Home Roasted Coffee Swap

[HarborTownBrewing]

On the Banko, I'm not quite sure. On my behmor I took Ethiopian beans slow, but on the Bullet I have to take them fast. I really really liked the Guji you sent me so whatever you did with that... Do it again haha.

 

[jimyson]

@Inkleg, for your Aeropress.

https://handground.com/grind/66-recipes-for-amazing-aeropress-coffee

 

[pshankstar]

On the Banko, I'm not quite sure. On my behmor I took Ethiopian beans slow, but on the Bullet I have to take them fast. I really really liked the Guji you sent me so whatever you did with that... Do it again haha.

Thanks! I’ll try that when I roast some. [emoji1417]

 

[Inkleg]

@Inkleg, for your Aeropress.

https://handground.com/grind/66-recipes-for-amazing-aeropress-coffee

Wow! A lot of good info there.
Thanks

 

[jimyson]

Success! A slight bit of acidity up front. Not much berry but you can taste it ever so slightly. No bitterness outside of the bakers chocolate finish. 13g in.

 

[HarborTownBrewing]

Couple of shots of Malawi from @pshankstar. Man, this is spectacular; my wife loves it too. Sort of reminds me of a 70 percent chocolate bar with a little strawberry - like sweetness.

Nicely done.

 

[pshankstar]

Seeing all of these espresso shots is really making me want to pull the trigger on an espresso machine! Especially the photos where it is with coffee beans I roasted and sent out. *DROOLING*

I'm glad the Malawi beans are excellent with espressos. I think @jimyson enjoyed some shots with those beans too.

 

[jimyson]

Seeing all of these espresso shots is really making me want to pull the trigger on an espresso machine! Especially the photos where it is with coffee beans I roasted and sent out. *DROOLING*

I'm glad the Malawi beans are excellent with espressos. I think @jimyson enjoyed some shots with those beans too.

Thinking I need to pull another one today.

 

[jimyson]

Did anyone NOT get their coffee?

I also want to thank everyone for participating.

 

[pshankstar]

Did anyone NOT get their coffee?

I also want to thank everyone for participating.

Thanks for organizing it! I had a lot of fun and learned a lot from it too.

 

[Inkleg]

Got my coffee and an AreoPress!

I now have a gooseneck kettle, Able Kone filter and Hario V60! Ya'll are a bunch on enablers.

 

[HarborTownBrewing]

2) Colombia La Galunga Don Jose: Brewed via Chemex/Able Kone as well. This one tasted to me like a typical Colombian, with some nice cocoa flavors. Maybe a little thin, I see he noted about 16% development - could probably be stretched to 20% to give it a tad more body. Very good coffee though, and it disappeared before I knew it ;(

Last week I ground up some coffee and threw it in my bag to take to work. A few hours later I brewed it, took a sip, and probably whispered "whoa" out loud. I was trying to figure out which coffee I had packed, then I remembered it was the Colombian @pshankstar had sent me for the Swap. Not sure if it was the couple extra days rest or the V60 but man this turned into quite a coffee. Really nice dark fruit flavors to go along with cocoa.

So, I'm updating my review. This Colombian was very nicely roasted and had great body. Maybe I had a bad brew the first time, maybe it just needed another week to sit. I don't know. But this was great.

 

[pshankstar]

Wow that’s interesting @HarborTownBrewing! The Colombian beans were my favorite out of that group of beans. I have noticed how some beans change from 48 hours after roasting to something different a week later. It almost makes me wonder if I’m doing a disservice to myself by using the beans so quickly after roasting (24-48 hours) but instead maybe I should wait 4-5 days.

 

[pshankstar]

Roasting some of the Banko beans from @Inkleg! They smell wonderful and I think I’m only going to use them for the Hario V60 pour over.

Thanks again for sharing some for me to roast!

 

[jimyson]

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Roasting some of the Banko beans from @Inkleg! They smell wonderful and I think I’m only going to use them for the Hario V60 pour over.

Thanks again for sharing some for me to roast!

I still have some from him but was not impressed with my roasting.

 

[jimyson]

Holy cow. 4:37?! That’s fast!

 

[pshankstar]

Holy cow. 4:37?! That’s fast!

Yeah the air roasters do tend to roast fast. I think it can be a negative with some beans but I’m not positive on that. Still trying to learn and figure things out more. I did see Sweet Maria’s had a session on the roaster I have. I want to watch it and see what I can get from it.

I may have to try and draw it out some with the other half. We shall see after giving it some resting time.

 

[jimyson]

Yeah the air roasters do tend to roast fast. I think it can be a negative with some beans but I’m not positive on that. Still trying to learn and figure things out more. I did see Sweet Maria’s had a session on the roaster I have. I want to watch it and see what I can get from it.

I may have to try and draw it out some with the other half. We shall see after giving it some resting time.

I’ve seen people post that they use an extension cord to decrease the wattage and slow things down. How about putting a potentiometer in the middle? Just some thoughts. Don’t go setting your house on fire now.

 

[pshankstar]

I’ve seen people post that they use an extension cord to decrease the wattage and slow things down. How about putting a potentiometer in the middle? Just some thoughts. Don’t go setting your house on fire now.

I didn’t think of the extension cord but that would definitely help with dropping the wattage. I have considered some mods but haven’t looked into it too much. I hope to watch the SM’s video on it tomorrow or Sunday. Hopefully it will provide me a lot of good info.

 

[aarong]

Great idea. I would like to join next go around.

 

[jammin]

Re: Popper speeds. A potentiometer sounds like a reasonable idea. When I roasted with a Hottop, I would always plug it into a Variac & Kill-A-Watt. This combo allows you to adjust line voltage to the decimal place and is ultra consistent. I think you could run this on a popper and really have some fun.

 

[TallDan]

Re: Popper speeds. A potentiometer sounds like a reasonable idea. When I roasted with a Hottop, I would always plug it into a Variac & Kill-A-Watt. This combo allows you to adjust line voltage to the decimal place and is ultra consistent. I think you could run this on a popper and really have some fun.

When I started looking down this road, I was looking to separate the power supply for the heat and the fan so that they could be independently adjusted.

Of course, I also decided that instead of spending time and money on a very small batch air roaster that I’d just get a behmor instead...

 

[jammin]

^it would very likely be a good investment for your Behmor. Several reports indicate better & more consistent power. It’s surpsing how much line voltage fluctuates and how much better your electric roaster runs at a steady, full 120v input.

One of the best features of the Quest M3 is that it as a built in potentiometer w/an Ohmeter. This allows for a consistent application of power roast after roast.