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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 am thinking of selling my Gene Cafe and getting the Ikawa Home Roaster for less smoke and more repeatable, light to medium roasts for pour overs. Any thoughts on the software for the Ikawa? Is it pretty upgradable or am I gonna have a roaster I can't turn on after...
I'm trying to input an offset into Artisan, but its only letting me do whole numbers, has anyone had any luck with that? I tried multiplying the offset and factor by 10 to get a whole number, but that doesn't seem to work either.
Just had my Bullet delivered yesterday and will get it set up this weekend. I have seen a couple more posts from folks that also got in on the latest batch from Sweet Mairas. Anyone interested in ordering some of the same beans and learning to roast on the new machine together....
I now have about two dozen roasts under my belt with the Quest M6 and am still struggling to achieve a perfect declining RoR with this roaster. I have been using a 20# bag of Nicaraguan Caturra greens from SM to learn on. The tasting notes suggest City+...
Hi, I've just wanted to post here my solution for temperature measurement problem for BocaBoca owners. The problem is that 250/500 models designed as closed drum that has no ability to connect wired thermocouples because there is an axle at both ends. Original gauge is spinning...
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.
