What Coffee are you roasting this week

greenman

200g Gethumbwini--light roast 200g Sumatran Gayo Organic--light roast 1200g Brazil Yellow Bourbon 400g PNG Sigri 400g Sumatran Mandelheng 400g Harrar Star dble sort

Koffee_Kosmo

Today I roasted some beans that were gifted to me Vintage beans from 2006/2007 as far as I can ascertain Called Red Sea Blend from CS Once inspected I saw that they were very very dehydrated I got them as an experiment to re-hydrate Over 2 to 3 months I re-hydrated them slowly Method Place in a double steamer pot system Beans in steamer insert over filtered water in the lower pot They were left in the open weather outside With the occasional spritz & stir every few days Once re-hydrated they were then left/stored again in the cotton bag for many weeks to normalize It was approx 700 grams I will see how they go in a few days after a degas KK

hazbean

KK, will be very interested to see how the Red Sea blend works out. I've often roasted beans 2+ years old without a problem, but as it happens RSB (Feb 07) is the only one where I've thrown some out. I found some early last year and decided the "mouldy" aroma was a bit much. Not to mention the severely dehydrated and highly discoloured appearance. With some regret I must say, it was magnificent in 07. ANyway, back on topic, what did I roast this week? 180g each of Tanzania (yesterday) and Yirg (today). In the baby roaster, as we are house sitting this weekend and the Quest was a bit much to bring along. Gas ran out on yesterday's batch, luckily just before the expected finishing time, and they chew and look pretty good, so should work.

Koffee_Kosmo

hazbean wrote:

KK, will be very interested to see how the Red Sea blend works out. I've often roasted beans 2+ years old without a problem, but as it happens RSB (Feb 07) is the only one where I've thrown some out. I found some early last year and decided the "mouldy" aroma was a bit much. Not to mention the severely dehydrated and highly discoloured appearance. With some regret I must say, it was magnificent in 07.

As I noted in my post, In this experiment it has taken months to rehydrate these beans and I am also keen to find out how it all turned out In a few days they will be ready to drink Report will follow :lamp: KK

Gra

This afternoons roast was PNG 400g Kone 200g Kimel pulled on the first snaps of second crack..c9 Gra..

borat123

A nice balmy Adelaide evening & the first roast since a major cooler meltdown last time. I am now the proud owner of a top of the line 😉 $40 Homelite shop vac from Bunnings. It's made a huge difference and now no more beans coated in melted pool pipe... Also, back to back cooling is no longer an issue. The MM was so good I did another kilo and bagged it up. Have to think two weeks ahead with that stuff. Next was a kilo of Yirg Harfusa - this lot will wait a week then be cold brewed, filtered and matured in the fridge for a while. It's great as an iced coffee 😛 😛 And lastly, a kilo of Sulawesi Toarco Jaya. I wasn't all that impressed with this one last time, but will let it rest 14 days this time before opening the bag. Enough work for one night, and now off for another MM....

shape_shifter

I've just done a roast of ghimbi for solo, hopefully it will taste ok 🙂 Oh no reflection on the type of photos the phone can take, it's all about the user 😃

shape_shifter

I also roasted the Black Pearl. Photos off my phone with flash, so not the best looking they could be 🙂

soloespresso

Here is my roast of the Ethiopian Ghimbi shape_shifter sent me. This was my first attempt. Despites rumours to the contrary, I did not burn anything. 70g went into my popcorn roaster. A little bit of oil on some beans when pulled, some beans have chips on them from explosions.

Koffee_Kosmo

These are my last 3 home roasts Green bean blend of 300 gr - Monsooned Malabar 150 gr - PNG Kinjibi 150 gr - Bolovia Caravani Organic Green bean blend of 300 gr - Brazil Alterosa RFA 150 gr - bolivia Caravani Organic 150 gr - PNG Kinjibi And today 600 gr - Ethiopian Harra KK

Divey

Since becoming a roaster and reading a fair bit about blends and blending, I've noticed that quite a few blends have a minor percentages of Robusta included. So I decided to get my hands on some, Indian Monsoon Robusta Parchment R (don't know what the R stands for). I roasted some of this and decided to have a short black using this bean and nothing else. My God, is that in your face or what!! Is that why small amounts are used in blends? One thing I must say, it had a beautiful Crema. Look at the large amount of chaff that has not been removed during the roasting process. This photograph was taken in full sun and even though it looks like a very uneven roast, it looks almost perfect to the natural eye.

Brett_H

They look great Divey. Where did you get em? I bet Shape Shifter would love a big old bathch of this as a present. :rofl: yesterday I did 500g of Indonesian Java Kalistat. I let these coast into RSC and pulled them a bit later than usual. A very even roast and the bouquet 24hrs on is very pungent. Can't wait! Also did 300g of Brazil Daterra Opus 1. This will go on my must have list when ordering. Thank you CH and Bean Green!

RichardM

Just roasted 500g of Rwanda Gisenyi (the last of this bean that I have) for a cold soak of 5L liquid. Also roasted 500g of Bolivian from Mycuppa (almost finished it *cry*) for my espresso for the week (might last a bit longer with me drinking all these iced coffees!)

Divey

Brett H wrote:

They look great Divey. Where did you get em? I bet Shape Shifter would love a big old bathch of this as a present. :rofl: yesterday I did 500g of Indonesian Java Kalistat. I let these coast into RSC and pulled them a bit later than usual. A very even roast and the bouquet 24hrs on is very pungent. Can't wait! Also did 300g of Brazil Daterra Opus 1. This will go on my must have list when ordering. Thank you CH and Bean Green!

Will I get into strife if I tell you Danes will sell you green beans at very competitive prices. 8)

Brett_H

Divey wrote:

Will I get into strife if I tell you Danes will sell you green beans at very competitive prices. 8)

Nice one! Postage to Briz would be the deal breaker for us given that Brisbane suppliers carry a great range of choice but it's worth noting... Thanks. Ive been a bit naughty and cracked open the Java for a double shot piccolo. I swear I'm drinking fruit n nut chocolate. Yum! This is a seriously good bean and I'll be good and eek it out over the next three weeks.

Muscles

Brett H wrote:

Ive been a bit naughty and cracked open the Java for a double shot piccolo. I swear I'm drinking fruit n nut chocolate. Yum! This is a seriously good bean and I'll be good and eek it out over the next three weeks.

It's in my top 3 that's for sure!

Divey

When you speak of Java, which in particular are you talking about and where do you get it?

Muscles

Java Kalistat Estate, you can get it here from our sponsor BeanGreen http://www.beangreen.com.au/product-info.php?pid154.html I have already been through 4 kg of this bean and just recently got another 4 kg - great on it's own or in a blend with some Harrar and Colombian Supremo as I often have it

borat123

1kg of pre-roast blend 50:50, Festive bean swap 'X', and Festive bean swap 'Y'...... ??? and another kg of Festive bean swap 'Z'. Bean 'Z' came up quite nicely, and the blend should mature well. 😉

Lwowiak

A very calm and muggy evening on the Gold Coast. Perfect for roasting. Just finished in the FZ-RR Roaster: 200g Yemen Sanani mocca 200g Brazil Daterra Sweet collection 200g Haiti Grand Cru and a green bean blend 200g: 50% Brazil 30% Sumatra Aceh Wet Hulled Gr1 20% Ethiopian Trabocca Harrar. Tasting from tomorrow morning.

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