID controlled roaster options + proven roast recipes/profiles going to produce something...
I want to try to come up with a drum style full city roast for my fluid bed. Goal is to extend roast time to increase depth and decrease acidity without getting too much roast/scorch flavor. My fluid bed has little to no heat retention. How would you approach it? My thoughts...
