Posts Tagged ‘Home Roasts’
I was very surprised to find that I have not already gone over my thoughts of Flores Green Dragon. Seriously? This is one of my favorite offerings that I have. It is one of those coffees that surprises you every time with such amazing notes. Each batch I’ve has been different, but just slightly. I’ve [...]
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I cannot believe how long it has been since I’ve done a home roast. Well, I am not here to disappoint. I am back in full coffee roasting force and I’ve got a Nicaragua Nueva Segovia from Sweet Maria’s that I roasted up to review here. This coffee, Nicaragua Nueva Segovia is said to be [...]
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I’ve been slowly getting back into my roasting schedule, but with this cold front that Florida has been kindly given it’s kind of hard to roast in the cold. Last week, I roasted up some Nicaragua coffee to a nice Medium roast. I let it rest for 4 days before I opened the bag. This [...]
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My Behmor has been fixed and is going strong. I am still not sure the exact cause of the fan issue, but at least I have it working again. I couldn’t wait to get back to roasting so I started my first roast with Panama Elida. Either I was a little rusty from the few [...]
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I decided it’s time to run a contest, but with a twist. I am not giving away coffee from another coffee company, but I am giving away a batch of coffee roasted by yours truly. Here’s what you need to do to enter: First, leave a comment on the blog or in this forum post [...]
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The first time I had Bali Blue Moon was from Buddy Brew Coffee. I don’t know what about this coffee that struck me. Maybe it was the name or the notes that they described in the coffee, but it was a coffee I wanted to enjoy again. I decided that I wanted to find some [...]
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Debbie Ring from Kona Cloud Coffee sent me an email the other day wondering if I would like to roast up some Hawaiian Kona Peaberry. I couldn’t pass up roasting up some Kona so I agreed. I haven’t roasted any rare coffee myself for the fear of messing it up. Well, fear caught up to [...]
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I haven’t had any Guatemala Antigua that I can recall so this was a nice first. What drew me to this particular crop was the word “chocolate bomb” that was in the description. That was it. There was nothing else I needed to read. The coffee was ordered, and I was anxious to get this [...]
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I bought this coffee more on a whim, and didn’t read to much about it. I wasn’t sure what to expect from this coffee. After roasting to the beginning of the 2nd crack, I began cooling the coffee. I then waited a couple days to rest before tasting. I was actually excited to try the [...]
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I’ve been wanting to grab some Ethiopia Amaro Gayo to roast up for quite some time now. Well, I finally got some green beans from a reputable company, and got roasting. I tried going for a City/City+ roast, but after letting the coffee rest, I am thinking 30 or so seconds less would have been [...]
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