Posts Tagged ‘Sweet Maria’s’
I can’t imagine how stressful it can be when you have large amounts of green beans being shipped to you. The worries that come about, all the things that can go wrong. I know I’d be a nervous wreck just praying that the green beans arrive safety and without a hitch. I wonder what Sweet [...]
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I have a secret stash of COE coffees and special micro lots that I have been saving for a later time. Well, this week I thought it was time to finally break into that stash and get some of those coffees roasted up. My first pick out of the box was this Brazil COE Fazenda [...]
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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 working hard on roasting this past week or so trying to figure out the Behmor. Sometimes it seems like I have it all down and then other times I don’t. It’s a trial and error cycle that keeps going around. The only batch so far that seemed to actually taste decent enough to [...]
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I had a pound of Sumatra Takengon Classic lying around that I bought from Sweet Maria’s and I have been wanting to roast lately so I split the bag in two and tried two different batches. The first batch was a disaster, but something happened with the second roast. One thing I have a problem [...]
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In my previous post I talked about this aged coffee I got from Sweet Maria’s. Sweet Maria’s has a wonderful selection of green coffee beans for great prices, along with other accessories you may need for home roasting. Okay, so the overwhelming aroma is getting to me already. I don’t even have the cup under [...]
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So I’ve been hearing about aged coffee here and there, but every time I look around on the internet I can’t seem to find anything about it and how it’s done. Well, Sweet Maria’s has an ’07 crop of Aged Sumatra Lintong Peaberry which is supposed to have notes of intense pepper, clove, mint, aromatic [...]
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I ended up roasting some Ethiopia Moplaco Yirgacheffe from Sweet Maria’s. The coffee sounded good with notes of Lemon cookie aromatics, honeysuckle blossom, apricot and peach, sweet citrus, soft and silky mouthfeel. Well, upon roasting, I realized I may have messed up on this roast. The roast ended up only taking 10 or so minutes, [...]
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When I last checked in I had just roasted two batches of coffee. The first roast didn’t look so promising, but the second really did. I’ve been drinking the second batch of coffee now and I’m starting to like it for my attempt at home roasting. Granted, it’s not near as good as anything I’ve [...]
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Yesterday I was able to grab some green coffee beans from a local roasting company called Latitude 23.5 Coffee and Tea. I ended up buying some Ethiopian Harrar. Ethiopian Harrar is one of my favorite coffees and I also know what to expect in the coffee so it seemed like a perfect fit for my [...]
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