Super easy to use and there are a lot of other forums out there that have a lot of roasting knowledge which will become very helpful as you progress.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Shaun Taylor http://shaundoreenevankeegan.blogspot.com/ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of JavaJo Sent: 13 July 2009 07:38 To: Brewtus Subject: Re: DO ANY OF YOU ROAST YOUR OWN BEANS? Hello Ben and Shaun! Thanks so much for responding to my thread! Do you think a techie tard like me could learn how to roast? Is the machine you speak of really that easy to operate? I LOVE this group! Peace, love and lattes! JavaJo On Jul 12, 4:54 pm, Ben McCafferty <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey JavaJo. Ditto for me to all of Shaun's answers below, except I tend to > be lazy and get my beans from Sweet Maria's in CA. I started with an iRoast > 1.0, and it was nice. But no comparison to the Hottop in my experience. > > The cost is about 1/3 of roasted beans (maybe $5 or so per pound, which > yields about 13-14 ounces of roasted coffee), not to mention the fact that > you get to choose every variable for yourself. > > best, > bmc > "Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel....." > > > From: Shaun Taylor <[email protected]> > > Reply-To: <[email protected]> > > Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:20:10 -0600 > > To: <[email protected]> > > Subject: RE: DO ANY OF YOU ROAST YOUR OWN BEANS? > > > Yes, I've been roasting my own beans for approx 4-5yrs. > > > 1) HotTop. > > 2) Always do. > > 3) Easy. > > 4) Green Coffee Buying Club,http://www.greencoffeebuyingclub.com/ > > 5) Once you do it you'll never go back. It's very little trouble at all. I > > could ramble on and on but if you really are interested you'll try it and > > then in six months you will start to understand what would take me 5mins to > > try and explain. Seriously, it's one of the best things you can do for your > > coffee experience. > > > If you have further questions I'll try my best to answer them. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > > > Shaun Taylor > > >http://shaundoreenevankeegan.blogspot.com/ > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > > Of JavaJo > > Sent: 12 July 2009 13:55 > > To: Brewtus > > Subject: DO ANY OF YOU ROAST YOUR OWN BEANS? > > > I was wondering if any of you roast your own espresso beans? If you > > do: > > > 1. What type of roaster do you use? > > 2. Would you recommend the roaster to others? > > 3. How difficult is the machine to operate? > > 4. Where do you buy green beans? > > 5. Is the cost per pound worth the trouble? > > > I love this group and appreciate anybody who decides to contribute to > > this thread. > > > Peace, love and espresso! > > JavaJo --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Brewtus" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
