How many pounds of coffee roasted in 2023?

[pshankstar]

Let’s start a new thread for the new year.

Last year we tallied 383.01 pounds. Let’s see how we compare…

Today I roasted two African varieties, one from Ethiopia and the other from Kenya, each 0.75 pounds.

0.75 x 2 = 1.5 pounds to start the new year.

 

[Henbrew]

I had some roasts in December that I never added so we're probably closer to 390lbs for last year! Here's what I have for 2023 so far:

12oz Ethiopia: Misty Valley, Yirgacheffe
12oz Yemen: Mocca Hajjah, Hajjah Governorate
12oz Papua New Guinea: Organic Purosa A/X, Eastern Highlands
12oz Dominican Republic: Organic Ramirez Washed, Jarabacoa
12oz Bolivia: Organic Apolo, La Paz Department

5 + 1.5 = 6.5lbs

 

[pshankstar]

I roasted a half pound of beans from India and three quarters of a pound from Haiti.

6.5 + 1.25 = 7.75

 

[SwampFoxBrewer]

Working on a half pound of Mexican coffee. Under-sung coffee region in Central America.

7.75 + 0.5 = 8.25

 

[pshankstar]

I roasted a half a pound each of beans from Ethiopia, Brazil & Colombia today. My stash of green beans are starting to run low.

8.25 1.5 = 9.75

 

[SwampFoxBrewer]

Roasted a half pound of Sumatra last night.

9.75 + 0.5 = 10.25

 

[jwill911]

I don't keep track of # of lbs roasted. I usually roast 12 oz a couple times a week. I roast with a Behmor 1600+, 12 ounces is a practical limit for that roaster. I'm partial to African varieties mostly Ethiopia, Kenya. some Colombia and Guatemala. I buy from Sweet Maria's in Oakland, CA. They're local to me.

 

[pshankstar]

I roasted three half pound batches tonight. One from Haiti, Tanzania & Kenya.

10.25 + 1.5 = 11.75 pounds to date.

 

[MaxStout]

4 lbs. Colombia Manos Juntas.

11.75 + 4 = 15.75

 

[pshankstar]

I roasted 1.5lbs of Honduran beans the other night. Plus 0.75lbs of beans from Kenya & 0.25lbs from Ethiopia.
15.75 + 2.5 = 18.25

On a side note we roasted 383.01 pounds last year. It will be interesting where we land for a group total this year.

 

[MajorJC]

1/2 pound of Seasoning Beans from coffeebeancorral.com

18.25 + 0.5 = 18.75lb

 

[pshankstar]

1/2 pound of Seasoning Beans from coffeebeancorral.com

18.25 + 0.5 = 18.75lb

Welcome to the hobby of coffee roasting!

 

[MajorJC]

More practice with two more 1/2 pound batches of the seasoning beans.

18.75 + 1 = 19.75lb

 

[pshankstar]

Roasted two 0.75 batches this morning. One from Zambia and the other called a Java Dry Process Kuningan, both from Sweet Maria’s.
19.75 + 1.5 = 21.25

 

[madgardener]

Let's see... since the start of the year I've roasted 2.5 lbs of Sumatran, 2.25 lbs Dominican, 2.25 Haitian, 1 lb Costa Rican peaberry

 

[ba-brewer]

21.25 + 15 = 36.25

02/20/23 7x.5 = 3.5lb
Dry Process Bekele Basha Ethiopia
Dry Process Hambela Buliye Ethiopia 2x
Dry Process Miguel Giron Honduras
Jinotega La Bastilla Estate Nicaragua
Organic Kivu Kalehe Congo
Sierra Madre de Chiapas Mexico

02/08/23 8x.5 = 4
Chiapas Sierra Mariscal Mexico
Comasagua San Antonio El Salvador
Dry Process Benti Nenka Ethiopia
Dry Process Benti Nenka Ethiopia different lot
Yirgacheffe Gedeb Org. - Tatatu Birhanu Wote - Natural Gr. 1 Ethiopia
Espresso Workshop #50 - The Skullet blend
Jardin de Aromas Costa Rica
Xinabajul Idmar Velasquez Guatemala

1/26/23 8x.5 = 4lb
Sweet Maria's New Classic Espresso blend
Tarrazu Cafetales de Dota Costa Rica
Dry Process Hambela Buliye Ethiopia
Limmu Natural Gr. 3 Org. Burka Gudina Estate Ethiopia
Chiapas Sierra Mariscal Mexico
Dry Process Buenos Aires Nicaragua
Dry Process Kerinci Pendekar Sumatra
San Martin Jilotepeque Guatemala


1/9/23 7x.5lb = 3.5
Finca La Esperanza El Salvador
Dry Process Idido Desalegn Hijo Ethiopia
Organic Agaro Duromina Ethiopia-
Chimaltenango Tecpán Guatemala
Ocotepeque San Marcos Honduras
Chiapas Sierra Mariscal Mexico
Espresso Workshop #50 - The Skullet blend

 

[MaxStout]

Roasted 1.12 lbs. Colombian, the last of that 10 lb. lot from Mill City.

36.25 + 1.12 = 37.37 lbs.

Next up will be to try some of the PNG beans I just ordered from Mill City.

 

[pshankstar]

I roasted a half pound of Ethiopian beans and three quarters of a pound of Nicaraguan beans.

37.37 + 1.25 = 38.65

 

[MajorJC]

This morning I roasted 1/2 pound of MEXICO ORGANIC CIRSA FTO Chiapas from coffeebeancorral.com.

38.65 + 0.5 = 39.15

 

[MajorJC]

This morning I roasted 1/2 pound of CBC Blend: Ferdelance

39.15 + 0.5 = 39.65

 

[MajorJC]

Just roasted 1/2 pound of Haiti Savanne Zombie

39.65 + 0.5 = 40.15

 

[madgardener]

1 lb. Costa Rican La Magnolia & 2.5 lbs Guatemalan La Flor del Cafe
7 + 3.5 = 10.5

 

[MajorJC]

Let's see... since the start of the year I've roasted 2.5 lbs of Sumatran, 2.25 lbs Dominican, 2.25 Haitian, 1 lb Costa Rican peaberry

8 pounds

1 lb. Costa Rican La Magnolia & 2.5 lbs Guatemalan La Flor del Cafe
7 + 3.5 = 10.5

3.5 pounds


Hello Rae,
Let me make a correction for you. This thread keeps up with a running total for the forum members total coffee roasted. We each add our total to the group total. Welcome to the forum.

40.15 + 11.5 = 51.65

 

[madgardener]

8 pounds

3.5 pounds


Hello Rae,
Let me make a correction for you. This thread keeps up with a running total for the forum members total coffee roasted. We each add our total to the group total. Welcome to the forum.

40.15 + 11.5 = 51.65

thanks for letting me know

 

[MajorJC]

I went ahead and roasted the rest of the bag (1.5 pounds) of Seasoning Beans to give me a coffee cache so I can let my future roasts rest a little longer.

51.65 + 1.5 = 53.15

 

[pshankstar]

I finished seasoning my Aillio Bullet drum tonight and roasted two 1lbs batches afterwards. Thank you @Ruint for stopping over to help me better understand my new roaster, provide valuable insight and suggestions and just fun enjoying a hobby with a good friend and coffee enthusiast!

53.15 + 2 - 55.15

The first roast was a Brazilian bean and the second was a Kenyan Peaberry.

 

[ba-brewer]

55.15 + 4 = 59.15

03/08/23 8x0.5lb
Sweet Maria's New Classic Espresso blend
Apaneca Finca Miravalle El Salvador
Dry Process Yirga Cheffe Mengesha Farm Ethiopia
Dry Process Guji Gerba Ethiopia
Dry Process Buno Dambi Uddo Ethiopia
Chimaltenango Tecpán Guatemala
San Vicente Comunidad Cabañas Honduras
Chiapas Sierra Mariscal Mexico

 

[pshankstar]

I roasted two pounds of each variety (two different varieties I bought from Legacy Farms which are both from Honduras.

59.15 + 4 = 63.15

 

[MaxStout]

2 lbs. Papua New Guinea Okapa, done to light-ish roast

63.15 + 2 = 65.15

I roast with a heat gun and stainless steel bowl, doing 8 oz. of green per batch. Right in the middle of the 4th batch my heat gun decided to give up the ghost. I have another, different model gun and quickly grabbed that to finish the job. But this other gun doesn't put out the same amount of heat as the old one, and it took a few more minutes. Next time I'll have to reduce the batch size for this gun, maybe to 6 oz, as I don't want to have coffee with a baked-out flavor.

I'd like to get a Behmor, but spending ~$500 on that wouldn't make me popular with SWMBO.

 

[MajorJC]

Haiti Savanne Zombie 0.5 pound
Mexico Organic Cirsa FTO Chiapas 0.5 pound
Ethiopia Organic Shantawene G1 0.5 pound

65.15 + 1.5 = 66.65

 

[pshankstar]

I roasted 8 pounds of coffee last night to surprise my coworkers when I meet them all in person next week. I still have more to roast before I leave Sunday.

66.65 + 8 = 74.65

 

[madgardener]

Yesterday, I roasted 2.5 lbs. of Guatemalan La Flor del Cafe

74.65 + 2.5 =77.15

 

[corkybstewart]

1 pound per week, like clockwork. January and February I finished up a 10 pound bag of Guatemalan, right now we're drinking the third pound of Honduran. So far this year I've roasted 11 pounds.
Total: 77.15 +11=88.15

 

[MajorJC]

Mexico Organic Cirsa FTO Chiapas 1.5 pound
Guatemala Finca Vallaure 0.5 pound
Costa Rica El Conquistador 0.5 pound

88.15 + 2.5 = 90.65

 

[pshankstar]

I roasted another 11.05 pounds of coffee a week ago Sunday. All various beans to finish off what I needed to surprise my coworkers.

11.05 + 90.65 = 101.70

 

[madgardener]

2.5 lbs Guatemalan La Flor del Cafe roasted today

2.5 +101.70 = 104.2

 

[ba-brewer]

104.2 + 4.5 = 108.7

03/26/23 9x.5 = 4.5lb
Dry Process Bekele Basha Ethiopia
Dry Process Hambela Buliye Ethiopia 2x
Finca La Esperanza El Salvador
Ocotepeque San Marcos Honduras
Tarrazu Cafetales de Dota Costa Rica
Dry Process Buenos Aires Nicaragua
Espresso Workshop #50 - The Skullet blend
Sweet Maria's New Classic Espresso blend

 

[Henbrew]

Roasts since February:

Guatemala: La Flor Del Cafe, Antigua 3#
Uganda: Mt Elgon A, Bugisu 3#
Kenya: Select Plus AA, Kiambu County 3#
CBC Blend: Ferdelance 3#
India: Mysore Nuggets, Chikmagalur District 1#
Mexico: La Laja Honey, Tlaltetela, Veracruz 1#
Honduras: Organic 18 Rabbit Yellow, Marcala 1#
Ethiopia: Washed G2, Sidamo 3#

108.7+18=126.7

 

[ba-brewer]

126.7 + 3 = 129.7

04/14/23 6x.0.5 = 3lb
Organic Dry Process Kabare Katana Congo
Dry Process Kafa Dehab Mesfin Farm Ethiopia
Dry Process Senna Katta Mountain Ethiopia
Chiapas Las Mujeres de Concordia Mexico
Dipilto Finca La Laguna Nicaragua
Xinabajul Idmar Velasquez Guatemala

 

[pshankstar]

5.5 pounds on 4/12/23
4 pounds tonight (4/23/23). A pound of each of beans from Peru, Honduras, Guatemala & Ethiopia.

9.5 + 129.7 = 139.2