☕ Coffee ☕: Ingredients, Roasting, Grinding, Brewing, and Tasting

[TallDan]

Just roasted some guatemalan. After I weighed out the beans and put them in the roaster drum, I grabbed the open bag of unroasted coffee to seal up and put away. Via some butterfingered move, i spilled about 2.5oz of unroasted beans all over the floor. I roast in the kitchen, and our kitchen floor is kinda dirty, should have swept and mopped a while ago, but i picked up all of the beans without getting much dust or anything mixed in.

So, would you guys still use the beans? On one hand, my initial thought was just to throw the beans away. We're not talking a big monetary loss here with a few ounces of beans and it's something I end of drinking. But on the other hand, this is unroasted coffee. I'd wager that most of the facilities that process coffee have dirtier floors than my kitchen does, even on the worst day. Plus, the coffee will be roasted before it's brewed and consumed.

Thoughts?

 

[passedpawn]

Pffft. Roast away. The only thing I'd be concerned about is hair. Burning hair is awful.

 

[jammin]

Just roasted some guatemalan. After I weighed out the beans and put them in the roaster drum, I grabbed the open bag of unroasted coffee to seal up and put away. Via some butterfingered move, i spilled about 2.5oz of unroasted beans all over the floor. I roast in the kitchen, and our kitchen floor is kinda dirty, should have swept and mopped a while ago, but i picked up all of the beans without getting much dust or anything mixed in.

So, would you guys still use the beans? On one hand, my initial thought was just to throw the beans away. We're not talking a big monetary loss here with a few ounces of beans and it's something I end of drinking. But on the other hand, this is unroasted coffee. I'd wager that most of the facilities that process coffee have dirtier floors than my kitchen does, even on the worst day. Plus, the coffee will be roasted before it's brewed and consumed.

Thoughts?

you ought to research how coffee is processed, especially Yemeni. long story short, you're fine haha

 

[applescrap]

^^haha civet coffee too! Im such a snob, I spilt more than that aufwidersehn (sp?).

 

[HarborTownBrewing]

I wouldn't touch it, but I'm a germ freak who purposely doesn't want to think about the processing of coffee

 

[passedpawn]

^^haha civet coffee too! Im such a snob, I spilt more than that aufwidersehn (sp?).

I'm not an expert on animal digestive systems, but you could probably do your own "processing" and cut the civet out of the picture. This is a DIY forum you know

 

[HarborTownBrewing]

I'm not an expert on animal digestive systems, but you could probably do your own "processing" and cut the civet out of the picture. This is a DIY forum you know

You remind me of the post somewhere on HBT about the cat hair yeast starter from a year or so ago.

 

[HarborTownBrewing]

Regarding the cat hair yeast starter...
For your reading pleasure: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=525451

 

[jammin]

brazilian coffee is nearly always "meh" on its best day but I've had good ones before. SM's posted a decent looking one today. if I still brewed espresso i'd grab it for sure. sounds like it would make a pleasant single origin shot or solid leg of a blend. probably a good "comfort food" type standard brew.
https://www.sweetmarias.com/product/brazil-dry-processed-fazenda-do-sertao-5108

 

[jammin]

Finally roasting that maragogype hybrid tonight! Did I mention the beans are huge!? Top to bottom: Kenyan Peaberry, Ethiopian DP & Guat Maragogype hybrid

Supplier descriptions from tonight's roasts:

 

[applescrap]

Those are huge. The bigger the bean the sweeter the fruit?

 

[DrunkleJon]

Let unknown how it ends up.

 

[TallDan]

Anyone try this brewing method? Seems like it's worth a shot:

 

[applescrap]

Haha, worth a shot for sure.

Roasted 2 pounds in whirly pop. It took almost exactly double the time of one pound to first crack. Between 15 and 16 minutes. Finished at 18 minutes. A little scorching but not much. I think it was hard on the Whirley Pop.

 

[HarborTownBrewing]

Life's been too busy to roast. Too many projects, too much going on.

I have a half marathon on Sunday that I'm most definitely not prepared for, so I'm going to have to roast up a bunch today and prepare to drink all of it before the race. Should be...interesting.

 

[passedpawn]

Life's been too busy to roast. Too many projects, too much going on.

I have a half marathon on Sunday that I'm most definitely not prepared for, so I'm going to have to roast up a bunch today and prepare to drink all of it before the race. Should be...interesting.

Good luck on your race. I used to drink coffee in the cooldown tents after racing. My running friend thought I was nuts. I love coffee. I also used to love to run, but those days are over. Went too hard for too long and ended up with too many running-related issues to name here. My feet are all f'ed up now, and my back is kaput. But coffee is forever

 

[HarborTownBrewing]

The first race I ever ran, there was a coffee truck there and a huge line of people to get coffee. I remember saying to my wife, "what kind of morons could drink coffee after a run?!"

Back in those days I couldn't stand coffee.

Well, fast forward 8 months and I was that moron. I started marathon training and quickly relied on a cup before my training runs, and then I'd drink coffee all day after my runs just so I could stay awake.

So, I joined the ranks of coffee drinking runners and now I need it right after a run. I'll slam a couple cups then head for the beer tent. My stomach loves me.

 

[jammin]

https://www.sweetmarias.com/product/ethiopia-gr-1-dryprocess-fara-sala-5226

^better get ya some

 

[applescrap]

Thanks jammin. Ordered 5 pounds pretty stoked.

 

[TallDan]

https://www.sweetmarias.com/product/ethiopia-gr-1-dryprocess-fara-sala-5226

^better get ya some

If it sucks I'll blame you.

 

[jammin]

Thanks jammin. Ordered 5 pounds pretty stoked.

If it sucks I'll blame you.

i defer my poor judgement to the amount of mediocre hombrew i can't help but quaff.

 

[applescrap]

Your judgement rocked on that burundi

 

[HarborTownBrewing]

I might grab 10 of that. Looks really good

 

[estricklin]

I just can't imagine running or cycling without a cup before hand. I cycle a lot more than I run now, and I often make stops just for coffee.

 

[HarborTownBrewing]

Well here's the race update.

I took some home roast on the trip with me - this was in Detroit (the course crossed into Canada and back, which was pretty neat) and I stayed with some family in the area. Problem was, I didn't have time to roast so I just threw some random beans together in my roaster and roasted it real quick.

Brewing on someone else's equipment proved difficult. I had a blade grinder and a french press, but no scale which was the real issue here. On top of that, I got 4 hours of sleep and somehow wandered into the kitchen to make the coffee, so I wasn't the most awake at 4:30 in the morning.

The coffee was horrible. I mean it was disgusting. I think I made it too strong, and it was sour. Shows how important the scale (or a means to consistently brew) truly are.

Anyways, I choked down as much as I could and went out and did my thing. I hadn't trained well enough for this, hitting a max of 8 miles about 2 months ago, but my only fear was being hobbled in Canada. They supposedly had buses to bring people back if they got hurt, but that wasn't going to be convenient or easy with the Customs thing.

Someone was pouring out small glasses of Founders All Day IPA and I believe some Atwater something or other around the 12 mile mark, but dang it I couldn't make it to the other side of the street to grab a cup. That also happened to me with Tim Bits - someone was handing out Tim Hortons but I couldn't cross the street to get them. These were my two biggest disappointments of the day.

I ended up making it through to the end and finished in 2:10, which was about 20 mins faster than I had figured I'd be, but still a good 20 mins slower than my PR. I'm happy about it; I haven't run a half since 2012, and haven't been healthy enough to do hardly any running the last four years.

After the race I found some more coffee, and had no problems putting it down. Then some more coffee. And more. LOVE THE COFFEE. They had a beer tent but didn't include a free beer. What kind of race does that!?!?

 

[pretzelb]

https://www.sweetmarias.com/product/ethiopia-gr-1-dryprocess-fara-sala-5226

^better get ya some

Shoot. I just placed an order and then I saw this.

 

[ba-brewer]

Shoot. I just placed an order and then I saw this.

Same here, I did get some of the other two dry processed Ethiopian beans they had. I ordered three different type of mexican beans to fill out my order.

For the people that like fruity coffee keep an eye open for Bali Organic Kintamani Natural beans. I had some a few years ago that was really fruity, you would think the coffee was infused with fruit flavor. The last couple years when I have bought it was not nearly as fruity but still pretty good. I have not seen the natural process bali coffee at sweet marias but have found it at others places. I have not tried the coffee in the link below just including it for reference. With a 11/2015 arrival I would wait for this years harvest to show up.
http://www.burmancoffee.com/coffeelist/new-popups/indonesianbali.html

 

[applescrap]

Well here's the race update.

I took some home roast on the trip with me - this was in Detroit (the course crossed into Canada and back, which was pretty neat) and I stayed with some family in the area. Problem was, I didn't have time to roast so I just threw some random beans together in my roaster and roasted it real quick.

Brewing on someone else's equipment proved difficult. I had a blade grinder and a french press, but no scale which was the real issue here. On top of that, I got 4 hours of sleep and somehow wandered into the kitchen to make the coffee, so I wasn't the most awake at 4:30 in the morning.

The coffee was horrible. I mean it was disgusting. I think I made it too strong, and it was sour. Shows how important the scale (or a means to consistently brew) truly are.

Anyways, I choked down as much as I could and went out and did my thing. I hadn't trained well enough for this, hitting a max of 8 miles about 2 months ago, but my only fear was being hobbled in Canada. They supposedly had buses to bring people back if they got hurt, but that wasn't going to be convenient or easy with the Customs thing.

Someone was pouring out small glasses of Founders All Day IPA and I believe some Atwater something or other around the 12 mile mark, but dang it I couldn't make it to the other side of the street to grab a cup. That also happened to me with Tim Bits - someone was handing out Tim Hortons but I couldn't cross the street to get them. These were my two biggest disappointments of the day.

I ended up making it through to the end and finished in 2:10, which was about 20 mins faster than I had figured I'd be, but still a good 20 mins slower than my PR. I'm happy about it; I haven't run a half since 2012, and haven't been healthy enough to do hardly any running the last four years.

After the race I found some more coffee, and had no problems putting it down. Then some more coffee. And more. LOVE THE COFFEE. They had a beer tent but didn't include a free beer. What kind of race does that!?!?

Sorry to hear the coffee didn't turn out very good but congratulations on finishing half marathon that's awesome. I love strong coffee. That being said, when I drink it black, I make it weaker.

 

[pretzelb]

After the race I found some more coffee, and had no problems putting it down. Then some more coffee. And more. LOVE THE COFFEE. They had a beer tent but didn't include a free beer. What kind of race does that!?!?

Ya know what's worse? When the same thing happens for a full marathon. And even worse is when the beer is free but they RUN OUT because you are just too slow. I really hated that. Like I had the option to run faster but I was lazy so instead I dragged out things out for 4.5+ hours.

 

[jammin]

^thats some bullshiz right there