Popcorn popper is a great cheap way to do it. I didn’t get good enough at it though. I wasn’t consistent.
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Popcorn popper is a great cheap way to do it. I didn’t get good enough at it though. I wasn’t consistent.
reverseapachemaster
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If you feel comfortable modding it you can build a decent roaster which is essentially the same thing as the fresh roast roasters. If you aren't comfortable modding it you can improve your control with a variable fan controller and stir consistently the first few minutes of the roast to ensure even drying.
Picked up these little cans of cold brew from a localish roaster yesterday. They're fantastic in the afternoon w tons of ice.
Fairway market in Harlem is closing their doors and selling a Probatone 12kg roaster for a cool $10k. Looked it up and apparently that's not a bad deal?
Grabbed a Colombian pink bourbon micro lot from Cey last week, crispy for lack of a less trite descriptor.
Picked up another Columbian from Cey for this week, but after realizing they’re 250g bags, not 12oz, I‘m going to have to go with a little less spendy roaster for daily drinking.
The Barn Gesha is a 150g bag lol
Friend (roaster and former cafe owner) showed me a new method for Kalita/pour over.
The regular stuff, water off the boil/95C, 25g coffee and 375g water, 60g bloom for 30s, all standard...
However, after the bloom, the rest is a continous slow pour until about 1:45 or 2mins, BUT pour through an aeropress bottom half. The water is thus much more evenly distributed over the grounds. I have had very nice results so far, but can see it is also another step that may be a pain in the ass. A competition brewer and friend showed him.
reverseapachemaster
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So basically a scaa drip machine but you hold up all the components yourself?
lol was kinda my thought...
Fancy, new home roaster: https://techcrunch.com/2020/07/15/b...customization-for-advanced-coffee-lovers/amp/
Neat, but only roasts 120 grams at a time.
It’s the Picobrew of coffee roasters.
reverseapachemaster
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Not really new. These roasters have been around for a few years. In the past they primarily targeted commercial roasters but nobody wanted a 120g roaster for an outrageous premium.
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I recommend only going to first crack, though.
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This just got delivered an hour ago. Holy shit it is amazing. After drinking it I checked the tasting notes and it is spot on, creme brulee dreamsicle.
On the cold brew roast topic, I am in the same boat, medium to full fuckin dark used to make cold brew. People like to give me beans as gifts, and most of the time it is dark roast and not the 3rd wave stuff, so I make it into cold brew.
I will even add some vanilla beans or cacao nibs (my method is boil ingredients in the amount of water I want to us for my cold brew batch, chill in fridge over night. Then use the mixture for cold brew, and let sit for 36 to 48hrs. I use a 1oz bean to 1 cup ratio. Any tips or suggestions?) to increase flavor and it helps smoothing out the bitterness.
This sounds pretty incredible. Ordered some for the lady last night and a couple other bags from them. Much excite.
Also ordered a few single origin bags from Saint Frank coffee. Anyone ever tried these guys before?
finishing off the last order from LeverCraft. order of preference from left-to-right. Eric (owner) threw in a free jar for the second straight time as his shipping is admittedly slow but oh man the El Salvador freebie was a good one. He said it’s one of the best beans straight up he’s ever had... while i’ve had some Colombia and Guatemala that were comparable this was awfully damn good. there may be something to natural process beans.
Burundi was fantastic and a repeat buy, i’m all about the intense dusty earthiness of it. Colombia was decent but not hugely memorable. Nepal was pretty weird as I thought it may be... very subtle but still drinkable.
Burundi was fantastic and a repeat buy, i’m all about the intense dusty earthiness of it. Colombia was decent but not hugely memorable. Nepal was pretty weird as I thought it may be... very subtle but still drinkable.