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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.
I'm on the waitlist for a Cormorant, should come up sometime in Feb 2023. I'm brand new to coffee roasting but like to fiddle a bit with things. I don't worry too much about a perfect cup of coffee and generally enjoy the process far more than the outcome.
My Cormorant is making some squeaking and grinding noises - I assume that the spindle bearings are dry or otherwise malfunctioning. Has anyone serviced them? Any particular grease recommended?
Approaching 20 years of roasting. Continuing to get better at it, but who knows? Haven't posted much recently because I've pretty much said all I have to say.
But wait----here's something worth mentioning. I've used only one heatgun for most of that time: a Makita 1100 (now...
Room temperature is one of many possible temperatures for just-roasted beans...
Roasted up a small batch (130g) of Nicaragua Buena Vista Obata using an 8-minute (IKAWA) linearly-declining RoR roast profile to what looked like a City-ish roast level - at least that's what it...
I have recently moved from an Aillio bullet to a Probat 05 series 2 roaster. I missed the controls I had on the bullet so I have upgraded the Probat with extra thermocouples( ET and BT 3mm probes) as well as a differential pressure sensor. I went the Phidget route. However,...
The video is pretty much an advertisement, but I always wondered what is inside these roasters.
Ten minutes long.
ETA: Last year, the L100 sample roaster started at $7.2k, and the P2000 1kg-2kg was expected to be $16k (P2000 is now P3000 3kg, no price announced, maybe at...
First time poster. I am glad to be interacting with this awesome community.
I have a Diedrich IR3 roaster manufactured in 2009. my question is: What is the typical longevity on a roaster? I would say that roaster has averaged about 60-100lbs per week (roast time...
