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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...
I tried to roast on my machine Kuban Supreme with the PID control.
My main target is to use this PID feature for the pre-heating of the machine because it takes about 70-80 minutes.
So in my background, there is a profile that I want to follow. When I turn ON the...
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.
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...
In 2011, I tasted the best coffee I had ever had and still have ever had to date. It was Gimme Coffee's Kenya Kiandu, and it's what got me into home-roasting and specialty coffee in general. It also got a 95 on coffeereview.com. It tasted like...
I was wondering if I could get some advice on this roasting issue that has been driving me crazy for the past couple months. I got these very sweet/fruity beans (Mexico Ejidos San Fernando Geisha Honey), that were absolutely amazing the first time I roasted them. However, ever...
