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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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I'd like to see opinions from those who have used really small home roasters, such as the Ikawa and Kaffelogic, vs larger home roasters, such as the Quest, Huky and Aillio. I see a lot of interest here for those smaller roasters lately.
Didn't expect to be making this post so soon but here we are.
I've had an Ikawa Home for a few weeks and I love it. Super impressed with the coffee I've had from it and it's a joy to use. I also don't mind roasting back to back the 500g or so I do each week. Obviously I'm not...
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...
Good evening to everyone. I have recently acquired a new to me US Roaster Corp sample roaster. I have roasted a bit with it and have been logging my roast by hand but am now attempting to use Artisan. The roaster came equipped with a Phidget 1048. The previous owner was using...
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.
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...
