I'm a thousandaire with time to golf, roast coffee, etc. Hakuna mutata.
Haha what is going on here? I posted that for you not me. I'd rather be poor and have time to golf then be a millionaire and work all the time. Clearly you have me mistaken for somebody else.
I have posted the numbers before though kind of like that article. I remember now I shared them with Harbor town brewing a ways back on this thread. I agree with that article and people do the same with beer. they think they can make a living with 10 barrels. if you don't have the coffee and you don't have the beer then what the h*** are you going to sell. Seems obvious but if you wanna make a lot of money better sell a lot of coffee. My thing would be the 20 sack. Really good ethiopian at 20 a sack. Maybe have a 10 bag. There is no way I would do it. My son asked me once why I didn't own a restaurant or cook for a living and I had to Tell him that I didn't want to work that hard. I value the time with the children more than anything.
Hey you can make some good money selling 20 sacks. I did it a lot in high schoolMy thing would be the 20 sack. Really good ethiopian at 20 a sack. Maybe have a 10 bag.
Those beans look really nice. Good job!A little oxy clean goes a long way to cleaning a cup. This roast was weird I went 5 of 6 Power straight through on a big pound.1740 to 1c. Smells good, couldn't wait, first pour over tasted baked I thought at first but by end of cup was nice! No CharView attachment 622520View attachment 622521
I just roasted 1/4lb of Monsoon Malabar that I picked up from the Green Coffee Buying Club.
The description mentioned a peanut butter finish that I couldn't pass up trying, so I went for it.
The beans are lighter in weight and color than any other beans I've seen, almost to the point of being white.
I took them to about 30 seconds past 1C in the Behmor then pulled them. Nice looking roast that I forgot to take a pic of so for now you just get the "before".
Brings out a whole new meaning to fair trade coffee. Nice score, PP!
He also left with a $12000 check for the AC, so I suppose he might have gotten the better deal.
Yea, that's unusual looking.
Speaking of unsual, today I scored a half pound of organic columbian and organic ethiopian green beans. The AC tech that was replacing my AC is married to a woman who runs a coffee roasting operation locally. Traded a fat stick of homemade fennel salami for the beans.
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I know this is a coffee thread, but would love to see the charcuterie equipment you’re using for that salami, curing chamber. Been wanting to get into that for a while, and have simply not enough time to devote, although I have an unfinished dry curing chamber I fashioned.
Yeah but you gave his wife your sausage so.....He also left with a $12000 check for the AC, so I suppose he might have gotten the better deal.
TallDan for the win!
There is one opening in Manhattan, right next to Chelsea Market (9th Ave and 16th st). I saw it recently, wasn't open yet. Looked like a pretty big operation.Starbucks reserve roastery in Seattle. Kinda excited for the Chicago one to open after visiting here.
I've also heard good things about hand grinders - Hario, etc.
So are steel burrs always preferred over ceramic?
Maybe it was just closer to what they are used to drinking. Also some people are just boring and can’t understand the complexities of a good cup of coffee. Not everyone can be as awesome as the HBT coffee thread crew.I took coffee to the family for Easter and decided to try my hand at a darker roasted Brazil. Since most of the coffee would be going through drip machines and with less QC on my end, I figured it was a good chance to see how it would taste brewed in "normal" kitchens.
I have never taken the Bullet to Second Crack (aside from the first few seasoning roasts) and I didn't quite get it there this time, but I think I was around 25% development and the beans were just starting to get into 2C once they hit the cooling tray.
Result? Nobody said anything about the coffee this weekend. Ten people tried it, and not a single, "wow that is good" or even a darn "thank you".
Moral? Either I've started conditioning my family to like lighter roasts, my family is boring, or I need to up my dark roast game. It's probably a little bit of each, though I probably dropped this a tad too soon - kind of in that strange void between a light and dark roast, as it just didn't quite have that roasty flavor.
I guess I need to step up to a real coffee grinder next. I use a cheap blade grinder from Walmart. I just can’t bring myself to put out that kind of cash for something that is just going to crush my coffee beans. Someone is going to have to convince me.
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Maybe it was just closer to what they are used to drinking. Also some people are just boring and can’t understand the complexities of a good cup of coffee. Not everyone can be as awesome as the HBT coffee thread crew.
The one I have is loud too but I found that by picking it up and holding it I can reduce the sound by at least half. I mean I didn’t check the decibel rating but it’s noticeable. I found a baratza encore on amazon for 139. There is also an OXO Brew for 99. Has anyone heard of it? I know OXO makes really good kitchen ware but I wonder if this is worth the 40 dollar savings.You might be 100% right - it was nothing special. You could tell it was more fresh, but it wasn't a whole lot different than anything else that you'd buy at a grocery store.
I'll second the Baratza Encore, also, for cheap burr grinders. It's a tank and really has a great variety of control. For the money, it's tough to beat. I have used the $50 Cuisinart you can get at Bed Bath, and it honestly grinds pretty well, especially for the money. But it's obnoxiously loud - like a weedeater at full throttle without any of the string left.
The one I have is loud too but I found that by picking it up and holding it I can reduce the sound by at least half. I mean I didn’t check the decibel rating but it’s noticeable. I found a baratza encore on amazon for 139. There is also an OXO Brew for 99. Has anyone heard of it? I know OXO makes really good kitchen ware but I wonder if this is worth the 40 dollar savings.
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