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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...
I would like to hear from anyone who is running a FreshRoast SR 500, 540 or 800 on 230-volt mains by converting to 120-volt 50-herts. As a retired EE, I know all about the theory, and I'm aware of the poor state of many Chinese-made converters. I'm seeking actual experience....
After using a drum roaster for quite some time, I decided to buy an electric fluid bed sample roaster (the model is Santoker Q20), mostly for its ease of use. Because my old-school drum roaster takes too much time to prepare (setup the thermal couple, MS6514 thermal meter, chaff...
Did a little experiment with some cheaper beans I didn't care for... did 4 1lb batches using a temperature similar to what I might use for a roast, varying only the airflow (which I kept static for the entire roast after soak). As I kinda expected, at a really low airflow,...
I have been roasting since December of last year on my Fresh Roast SR800. I added the equipment to use the Artisan software to control my roasts. Everyone loves the coffee...maybe too much. We drink about1.5 pounds of coffee a week. This means I need to make 4 batches a week on...
Really really enjoying this Guatemalan Coban coffee as a SO espresso. Choosing it every morning of late.
If you haven't order from Hacea I suggest you try them. Especially if you roast 1lb at a time as you can just cut the bag and dump it. Also they fully support Artisan Plus.
Here are two screen shots of two different roasts of a Guatemalan bean roasted on a Cormorant. They are very different roasts but both seem to have a similar defect (maybe baked but hard to say.)
Does anyone have any advice on how to improve it or things to try? I am...
