What Coffee are you roasting this week

Lacehim · February 2016

I find different places have different types of beans so worth having a nosey about. You never know what you might find. Would be nice if we had local places here that sell green. BG's prices have increased by the look of my last order. Most beans were in the $17+/kg range, and no more bargain basement beans for blending

Remember when it was free freight over $50... those days are gone! :coffee:

Brett H · February 2016

Yes! The price of coffee as a commodity has risen hugely. I have been buying and trying beans from a range of suppliers because if you're going to spend up you may as well get to know what's out there. Mostly I've been really impressed especially with Ashton's Aussie Beans. Price and taste they are just wonderful!

bcspark · February 2016

I agree Brett,Ashtons dry processed roasted to 2ndc is as good as any bean I have enjoyed .

Brett H · February 2016

Great to hear BC! I've always been reticent in recommending beans as I was burned early on on another forum when I couldn't wax lyrical about beans that folks were raving about but I thought were pretty ordinary! Actually, compared to most other offerings..... No, nothing..... Go about your business..... Beangreen prices are certainly more expensive but I have never once had beans from them that I felt were ordinary!!

iamavapollard · March 2016

Just received my Arabian beans today. Not today, but i will roast tomorrow morning

Cuir Beluga · March 2016

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Just received my Arabian beans today. Not today, but i will roast tomorrow morning

Hi, welcome and be sure to post a piccie or two :thumb:.

askthecoffeeguy · March 2016

My favourite blend at the moment is a mix of 60 per cent Peru Ceju de Salva, and 40 per cent Burindi Musema Roasted to first signs of second crack Its delicious with honeysuckle floral, and peanut brittle flavours - great as an espresso or with milk still getting used to the humidity in Queensland when it comes to my roasts, find that I have to either give the roaster a preheat or factor in a longer (than usual) initial roast time for the first roast, seems to work fine after that I also find myself roasting often at night when its cooler, and when there's no distractions or disturbances! Greetings from the Sunny Coast! Pat

LeroyC · March 2016

I put 5 or so batches through the Behmor in the first week of March and have been away a couple of times since then and am only just getting back to it now. I just ran out of home roasted stuff this morning so I calculated quite well. I roasted a 300g batch of Timor FTO last night as it's easy to roast and is fairly versatile. I've still got some Colombian Excelso greens which I'll use up this week, but I bought some Brazil Paracatu last week that I roasted today. I've never roasted a Brazil before and was wary that it'd require a different approach. So I started on P3 auto and stuck with it even though it seemed to be heating up very slowly. The exhaust fan does knock the chamber temp back a bit when it kicks in so I went to P4 manual at that point to make sure it didn't stall, then just nervously watched and waited while the temp seemed to crawl upwards, desperately resisting the urge to crank it. Anyway, I think it seemed to go ok. 1C wasn't particularly loud, but that's not unusual for a Brazilian I believe. I heard a couple of snaps of 2C before I hit cool. Here's photos in natural and artificial light.

I've got some Mexican and Congo beans on the way this week too so looking forward to them arriving. Will report back.

iamavapollard · March 2016

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Hi, welcome and be sure to post a piccie or two :thumb:.

can't show you a pic now. I ordered it from java times.

Koffee_Kosmo · May 2016

Just last week I purchased a 69kg sack of Guatemala Antigua Los Volcanes So this is the very first roast on the trusty KKTO Bean - Guatemala Antigua Los Volcanes Weight - 900 grams Depth - Cusp of second crack KK

Cuir Beluga · May 2016

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Just last week I purchased a 69kg sack of Guatemala Antigua Los Volcanes So this is the very first roast on the trusty KKTO Bean - Guatemala Antigua Los Volcanes Weight - 900 grams Depth - Cusp of second crack KK

You'll be bouncing off the walls KK. Today I roasted some Brazil Boa Vista, Colombia Finca Veracruz and Colombia San Marcos all from Ministry Grounds :coffee2:.

LeroyC · May 2016

The last batch I did was the last of my Congo SOPACDI FTO. I managed to replicate the profile from the first successful roast of this origin that I did. So I'm hoping this lot will turn out just as nice.

Brett H · May 2016

That looks awesome, chewy and delicious! Kudos Leroy!

LeroyC · June 2016

Well I've been quite busy roasting on the Behmor lately. Since the 23rd of May I've roasted the following: • 250g Brazil Ipanema Estates 'Espresso' • 250g Mexico Oaxaca (light filter roast by accident) • 200g Mexico Oaxaca (espresso roast) • 250g Brazil Ipanema • 250g Peru Norte • A pre-roast blend of 95g Peru Norte, 55g Congo SOPACDI, 50g Timor • 250g Burundi AA • 320g Timor It's all gone quite well (except for the first Mexican) and I feel like I'm really getting a handle on it. The Brazil Ipanema and the second Mexican batch have been beautiful coffees to drink. Here's a couple of pics:

Brazil Ipanema

Burundi AA

FreshCoffee2 · June 2016

Well done. Better be careful admitting to preblend roasting however, as you lay yourself wide open to criticism from people that dont know much, despite the only relevant questions are "did it cup well / taste good?, "were you happy with the roast?" and "did you achieve what you wanted?" ;D

LeroyC · June 2016

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Well done. Better be careful admitting to preblend roasting however, as you lay yourself wide open to criticism from people that dont know much ;D

Haha! Too true FC. To be honest I won't pre-blend very often myself as I don't think it makes sense on a Behmor. But I'm certainly not against it altogether as its another way to experiment with profiles and associated flavours.

askthecoffeeguy · June 2016

I've been roasting a custom blend of PNG Purosa and Mexico Indigenas Y Campesinos Ecologicos de Angel Albino Corzo - Jaltenango Region And combining them for a pretty handy blend ! It's my 'go to' roast at the moment, and it tastes delicious!

Kevohere · June 2016

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But I'm certainly not against it altogether as its another way to experiment with profiles and associated flavours.

Yep, you ain't gonna know if you don't have a go. :thumb: Most of us know the limitations of pre-blending per se. The odd minimal times that I have done a pre-blend roast, I try to select compatible, similar processed beans, store them mixed together for a couple of days before roasting.

FreshCoffee2 · June 2016

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Most of us know the limitations of pre-blending per se.

Well yes and no Pat. I understand the gods of the interweb dont want subversive/radical stuff like this getting out there, but really, it depends on the "brief" ie what is that blend going to be used for

Koffee_Kosmo · June 2016

I pre blend all the time But I use techniques that my roaster can accomodate Also having roasted over 2000 roasts helps a bit in ones understanding of coffee as well KK

FreshCoffee2 · June 2016

Excellent points and certainly roasting machine dependent.

LeroyC · June 2016

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Also having roasted over 2000 roasts helps a bit in ones understanding of coffee as well KK

I bet it does! LOL. IMO the Behmor lacks the precise control of other roasters (including the KKTO and Corretto, not to mention pro level roasters) to be able to get really involved in the process. That and I lack the experience to make up for it. Plus I'm still only monitoring and recording everything manually, so until I get a better and more automated monitoring system I'll be keeping things relatively simple.

bcspark · July 2016

Brought in 35kilos of greens so got Brissie grandson to help sort and organise stash.Found several part bags of quality greens amongst which were a Tanzanian bean and a peaberry.Pre blended and roasted for me wow? Finished drinking the blend and decided to do a roast for me so into the KKTO went 650grams of Skybury peaberry pulled at 230deg at 17min and am now enjoying beautiful triples.There is still some pre blending to be done with several part bags.

Koffee_Kosmo · July 2016

That's a good stash of beans I have about 70 kgs to devour KK

bcspark · July 2016

Have not done an audit but my stash is right up there too KK,the 35kilos was what i added

Cuir Beluga · July 2016

I'm such a light weight, I am sitting on around 10 kilos of beans :P.

LeroyC · July 2016

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I'm such a light weight, I am sitting on around 10 kilos of beans :P.

Same, I don't think I've had more than about 8kg at any one time. I'm still just buying 1kg of each origin at a time and trying new ones each time I order.

Cuir Beluga · July 2016

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Same, I don't think I've had more than about 8kg at any one time. I'm still just buying 1kg of each origin at a time and trying new ones each time I order.

I like ordering something different each time too, it's all part of the fun :coffee2:.

Dry_bean. · July 2016

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I like ordering something different each time too, it's all part of the fun :coffee2:.

Hows the roasting process coming along Sue?

Koffee_Kosmo · August 2016

Sorry I haven't kept up with my posts of weekly roasts But in general it's been 1 to 2 KG of roasting for personal consumption and roasting up to 5 kg for enthusiasts that want me to roast for them Anyway today had a visitor bearing gifts 3 Kg of greens from different areas So I decided after a blind choice to decide the 1kg being roasted today Today's lucky beans are Brazil Yellow Burbon - Pulped Naturals from the Pocas Region KK

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