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.
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The following question is for those who use portable gas stove to roast coffee beans. My Gas One portable gas / butane stove has this distinctive smell which was present right out of box and will not go away. It smells like propane gas even when it's not in use and disconnected....
After each roast I manually check the beans, not only for stones but also to take out any 'odd' beans that I spot. That's mostly the beans that remained rather light, yellowish. It's assumed that these result from unripe berries. I see this more frequently in 'pulped natural' /...
I have been working on automating the controls on my new Cormorant Roaster. So far I have succeeded in controlling gas pressure control and fan speed. I am stuck on controlling the drum motor speed however.
I have connected the fans and the drum motors each to Phidget DCC1002s...
Upcoming IG live, June 12, 5am Eastern. If you're like me and like to be asleep at 5am, then his previous roasting videos have all eventually made it to YouTube. I have found his previous videos quite informative.
I find that my roasts rarely spend more than 30 per cent of their final profile in the drying phase, often as little as 25 per cent. This is true not only of my own roasts but also of the ones made with profiles that Ikawa provides with the green beans they supply for use with...
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...
Purchased the behmor 2000ab roaster August 2020. Has been working great up until my last order of beans from sweet Maria's which were Brazil dry processed. The profile which I Have Always used is a manual profile P5 which is the hottest taking it to the 1st crack increasing drum...
Hey everyone. This is my first post here. I've already learned so much from reading other posts.
Alright, I'm needing some advice/suggestions from you awesome roasters. I have a long-term goal of opening a coffee truck while roasting the coffee for it. I have been roasting for...
