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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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There's very little information on it here, especially when it comes to comparing with the Ikawa offerings. I hope we can start a discussion and maybe be lucky enough to have Australian users provide feedback on their units. The thread I found here was pretty short.
I am interested in starting to roast my own coffee beans, but have some reservations about it. I was hoping some experience home roasters could validate my reasons for doing this and address my concerns...
The main reasons I am interested in starting to roast are
1) Despite...
Hoping someone with a Kaldi Wide Roaster could provide me with the dimensions of the base under the drum. I haven't received my Kaldi yet and would like to build a custom base to hold the burner ( I am using an IR propane unit) and want to make sure the roaster is optimally...
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.
So about a month ago I received my new Kaldi Fortis. I love it, and I'm looking forward to the challenge of this step up. Unfortunately someone walked away with a box containing my data logger, tools, instructions, and power adapters. I've already ordered another data logger,...
A roast along. I find every CJ easy roasting, and fabulous looking and these are no exception. On the nose out the roaster is quite lovely. Moisture loss is 16%.
I got this guy from Bodhi and pleasantly surprised. Ive always considered Sumatras to be super earthy and chocolatey but this coffee has a surprising amount of fruit notes, dried apricot, grape etc.
Also, how does my curve look? Roasting on a Chinese electric drum roaster, 220g
