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Shaun Taylor http://shaundoreenevankeegan.blogspot.com/ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Brinkman Sent: 14 July 2009 23:39 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: DO ANY OF YOU ROAST YOUR OWN BEANS? I have some nice friends who roast commercially, I steal a bit of time every now and again to roast a few beans :-) I have been blending a Columbian La Piramide with a Kenyan AB Ruthagati, they go together very nicely :-) JohnB On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 7:15 AM, Shaun Taylor<[email protected]> wrote: > > Nice! > > Is the Probat yours, or do you borrow a bit of Probat time from a friend? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > > Shaun Taylor > > http://shaundoreenevankeegan.blogspot.com/ > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of John Brinkman > Sent: 14 July 2009 23:06 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: DO ANY OF YOU ROAST YOUR OWN BEANS? > > > I started of with a Gene Cafe' roaster, was a load of fun and a great > intro to roasting. There are some great books about on home roasting > on Amazon as well as some great internet resources. Have a look at > http://www.homeroasters.org/, http://www.homeroaster.com/ and > http://www.ineedcoffee.com/ for some good online advice. > > I managed to create a whole load of caffein addicts amongst my friends > and they all started asking me for coffee :-). I got a bit tired of > roasting >2kg's of coffee a day in the Gene Cafe (roasts about 1kg per > hr in 250gr batches) and managed to find a 15kg Probat I could use > every now and again so I now roast about 10kg of coffee +- once a week > for the addicts on the Probat which is a blast :-) > > Roasting will add a whole new dimension to your coffee, go for it :-) > > JohnB > > On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 12:36 AM, Ira<[email protected]> wrote: >> >> At 06:38 AM 7/13/2009, you wrote: >>>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? >> >> If you can sit still for 25 minutes during each roast, using a Behmor >> is mostly about paying a bit of attention during the roast, taking >> notes so you know what you did last time and paying attention to >> flavors so you learn how far and which button makes better tasting coffee. >> >> While I had nothing to do with the Behmor, from all appearances it >> was designed to be used like: Weigh out some beans and put them in >> the drum. Assemble the drum and chaff tray into the roaster, press >> the appropriate buttons and read a book while it roasts the coffee >> for you. Read because it's quiet and you're more likely to be aware >> of the noises it's making in case you need to press Cool before the >> end of the roast. In reality you probably shouldn't use it like that >> and you'll never see that written down, but it just seems that that >> was the thought in the back of the designers mind. >> >> If you don't have the self control to stay near the roaster for the >> 20 minutes till the roast finishes, it's not for you, but if you can >> do that, it's easy to get started. >> >> Ira >> >> >> > >> > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
