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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've heard great things about using a PID for repeatability, so I picked up a used Fuji PXG-4. I had a heck of a time getting it to communicate with Artisan, but now its talking, and now I'm struggling with the roasting.
The way I roasted previously, manually, was I would...
The Ikawa Home Roaster arrived a day early! I'm happy to answer direct questions, but I'm really hoping that several of the other HB members who also pre-ordered will chime in and share their experiences and learnings!
Hello
I am dark roasting Sumatra with very good results. Is it possible to blend it with other type of beans in order to make it even sweeter espresso, without losing the Sumatra qualities ? ( if so, what beans and what degree of roasting)
Since I missed out on the group Geisha buy, I thought I'd post this:
I've been avoiding the Geisha thing for years now, but in a moment of weakness, I bought 10# of Panama Esmeralda Private Collection Geisha Natural from Roastmasters. It's hard to believe that this bag of...
Hey Barista Superstars,
Hope you are all well and safe.
I just joined this community and already here asking for help! :D
I need to buy a decent coffee roaster that can help me in roasting about a kg of green beans at a time. I will be using this at home and potentially the...
The Fresh Roast line of roasters has mostly been limited to batch sizes of ~1/4 lb. I was excited a couple months ago when I heard they were working on a 1/2 lb roaster, and they finally released it a day or two ago.
