Anyone that ordered the Nicaragua dry process Buenos Aires that has roasted it, get intense blueberry? I get more BlackBerry with a slight blueberry on the backside....
Looking at the beans I may have roast further than I was intending.
Roasted 5 days ago. Haven't tasted it yet though. I overestimated the coffee needs of my family this week.Anyone that ordered the Nicaragua dry process Buenos Aires that has roasted it, get intense blueberry? I get more BlackBerry with a slight blueberry on the backside....
Roasted 5 days ago. Haven't tasted it yet though. I overestimated the coffee needs of my family this week.
Idk if I updated but I let the light roast dp ethiopian sit in the french press on the counter 24 hours and dumped the contents into the beer. It is so good. Kbs recipe with dutch processed cocoa, droste, and bakers bittersweet. With the cold brew and splashing with stranahans, dang! Cheers!
last roast of 2019!
life has been moving quick over the last month & i was down to about 2 cups worth of beans in the hopper. can't believe it has been 3 weeks since I roasted! finally fired up the roaster for last session of 2019. decided to fall back on older approach/profile & charged high, cut gas to zero for the first minute & let the coffee soak in the heat from the drum directly. looking forward to trying it out over the next couple weeks.
Does anybody have a fun roast planned for the end of the year or a favorite brewer they're looking forward to using?
here's the graph of my last roast of 2019
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I would love to hear how much everyone roasted in 2019 - if you have some numbers or guesstimates, throw em up!
At one point I used to track the temp data for my roasts, but really never went back to review them so I quite.
I only started keep track the roasts again this years after I seen the how many pounds of coffee roasted thread.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/how-many-pounds-of-coffee-roasted-in-2019.661111/
I do have a coffee spreadsheet to keep track of inventory so I can keep a good mix on hand and make sure they don't get too old.
I roast a pound a week, plus presents, decaf and trips. I am guessing 70.
one thing I was pondering last night about capturing my 2020 year in roasting is a Artisan graph compilation.
It would be neat to see every single roast overlaid onto a single chart. One could really see how their roast profiles averaged out.
that’s kinda how I’ve gauged it, too. I’m guess 100lbs is close for me. I think more importantly to a good degree though, is how many batches. Experience is key & what allows you to continually develop & refine your skills. One of the reasons like my Quest M3 & it’s half pound batch size. Since I roasted 1lb at a time, I probably roasted about 100 batches. I have to wonder how much I would have learned if that was 4 or 500!
Just the roasts done on the bullet this year, I have roasted a hair over 365 lbs. I have done batch sizes all over the spectrum of what the roaster is capable of. My opinion on best batch size is 600 to 800 grams. Very nice responses to input changes at those weights. I did roast a good bit from January to March with my heat gun bread machine rig, but have apparently misplaced my logbooks so I can't give any accurate numbers for that....
Morning boys! Hate to have kept y’all in suspense, but I knew December was going to be super busy and I’d have limited time for the roaster which ended up being no time.
Finally got the elbow which put the pipe almost touching the ceiling so I rearranged a few things. I may take the elbow off and just run the exhaust from there. Plan is to exit the wall with a vent, but I just had to burn some beans! Completed two very smoky seasoning roasts yesterday per MCR and have a few more to do. Not sure what I’m doing yet, but had fun playing with all the knobs and switches and Artisan.
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