I am having multiple wonderful shots of the sidamo dp organic. boy it is sweet, lemony and fruity. what a great bean! i have grown very fond of all the ethiopians...i have had them before in various shops...but it was not until roasting them myself (city), that i have been amazed at their uniqueness. happy happy. -- Dean De Crisce Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
I'm there, too, Dean. Cheers, Mabuhay -RayO, aka Opa! On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 12:48 PM, Dean De Crisce wrote: <Snip> -- "When the theme hits the bass, I dance the Jig!" - -Virgil Fox at the Mighty Wichita (ex- NYC Paramount) WurliTzer- 1976 Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
My morning cup this morning was the Feb 2008 offering of Rwanda Gkongoro Nyarusiza that I roasted on Sunday night, 8/30, as it's been for most of this week. Today, however, after five days of rest, it's starting to just come into its own with enhanced body and flavors. I have a hard time describing the origin flavors of this bean (roasted to full city), but I guess Tom's cupping notes here pretty much describe it: "The cup has sweet and sour Mandarin notes, fading into a good coffee-flavor bittersweetness. Coffee flavor? In coffee? Sometimes it is difficult to describe the pleasant bitterness of coffee in terms of other things (most often, bittersweet notes in chocolate). But sometimes the tangy bittersweets seem to refer to no other flavor but coffee itself. That's the case here, I feel. But there is more too, with a syrupy body and these lingering citrus hints. There's also a trace of that winey accent to the fruit, something you might find in a neighboring Kenya. In a slightly darker roast (FC, rather than C+) my mandarin citrus turned to a black currant fruit note: very nice! I get slight herbal and floral secondary flavors too, lurking in the background, slight rosemary highlights, and in the finish a twist of lemon peel." I'm getting the nice, bittersweet coffee flavor, and I'm getting the nice Kenya whineyness too. I think I'm tasting herbal notes, but hard to say I'm really getting citrus or floral. I'm going to have to dig the rest of the batch I roasted out of the freezer and try it in the new Clever Coffee Dripper and Yama Vacuum Siphon Pot I just got from Tom to see how much difference it makes over the AeroPress. This three day weekend, I'm planning to roast some coffee in the Behmor and in my old-fashioned fireplace popcorn popper. I'm thinking I set up the charcoal BBQ kettle on charcoal (either brickettes, or I think I've got Mesquite chunks I picked up at Smart & Final) and add some soaked wood chips or chunks and compare the same bean fire roasted to roasted in the Behmor to see if I can taste the difference. Enjoy the long weekend, everyone. -Chris Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
Same coffee, same roast, but pulled 2nd half from the freezer to try out the new CCD (clever coffee dripper) and Yama eight cup vac pot. I can see the benefit to both the CCD and vac pot. The CCD makes two clean cups (paper filter after all) and the vac pot makes five or six cups, perfect for company. While sampling the coffee, I'm also drinking a hoppy Sierra Nevada Pale Ale and noticing that the Rwanda has a familiar, hoppy taste. I'll have to try it when my pallate is clean in the morning. -Chris On 9/4/09, Yakster wrote: <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
These days I'm all about the Yemen blends. I've got Yemen Mokha Ismaili (Full City) as the host of the show, then I'm grinding it 50/50 with today's special guest star, Bonko WP. It's got the earthy spicy goodness of Yemen, with lemon sunshine from Ethiopia. Heaven and earth in my morning cup. -- Steve Carlson On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 9:24 AM, Yakster wrote: <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
Rwanda in the CCD (clever coffee dripper), waffles, and Das Rhinegold on the stereo. I may switch to the CCD for the daily cup over the AP (Aeropress). It is a much richer, fuller extraction. Today is cleaning day for the kids (and deep cleaning for me at the dentist). -Chris Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
I'm drinking Ethiopian Misty Valley today. Only one more pound left to roast. At least I still have some Meno Misty Valley too, which I like equally well. -- Rick Copplehttp://www.rlcopple.com/Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
Enjoying a Gesha Lot 10 roasted 18 hours ago to a beautiful FC. I roasted it in my Behmor using P4. Hit + to max temp before start and roast length was 22:45. Sadly this is my last pound. One of the best cups of coffee you can enjoy. I'm looking forward to the flavours after another couple of days. John H. Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://host.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
I pulled two shots of espresso on the way out the door this morning, almost late taking the kids to school. First shot was mix of Barefoot The Boss with their Element blend drown in frothed soy as a cappuccino for the Wife in a to-go cup and the second shot was Barefoot's Element blend in a demitasse which I drank down and didn't have time to savor. I may go back to making Clever Coffee Dripper cups of coffee in the morning to stretch out the coffee drinking experience and cut the prep time. I've got to get up earlier or something to find more time to enjoy morning coffee without the rush and the anxious teenager sitting in the car waiting to go. After dropping off the kids, I swung by Red Berry Coffee bar and had a Ritual Sweet Tooth shot and a Ecco Reserve, but didn't have much time to sit and chat as I had a conference call to get to. I just had a cup of Panama made with an inverted AeroPress technique at work, got a sheen of oil on top and the cup tasted pretty good. I'm thinking of roasting up the Donkey blend this weekend for espresso, one night this week I got pretty wired from an espresso session and found it tough to get to sleep. I've also got to roast some of the older greens and keep working on the stash reduction program. It seemed like I'd cut my stash down by a half, but it was only that I'd switched to inventorying in kilos instead of pounds in BehmorThing. Sunday were thinking of going to Santa Cruz to enjoy the nice weather and swing by Verve on the way back for their competition flights of espresso event. So, how's everyone else's cup? -Chris Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://host.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
Freshly roasted stash of Ethiopia Jimma Nigusie Lemma. The sweetness is amazing. I couldn't place the fruit taste until I looked up the archived reviews on Sweet Maria's...peach! Good day all. -JD Kelly Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
Good morning, Jeffrey (or Jeff?) - and the rest of our homeroast family out there!! I love when the roast turns out like that - beautiful!! Lately, I'm just happy when it turns out like - coffee, lol. Can't change much about my sub-par stove (unless it completely dies & my landlord has to replace it... tempting...) Anyway, my morning cup isn't as amazing as yours - I mixed all my remaining bits into a blend of "I don't know what's in here." But it's all from Sweet Maria's, so at least it's far better than most anything else I could buy. I was in Clover Food Labs in Harvard Square a few weeks ago, and actually bought myself a cup that morning. I was tempted by the Clover worker who extolled the roaster (from Maine, and actually sounds like a homeroaster - she said he roasts in his attic). The roast may have been fine, but they brewed it so weak it was awful. I do understand that most people out there don't like brews at the strength I make my own - one of my son's refers to my homeroast as crack, and not as a good reference, lol). Lynne On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 8:45 AM, Jeffrey Kelly wrote: <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |