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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.
This is a continuation to the modification I did on an IKAWA Home roaster. I post it in a separate post as the data capture could be helpful on other roasters.
I have added a humidity sensor to the Ikawa exhaust, still lots of work to do but it captures well the FC. The...
The PRO100x arrived and it has two noteworthy new features. The moisture graph with auto FC detect has been well publicized. Less well known, but just as important (IMHO) is the light!
This makes it MUCH easier to see what's going on, especially once the glass top gets any...
Hello everyone,
Hope you are having a caffeinated day.
Can I get some guidance around average bean Drop temperatures for different types of roasts please. Assuming I am talking just about Arabica beans here. Thanks a ton
The Scott Rao quote above originates in one of his marketing emails. It was cited in another thread where a discussion of what I'm posting here would take that thread off topic.
I think that Rao's advice above is incorrect, probably because of a bias against dark roasts. I...
I finally made a short video of the Roaster908 in action. Driving this machine with power-based profiles took a while to learn, but based on batch sizes of about 2 pounds it works pretty well now. The machine is nimble, with low thermal inertia and can turn its environment...
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.
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 took at 10 year hiatus from roasting. Randomly got the itch again got on sweet marias a few weeks ago and got pretty nostalgic when I saw the Popper!
Has anyone been using this? Need to some tips to before I get too frustrated. If I keep my DE at 4 min I tend to roast too...
