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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...
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I noticed that many have set up their needle valve with 1/4 connections for gas heated roaster. Is 1/4 sufficient for valve and pipe connections? I'm asking because my LP gas hose is 3/8 and wondering if reduction to 1/4 would cause any insufficiency for 10,000 BTU/h gas burner.
1) Their bags don't reseal. Everyone else uses ziplocks which work fine. With Klatch, I have to grab the scotch tape.
2) I often get a little less coffee than I've paid for. Not a big deal financilly but my last roast or two wind up a bit smaller than the rest and I have to...
I briefly reviewed Artisan's documentation, and it appears the Area Under Curve (AUC) calculation is linear: units are Temperature-Time. There is an entry for base temperature, but again that appears to be a linear offset.
I keep using the word linear , because chemical...
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...
Hello all!
I am looking to buy a roaster to start learning how to roast.
I want its adjustments to be as close as a bigger machine.
I have contacted cormorant and wintop. The cormorant is a little cheaper than the chinese roasters.
But the chinese one, have a big motor for...
I've always had the opinion that I should buy the best greens that I can, as my lack of roasting skills means that my roasting can only reduce cup quality.
Recently Scott Rao did a blog post on score inflation, and he did have a couple paragraphs of interest about roasting for...
