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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...
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.
Let's just say this roast worked for this coffee ( it doesn't and that is another worthwhile discussion also this is not our chosen coffee, but similar). CareFreeBuzzBuzz suggests a roast report to get the salient details from artisan to PDF or word document. Or to quote
Many of us have appreciated having the input and green coffee of Aida Batlle available. And maybe it's time to start pages for the separate processes of the coffee she and her team produces.
Also hopefully she will bring more of the Burundi process into home roasters' hands....
I am working on faster roasts. Last one had first crack at 8:45 and I felt I lost too much acidity. This week, I will run one at 7:00 and 7:30 to compare them.
Hi I roast two bathes today. I changed my charge temp to 385. Colombia and Ethiopia 300ga in the Huky 500. Can you guys take a look at these profiles and let me know what I can do to improve the roasts.The help from the old post really helped to slow down this roast. The...
5 packages are going out today. I've contacted 30 interested buyers and have received replies from most. There might be some left, so don't hesitate to PM me. The days I can get to the post office is every Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Approaching 20 years of roasting. Continuing to get better at it, but who knows? Haven't posted much recently because I've pretty much said all I have to say.
But wait----here's something worth mentioning. I've used only one heatgun for most of that time: a Makita 1100 (now...
