Thread: Coffee Enthusiasts

Just a double Yergh in stretched milk for a latte compliments of my Cremina.
~Richard

A good octane to start the morning@

Having some Indonesian Bali Blue moon coffee that is fresh roasted from green beans this morning, French Press of course.

Originally Posted by Dlb1963

I have a behmor1600 roaster I can roast over a pound at a time with it. Believe or not!

over a pound? Mine seems to struggle with a pound. Looking to get a decent small commercial roaster (if the wife lets me) when I get back from my deployment, something that will do up to 3 or 4 pounds. Back to using the whirly pop while I'm out here.

The problem with these roasters is over time they lose their effectiveness, thank you for your service.

Originally Posted by Dlb1963

The problem with these roasters is over time they lose their effectiveness, thank you for your service.

Normally, the can be cleaned. The biggest problem is the sensor gets covered in tar and insulated from the roaster temp. Infrared heaters also tar up and lose effectiveness.
JMO
~Richard

Much of what i have learned about coffee and its brewing I learned at this site:
home-barista.com/read-me/recommended-reading
JMO
~Richard
PS.
Simply put,
If your brew is sour..the temperature of the water is too low.
If your brew is bitter.. The temperature of your water is too high.

Roasting does some of the cooking of the beans.Darker beans take cooler water..~198F or so to try.
Lighter beans require more heat to brew and so 200F-203F is a good start.

Originally Posted by Dlb1963

The problem with these roasters is over time they lose their effectiveness, thank you for your service.

No ! Your just building up a tolerance for excessively strong coffee .

I have had tolerance built up for many decades of drinking coffee, I miss my own roasted beans, I am out of town for another 10 days. Withdrawals here!

Originally Posted by Dlb1963

I have had tolerance built up for many decades of drinking coffee, I miss my own roasted beans, I am out of town for another 10 days. Withdrawals here!

I know that pain, finally broke down and ordered a whirly pop and beans. The thing i have noticed here in Korea, they don't sell a lot of whole bean coffee. The stores carry a lot of instant but not actual coffee. But, there are TONS of coffee shops, most of which are really good and very well priced.