Identify yourself: "I roast, therefore, I am..."

[EvanS]

UPDATE!!

The names Evan...EvanS. Yes I still AM!!

Roaster - FreshRoast 8 Plus
Grinder (Primary) - GOT Rancilio Rocky Doserless
Grinder (Backup) - Cuisinart Burr CCM16
Drip (Primary, for wife) - Cuisinart Brew Central 12-cup
Drip (backup) - Free Gevalia 12-cup
Press - Bodum 32oz and 48 oz.
Mokapot - 3 cupper (and the reason for the need of new grinder)
Attitude - Better and better all the time
Disposition - Still Questionable

Been roasting using the FR8 for about 1 month, which equals 3 lbs worth of 1/2 lb samples. So far so good! Saw the Cuisinart Burr getting sloppy, both silting my press pot and putting chunks in my Mokapot, so pulled the trigger on a Rocky just last night. Learning just how quickly the start of 2nd crack turns into the end of 2nd crack.

Looking forward to RRA 07/08

[replicant_argent]

Roasting Costa Rica CoE and 2007 yrg idido teramad this morning.

[Mister Moo]

Ev's - Rep'ent: welcome to the fraternity of coffee roasters. I hope your results are stunning, the coffee great and your enjoyment of this fascinating pasttime as enjoyable for you as it has been for the many of us.

[smokehouse]

Name: Kevin
Rank: 1 week
Roaster: Presto Hot Air Popcorn Popper
Grinder: Hamilton Beach Custom Grind
Press: Primula 32oz
Drip:Mr.Coffee 12 cup

[EvanS]

Originally Posted by smokehouse

Name: Kevin
Rank: 1 week
Roaster: Presto Hot Air Popcorn Popper
Grinder: Hamilton Beach Custom Grind
Press: Primula 32oz
Drip:Mr.Coffee 12 cup

WELCOME KEVIN

Thank god Moo now has some fresh meat to grind on

[Mister Moo]

Originally Posted by smokehouse

Name: Kevin
Rank: 1 week
Roaster: Presto Hot Air Popcorn Popper
Grinder: Hamilton Beach Custom Grind
Press: Primula 32oz
Drip:Mr.Coffee 12 cup

Welcome to the fraternity of home roasters. I hope you get as much enjoyment from the hobby as the rest of us do. We are in fact a brotherhood within a brotherhood, except for Ev's. Dump chaff on him on the way past.

Heh heh... jus' kiddin' Evver...

[MithShrike]

Roaster - Dog Bowl, Wooden Spoon, Wagner HT3500
Grinder - Horrible Krups whirlyblade
Press - Bodum Kenya 32oz
Mokapot - 8 cupper
Attitude - Uweh?
Disposition - Happy go lucky

So I started roasting about two weeks ago. I don't really drink coffee too much because it makes me way sleepy and jittery. Anyway, I've been using the dog bowl method and it works pretty well the more I roast, the better my roasts are. I grabbed the 3lb peaberry special over at Burman and two lbs of Nicaraguan Pacamara peaberry. Mixed 'em all up and have a ridiculously balanced blend.

I have a vacpot coming in.

I'm also a yerba mate enthusiast. I've been drinking yerba mate for just over two years now. Far cleaner energy than the nasty jitters and sleepiness I get from coffee. Doesn't taste as good though. Although yerba mate is good with a cigar.

[Mister Moo]

Originally Posted by MithShrike

Roaster - Dog Bowl, Wooden Spoon, Wagner HT3500
Grinder - Horrible Krups whirlyblade
Press - Bodum Kenya 32oz
Mokapot - 8 cupper
Attitude - Uweh?
Disposition - Happy go lucky

So I started roasting about two weeks ago. I don't really drink coffee too much because it makes me way sleepy and jittery. Anyway, I've been using the dog bowl method and it works pretty well the more I roast, the better my roasts are. I grabbed the 3lb peaberry special over at Burman and two lbs of Nicaraguan Pacamara peaberry. Mixed 'em all up and have a ridiculously balanced blend.

I have a vacpot coming in.

I'm also a yerba mate enthusiast. I've been drinking yerba mate for just over two years now. Far cleaner energy than the nasty jitters and sleepiness I get from coffee. Doesn't taste as good though. Although yerba mate is good with a cigar.

Welcome to the club, Mi'ke. I hope you find a lot of enjoyment with the hobby - and I know you'll find a better brew in your cup.

Is the Wikipedia write up on yerba mate about equal to your experience?

[MithShrike]

Originally Posted by Mister Moo

Welcome to the club, Mi'ke. I hope you find a lot of enjoyment with the hobby - and I know you'll find a better brew in your cup.

Is the Wikipedia write up on yerba mate about equal to your experience?

If ya gotta shorten it, try Mith. My name is Matt.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yerba_mate

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mate_%28beverage%29

Both articles are pretty good. I must say that I prefer the elaborada style mate without stems. http://www.yerbaguru.com/ is an excellent source. There used to be a good shop here in the Phoenix area but it was evicted about three weeks. Taragui blue is good.

Drinking mate now (at work) and I always get comments. It's funny.

[backwoods]

name: Allan aka 'Backwoods'
rank: newest of the newbies
roaster: currently a popper
grinder: a B&D whirlley(for now)






well, I can finally post in this thread

I just finished my first roast in my presto poplite popper, and everything went well. No fires and not as much smoke in my garage as I would have expected. The beans I tried out first were some 'Mexico Organic Nayarit Terruno' from the sampler I purchased from sweetmarias. I didn't time anything for the first run, just watched it very closely and observed the changes of the beans while they roasted. I could here the first crack very well and took them to 45seconds to a minute past. I'm pretty sure I didnt get into second crack at all, but the whole process couldnt have taken more than 10 minutes tops.


The beans have a slight bitter smell to them(from what I can tell with a stuffed up head) and are pretty dark in color. Now I have to wait a couple days to see if this first run was a success. thanks to all u knuckleheads for starting me down another hill




oh ya...I have chaff in places I didnt know I had


edit...did a second roast and went a little darker. first crack 4 minutes in, second crack started at 6 minutes in and was pretty much done at 7. is it normal for second crack to be as loud as first crack?


here are my results

[Mister Moo]

Welcome to the growing fraternity of cigar-puffing home roasters, B'oods. I hope you find as much pleasure and enjoyment with this craft/hobby as I have.

Poplites tend to be bean burners except on cold days; they sometimes do better with fewer beans and/or a long extension cord to settle the heat down a bit. Good luck and enjoy the results.

[Bigwaved]

Allan,

I have not had the second crack sound as loud as the first. Welcome to the good life.

[Syekick]

Roaster - Iron Skillet > SCCO > Behmor 1600
Grinder - GE Burr Chunk maker > Zassenhaus coming for Christmas
Coffee Making Stuff
Press - Bodum 32oz
Mokapot - 2 cup
Vac Pot - 8 Cup Glass Cory
Vietnamese Coffee Pot
Bunn Pour Over For my Folger crowd.

Does anyone notice the "subtle" influence of "someone" here in the forum?

Green Beans on hand and/or roasted
Indonesian Timor
Costa Rica
Peru
Uncle Beanz Negrita
Columbian Decaf (Water Processed)

[Mister Moo]

Originally Posted by Syekick

Roaster - Iron Skillet > SCCO > Behmor 1600
Grinder - GE Burr Chunk maker > Zassenhaus coming for Christmas
Coffee Making Stuff
Press - Bodum 32oz
Mokapot - 2 cup
Vac Pot - 8 Cup Glass Cory
Vietnamese Coffee Pot
Bunn Pour Over For my Folger crowd.

Does anyone notice the "subtle" influence of "someone" here in the forum?

Green Beans on hand and/or roasted
Indonesian Timor
Costa Rica
Peru
Uncle Beanz Negrita
Columbian Decaf (Water Processed)

As always your contributions are a pleasure, especially so when coming thru a haze of cloying smoke that promises better coffee and many smiles a few days hence. From skillet to Behmore I am glad you've joined the fraternity of home roasters and hope you find as much enjoyment from the hobby/craft as I have.

I am advised I must spread more rep around before passing a bump your way. Perhaps some other BOTB will oblige. Merry Christmas and a healthy, happy New Year, Sy'ick.

[Mister Moo]

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(yawn)