Originally Posted by kydsid (Post 1665996)

Close is relative Mark, Serious is 60 miles from my house. But ya there are several local roasters that put out outstanding product, IMO. And most have good websites etc. Houston is actually one of the large hubs for the coffee trade in the world. There are several Free Trade Zone coffee warehouses here. I'm sure that helps the local roasters to try out new things. If it wasn't so hot here the coffee scene would be nuts. As it is it's as developed as the Pacific Northwest area.

This is another one of our favorite roasters here: http://katzcoffee.com/store.php



We just finished up a bag of the Bayou City blend, amazing really. I actually prefer this over the Charlie's in some ways.

Originally Posted by Blak Smyth (Post 1706269)

Brazil Sweet Blue blended with a Guatalan.

I just ordered 10lbs of "Brazil Daterra Espresso Reserve", hopefully it makes a nice espresso.

Originally Posted by Mr B (Post 1706252)

Kenya Nyeri AA Gatomboya at Full City. Very tasty, lite caramel, milk chocolate and baking spice.

I finally got my Behmore 1600 Roaster. I LOVE IT. Gone are the days of roasting up 1/2 cup at a time. My poppers worked very well, dont get me wrong....but being able to roast 1/4, 1/2 and 1 lb amounts to a very consistant roast level in 13-20 minutes (plus cool down period) is such a time saver and does not leave my back aching like it does constantly leaning over the popper.
They included a killer, free sampler of (8) 1lb bags of beans. All top notch stuff.
Thanks Sweet Maria's!!!

Originally Posted by Chainsaw13 (Post 1706280)

Thanks for this post. I've been debating getting a Behmor myself. After 4 batches in the popper yesterday to get about 9.5oz of beans, it starts to become a chore.

Originally Posted by Chainsaw13 (Post 1706280)

Thanks for this post. I've been debating getting a Behmor myself. After 4 batches in the popper yesterday to get about 9.5oz of beans, it starts to become a chore.

Originally Posted by Mr B (Post 1706309)

I agree. Roasting for myself was fine, but I like to give it away too, plus a few of my neighbors will buy it "by the pound" from me and it just takes too darn long. Just to roast the coffee for myself and my neighbor for 1 week, I would be out there for 3+ hours.
Get the Behmor, you will love it. There are alot of videos on you-tube about them too.
Getting the free $50 worth of beans was pretty cool too.

Originally Posted by Mr B (Post 1706410)

I put the word out to the family that I wanted Sweet Maria's Gift Certificates for my recent B-Day. Family came thru well and I only had to put out $100 of my own cash. :tu :cf1

Originally Posted by Mr B (Post 1714471)

This morning was a little Monkey Mix of left overs.
80% Rwanda
10% Ethiopia
10% Nicarauga

It was actually pretty darn good. Nice Coco/Earth with some fruity notes.