Yes and yes. Deciding what you like will be the ongoing experiment, but learning to see the signs of roasting is easy. bmc "Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel....."
> From: JavaJo <[email protected]> > Reply-To: <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 06:38:12 -0700 (PDT) > To: Brewtus <[email protected]> > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
