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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.
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...
Nice comparison. Color does not fully describe the roast any more than extraction fully describes the coffee balance.
I read that article yesterday. Last year I was thinking about buying the photodetector board that Espresso Vision used (it's about $20) and seeing what I could...
Feel free to try out the release candidate which will become the next full release. If you have questions or comment, you can post them here or on the GitHub pages.
The underlying code has been substantially rewritten so trying to catch anything now. I will be testing it over...
Over the years, I've roasted nearly every mainstream coffee from nearly all countries, mostly for espresso. Recently, I was stocking up on greens and noticed a bean called Haiti Savane Zombie. I must confess, I ordered a few pounds merely because of the name :oops: . Now that I...
Looking to build my own version of the Kaldi chaf collector/airflow unit. Anyone able to show what sort of fan they use and any other info? Not wanting to spend several hundred dollars build something like the turbo models I see here. Thanks
This video shows a recent entrant that is currently priced the same as the IKAWA Home roaster and seems to have lots of useful features. This market space is getting very active: Features include:
- integration with Artisan and free included software
- a tiny tryer
- a rotating...