First crack at roasting

[germantown rob]

Originally Posted by kenstogie

I am buying a popcorn popper and was wondering

what's the best blend to start with??

I tend to like the darker roasts but if I get an actual fresh roasted coffee you never know.

What do you like now when you buy roasted? I think Brazils are great and many of the other S American's have that coffee taste where the africans are more out of the box but really wonderful.

The great thing about home roast is doing it to your taste. I now enjoy much lighter roasts after my tastes expanded from home roasting.

Originally Posted by kenstogie

I am buying a popcorn popper and was wondering

what's the best blend to start with??

I tend to like the darker roasts but if I get an actual fresh roastJujed coffee you never know.

A tip on roasting, the darker the roast, the more you lose the flavor of the origin of
the bean. Roast dark enough and they'll all taste the same. If tha what you like, have at it, but you'll be missing out on one of the best things about homeroasting, the wonderful difference in taste that comes from the different origins

[floydpink]

Originally Posted by Resipsa

A tip on roasting, the darker the roast, the more you lose the flavor of the origin of
the bean. Roast dark enough and they'll all taste the same. If tha what you like, have at it, but you'll be missing out on one of the best things about homeroasting, the wonderful difference in taste that comes from the different origins

Good point.

Do you find a general rule of thumb as far as when you stop the roast, or does it depend on the bean?

That was my biggest complaint with some of the roasters I was buying from; it seemed like every batch was very dark roasted and seemed to be almost Vienna or light French roast according to the handy chart posted earlier.

[novasurf]

Nicely done Pete. Fun to read about your path. Good luck.

crack ? ohhh....coffee! yum....i lonly drink coffee if i know when and where it was roasted

[floydpink]

Hate to beat a dead cow, but I am so happy I got the right grinder now that I am going through so many different beans.

I'm finding I need adjusting on just about every different blend and would have been in for a challenge with my old one and probably settling for what it was giving me on the given day.

Read it a while ago and thought it was crazy, but have to now agree that "grinders make espresso".