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I love it for torpedos and lanceros. I straight cut everything else. I find that lanceros and torpedos tend to have issues with tight draws that a v cut will fix most of the time

Roasted another batch of the local roaster beans yesterday. Co-roast of 10oz Guatemala and 6oz organic Nicaragua. This time, thanks to my thermoprobes, I was able to pull before overroasting and the result in the cup today was very favorable though the aeropress. Hints of chocolate and caramel...

Quality control on a fresh roll. I used to not smoke freshies, but the freshies smoke good anymore

I felt the Kenyan was losing some flavors so I switched from the aeropress to the pourover today to see if maybe the preparation was the problem. I think I may have not been doing it justice in the aeropress. Waiting for the cup to cool a little more, but I'm definitely getting more out of it...

This one was a "roller's roll" due to the wrapper color. No off flavors, just didn't look right.

The Viaje Hamaki is pretty solid

Started with a Mr Brownstone and wasn't too impressed. Ending with a home roll and that is hitting my buttons much better.

Eventually I will spring for a decent espresso machine. Maybe with one of my bonus checks I will treat myself. I don't want to invest too much, but I also don't want to buy garbage, so I'm sure you can see my struggle. That's why I've been happy with my aeropress. The Kenya poured a great cup...

I haven't measured the heat gun distance. I used high heat and once first crack started I pulled the aluminum foil cover to help extend. I pulled right as first crack was ending. Total roast took 15 minutes so I will be lowering the heat gun and see how that works.

I am about 3/4" from the bottom, around 1/2" clearance from the stir arm for the probe that measures the bean temp. The probe that measures the ambient temp is about 1/2" from the top of the pan/tray.

Thanks to Jammin I got my thermocouples installed today. Got a roast in of the Kenyan that just came in and making significant progress. Roast time was too long so I have tweaking to do (lowering the heat gun is step one and will go from there). The second thermocouple is actually measuring...

Testing a new blend. Proved to myself that I can roll a mild blend I enjoy

These are really good cheap quickies. I've heard several places that the filler is Cuban and they just changed the packaging for the US market but I can't confirm

The month of Lanceros continued last night with this gem as I wrapped some naked bunches.

Started with a freshie home roll to test a new binder and wrapper. Stick was too wet still to give a fair shake but initial impressions are positive. Second was a Crux Guild I forgot to snap a picture of due to enjoying it too much, really really good. Ending the night with this 7-20-4 lancero...

The Kenya Nyeri Kiama AA. I think it is one of their newer ones.

I just ordered 5lbs of Kenyan. Sounds like a berry bomb and I'm hoping I can do it justice. Update on the coffee from the local roaster. Today's cup was pretty good. It's not very complex but the quality seem decent. I don't feel it's worth the $7/lb price. It is convenient, but if I order in...

Do I need more green beans right now? No. Do I want more? Of course. Am I going to order more? Most likely. These are over my typical price range but the flavor description is pretty hard to say no to

I just checked too and saw the same... None of the offerings really excite me for the cost and I'm actually really enjoying the cup of what I roasted last night. 12oz guat/4oz Tanzanian peaberry co-roasted. I will give it another days rest for final judgment, but initial concerns on the bean...

I think the manual says for the longest dough setting it will go for 25 or 35 minutes, something like that. It really whips the beans around and 1lb was no problem at all. I think at the speed it spins if I try to increase that I will start to loose beans over the edge. I probably should have...