I gained my coffee chops in the 2nd wave i guess, where the focus was on dark, caramel, chocolatey dark roasts. having been focusing on lighter roasts since getting an electric roaster that connects to Artisan, this is one of the few times i decided to go dark again (well,...
Just wondering if there's an app that will give you a number corresponding to avg coffee bean color that you can use as an objective measure of roast darkness. Obviously not as good as spectrometer...
I know the Ailllio Bullet has this, and I've been thinking about how to add it to my drum roaster without breaking the bank. I found one example here ( How do you know the temperature of the drum? ) that looks workable with a $70 Phidget. A more ubiquitous sensor is the MLX9614...
In today's Roast Magazine free webinar summit, Rob Hoos talked on airflow. He actually mentioned Fluid bed roasters quite a bit! Some relevant info he reported (if I have it right):
-keep airflow at maximum bean movement (but without it getting in the chaff collector)
-this...
I did a bit of searching to see how y'all were roasting this with no luck. I see quite a few ordered it from Theta Ridge so I'm hoping maybe there are some roast notes.
I'm taking it to Full City and enjoying as pour over, but now want to experiment with espresso. Anyone tried...
I searched and couldn't find an answer for this question, so sorry if it has been asked/answered already. I am waiting for my Cormorant to arrive this summer and preparing for it now. I live in Colorado and in the summer it gets over 120F on my deck and in my backyard. I don't...
