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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'm roasting on a small fluid bed roaster and been roasting about a year. Something I've noticed is that all beans at all roast levels have a slight roast flavor to them. It really shows up if I flash brew over ice. I've seen some roast have tipping but not all of them. I also...
Nice comparison. Color does not fully describe the roast any more than extraction fully describes the coffee balance.
I read that article yesterday. Last year I was thinking about buying the photodetector board that Espresso Vision used (it's about $20) and seeing what I could...
I'm a happy Gene Cafe user, and developer.
To learn more about AI, Im going to create an AI driven thing to predict when to stop my roaster (eventually this could be automated) when it gets to how I like it .
I recently roasted a Black Honey processed Ethiopian from Showroom (Neja Fadil), and had a strange result. The roast went almost exactly to plan, with around 15F past FC of development, but after cupping, the roast is incredibly bland. Some sweetness, almost no acidity of...