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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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hi all, i'm thinking about upgrading from my motorized stovepop to a Kaldi mini. we usually roast 150-200g, so this Kaldi would work. on my stovepop, i'm running a 60rpm low torque motor. so i'm wondering what's the rpm on the motor used for Kaldi.
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'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.
I've purchased a few recently and haven't been overwhelmed. I'm a fan of natural process coffees and complex flavors so these are probably up my alley. I assume I'm doing something wrong.
I try to roast them pretty light but the weight loss always winds up close to 15% (which...
I'm looking for some insight into my roast and the data output. I've seen a lot of the other forum posts regarding the Center 306 and it's limitations, but I've made due with it so far.
My main issue is that the bean temperature probe seems to read a lower temperature than...
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 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+...
