What are you roasting today?

[ApexAZ]

Roasted half a pound of SM Monkey espresso blend to Vienna today.

[Chainsaw13]

Originally Posted by ApexAZ

Roasted half a pound of SM Monkey espresso blend to Vienna today.

I did half a lb of the same yesterday. Could only get to city +. Too low of ambient temp inthe garage is not conducive to roasting into second crack. It'll still be good.

[Blak Smyth]

Nicaraguan Cafe Diego

[forgop]

Anyone ever buy Jamaican blue mountain green beans and roast them? Thinking about it...

http://stores.ebay.com/Gold-Star-Cof..._fsub=20879440

Anything else look appealing?

[forgop]

Here's a place that caught my eye.

www.bodhileaftrading.com

Found a post from them on the coffee buying club forum offering a 20% discount. Going to give these a try:

Brazil Bob-O-Link 5#
Malawi AA Plus Estate Panwamba 5#
Zimbabwe AA Plus Estate Salimba 5 #

15# came out to $5.24/lb shipped.

Coupon code is CLUB2012.

[Blak Smyth]

Kenya Safari Ridge

[Mr B]

Last night was small batches of each of these;
Burundi Prestige Cup #1 - Kiryama at FC
Kenya Nyeri AA Gotomboya at FC
S.M. Ethiopia Decaf af FC/FC+. First time w/ a decaf. Wanted something to have in the evenings.
Rwanda Kibuye Gitesi at FC+
Costa Rica Finca Bella Vista at City+

[BSB]

I roasted some FT Rwanda Cafe Femenino, to FC, from Klatch.
Cupping tomorrow.

[Blak Smyth]

Just purchased my largest single bean order.
I ordered 10lbs of Brazil Dattera Sweet Blue from ThetaRidge.

[Blak Smyth]

Originally Posted by Blak Smyth

Just purchased my largest single bean order.
I ordered 10lbs of Brazil Dattera Sweet Blue from ThetaRidge.

Came in today. They also included the last two prints of Roast Magazine. I'm impressed so far.

[forgop]

Zimbabwe AA Plus Estate Salimba ROTT.

This particular bean seems to be taking 2-3 more minutes than most other varieties to get to FC+ in my Poppery II.

[Mr B]

I have noticed that certain beans take very different times. Sometimes having to do with the size of the bean itself or maybe even if it was Dry or Wet Processed.

[Mr B]

Yummy

[Blak Smyth]

Just roasted some. Press in a few days.

[BSB]

Roasted a fav this morning, Guatemala Acatenango Finca La Soledad to FC. Cupping Sat.

[CigarSquid]

I haven't roasted in a while.. I am almost out, so tomorrow morning.. It will happen. Not sure yet what kind.

[Blak Smyth]

Brazil Dattera Sweet Blue from ThetaRidge


I have a gallon of cold brew going at home and I FPd a cup this morning, it is a very good bean, glad I picked up 10lbs!

[Blak Smyth]

Originally Posted by Blak Smyth

Brazil Dattera Sweet Blue from ThetaRidge


I have a gallon of cold brew going at home and I FPd a cup this morning, it is a very good bean, glad I picked up 10lbs!

I have been doing this for a while now, cold brewing it so I have it ready in the morning.

[ApexAZ]

Sumatra Lintong Tano Batak

This stuff was weird to roast. For starters, the beans were large and a darker shade of green. The roast time seemed to be fairly long and I roasted into the start of 2nd crack shooting for FC+. Although I still have some chaff in the cracks, the beans are nearly black, very expanded and some have some chunks missing from them, as if it's closer to a French. Anyone have any experience with Sumatra? Is it normal for the beans to have a darker shade?

[Chainsaw13]

Originally Posted by ApexAZ

Sumatra Lintong Tano Batak

This stuff was weird to roast. For starters, the beans were large and a darker shade of green. The roast time seemed to be fairly long and I roasted into the start of 2nd crack shooting for FC+. Although I still have some chaff in the cracks, the beans are nearly black, very expanded and some have some chunks missing from them, as if it's closer to a French. Anyone have any experience with Sumatra? Is it normal for the beans to have a darker shade?

I had similar experiences with this bean. I couldn't get mine to 2nd crack in the hot air popper. First batch I did barely made any sound for first crack, just one big pop, then not much else.