Coffee

JayCee · May 23

@maxward, @stangman67, anyone else....

Green bean heads-up. Do you guys get the SM's emails?

If you've not compared different harvest processing methods, a cool experiment. It's amazing how the same bean, when dry vs wet processed, can be so different in the cup. Ethiopians are excellent examples of this. Gesha's from South America, a sought after bean know for it's floral characteristics, was a really interesting one I've done.

Latest from SM's and worth grabbing if you want to expand your knowledge/experience.

"The latest entry into our featured coffee sets is the 4 lbs Ethiopia Process Method Set. This set highlights the different flavors that come from the wet and dry process methods, and includes four of our top lots from the current green coffee catalog.

The wet and dry process methods are the two most used means of processing coffee in the world, and each leaves their own unique mark on the cup. From fruit to floral and everything in between, this set is an opportunity to compare how these flavor differences are expressed across four delicious Ethiopian coffees.

If you're looking for more volume, we still offer our 10 lbs "XL" Ethiopia Process Method Set, but for smaller capacity air roasters we think the 4lbs set will be a lot of fun!"

https://www.sweetmarias.com/4-lbs-ethiopia-process-method-set.html

maxward · May 23

Thanks. Yes, and part of my recent order was the 10 lbs XL Ethiopian process method. It will be a couple weeks before I try one of those.

msg · May 24

Thaaat's right. You all just got double-teabagged.

billbillw · May 24

msg wrote: »

Thaaat's right. You all just got double-teabagged.

pitdogg2 · May 24

msg wrote: »

Thaaat's right. You all just got double-teabagged.

That's not Tea, that's floor dust sweepings in a sack.

stangman67 · May 24

@JayCee thanks for the suggestion, I’ll add that combo pack to my next order. Roasting time this weekend for my first weekly batch

stangman67 · May 24

Friday night roast complete! I am having way too much fun with this. Need to play with the design on the label a bunch still

jdjohn · May 24

You coffee nerds should seek-out and watch Dangerous Grounds, which was a (sadly) short-lived docu-series where a dude named Todd Carmichael traversed the globe, looking for the absolute best coffee beans he could find for his Philadelphia-based coffee company.

He traveled with a portable, hand-powered, roaster, and (I think) hand-powered grinder, where he would roast, grind, and brew coffee on-the-spot (i.e., on the coffee plantation) to determine if it was worthy of attempting to import the beans into the states (i.e., his coffee company).

It is a very informative and interesting series to watch...whether you like coffee, or not.

stangman67 · May 25

Sounds very interesting, I found it but have to pay for each episode.

mrbigbluelight · May 30

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/NzfATkjy247uhzN3/?mibextid=xCPwDs

Okay, that's all I got.
Please return to your previously scheduled thread

pitdogg2 · May 31

I wonder how many takes the did of that bit?

Jimbo18 · May 31

Pretty long listen but there's a ton of info about coffee here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWWVNq5GHp4

billbillw · May 31

Jimbo18 wrote: »

Pretty long listen but there's a ton of info about coffee here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWWVNq5GHp4

All that effort, and equipment bought/donated by sponsors, and he couldn't get a burr grinder?
For the most part, I really like that guy's channel and have been a subscriber for years.

maxward · June 14

@stangman67 Of the one pound bags of Sweet Maria’s coffee I have roasted so far, a winner was the Colombia Inza Cresta El Hato, which is still in stock.

stangman67 · June 14

maxward wrote: »

@stangman67 Of the one pound bags of Sweet Maria’s coffee I have roasted so far, a winner was the Colombia Inza Cresta El Hato, which is still in stock.

Thanks for the heads up! I’m running low on 10speed so I have to put an order in soon. Do you have the graph saved for how you roasted it?

maxward · June 14

Roasted to full city +. I don’t use any software other than monitoring time and temperature.

stangman67 · June 16

Gotcha! Appreciate the suggestion

Courtney bought me a Weber Moonraker WDT for my first Father’s Day. Completely unexpected, she’s a keeper. Inspired me to clean up the coffee bar and get it organized

maxward · June 16

Very cool!

stangman67 · June 18

maxward wrote: »

@stangman67 Of the one pound bags of Sweet Maria’s coffee I have roasted so far, a winner was the Colombia Inza Cresta El Hato, which is still in stock.

Bought 5 pounds to play with as well as 20 more pounds of 10 speed blend. Been drinking it for a few weeks now and no complaints

Nightfall · June 21

Darkest most glistening roast I've seen yet.

stangman67 · June 21

My lord that is dark, not my style but it’s impressively shiny

maxward · June 21

Yikes! Tastes like charcoal.

stangman67 · June 21

All French Roast tastes the same because all you taste is the roast and none of the bean origin flavors. It’s a shame.

Nightfall · June 21

This one is a little too dark. However I do prefer the darker roasts, I find that the lighter roasts often have a fruity type flavor to them. I prefer the almost bitterness and coffeeness of the darker roasts and then add my own flavor with sugar & cream.

Clipdat · June 22

@stangman67 Do you think there's any super auto espresso machines that are worth a damn? Primarily for straight espresso.

stangman67 · June 22

There are planets of decent super auto machines. My friend has a Jura she likes

Recommend you watch this.

https://youtu.be/iZEM1cC86t8?si=eI51xnE_2KRrf6U3

Have personal experience with a phillips machine that seemed to make pretty good coffee.

xschop · June 22

To each his own, but at what point is over-roasting the beans detrimental to taste and health?
Might as well go to Starbucks...over-roasted and over-priced.

billbillw · June 22

I liked French Roast before I knew better...

maxward · June 22

^^Well said.

Nightfall · June 22

This is the other one I have right now.

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