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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...
All five are containing Pink Bourbon, which has nothing to do with Bourbon, as it is an Ethiopian landrace. People would say it is a mutation of Bourbon; it could not be further away from truth.
Very long blog on 2 series of DNA testing on Pink Bourbons. Both show that Pink...
With a lot of inspiration from the IKAWA Home - profiles thread I am releasing a beta version of an online tool to create and edit IKAWA profiles. It is mostly what I would have loved from the standard app to have. Open to feedback to add features to make it more useful.
Hey crew!
I have a homemade fluid bed roaster and I'm having some trouble with the PID. I typically do 400-500g batches and have had success manually roasting but I want to get the PID system to perform properly. For the first PID-controlled batch, I simply copied these...
I need to replace this part and have been tracking their website for at least six months (and sent numerous emails to inquire), but not available. Anyone have a source, or alternative to fix?
I decided to start roasting this summer and I am the type to build before buying. I started out thinking I wanted to build a glass chamber electric roaster but trying to stick to a budget, making electric heat was going to cost more than I wanted because of having to go...
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?
I purchased a Kaleido Sniper M2, and I was able to roast my first two batches today. Kaleido is a newer company that hasn't been mentioned before on HB. There are currently no distributors located in the United States, so I had to purchase from China.