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I've been studying ROR and tinkering mid roast but my first 15 roasts all tasted awful. I come from the hot top where it always was decent tasting.
I will show my latest roast profile. Was an Ethiopian 250g. It was all I had left so i know 350 is better.
But 1c was way too...
I mostly roast Ethiopian Yirgacheffe washed. I roast it dark.. about 45 seconds into 2nd crack. I use a 4lb RK drum to roast. I prefer dark roasts. I'm not making espresso yet, this is for pour overs and drip. I'm hoping to use this bean for espresso also when I get my first...
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 a 1kg perforated drum roaster and I try and aim for a 20% dev time but I find it's difficult to get a light roast doing that and what I end up with usually is closer to a full city roast. if I want to drop the roast earlier and keep 20% dev time everything will have to...
Any advice is appreciated.I have been trying to roast a natural Colombian Geisha from Finca La Estrella. I has reasons to believe it is not a very dense bean because i kept getting tipping, and that's the major issue with my roast. After several attempts with lowered charging...
Description: Roasting defects are a fact of life for anyone roasting coffee. The key to avoiding them is to understand the different types of roasting defects and what causes them in the first place.
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...
