Older Folks and Vaping Back Porch - Part Seven

[bigbells]

Coffee snob stuff: My 52 oz coffee mug is filled with a pot of Rwandan coffee made from beans that I roasted 4 days ago. I tend to like coffees grown in Rwanda, and I've roasted 6 or 7 different ones in the 5 years since I started roasting my coffee at home. It is easy for a specialty coffee from East Africa to be too fruity-tasting for me, particularly if it's dry-processed. For instance, I haven't yet roasted a coffee from Yemen that I'm crazy about. This Rwandan is wet-processed, though, and the berry sweetness of it is wonderful to my tastebuds. Good thing, too, since I have 9 more pounds of the green beans.

 

[Kenna]

Only three cups??? How do you do it? I need three POTS of coffee.

Kuerig. And by the time I go thru 3 cups I've used 3 scoops of coffee, the same as I used in a drip coffee maker. Just stronger.

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[DavidOck]

So, you've finally blown your secret identity!

 

[bigbells]

Before I started roasting coffee at home, I had never even seen unroasted coffee beans. Here are a few of the Rwandan beans I'm currently enjoying, unroasted or "green" on the left, and roasted on the right. The beans grow when they "crack" during roasting, and they also lose moisture, resulting in weight loss. The degree of expansion and the amount of weight loss are both dependent on roast level. I roasted these to what is called Full City roast level, with 16% weight loss.

 

[3mg Meniere]

Coffee snob stuff: My 52 oz coffee mug is filled with a pot of Rwandan coffee made from beans that I roasted 4 days ago. I tend to like coffees grown in Rwanda, and I've roasted 6 or 7 different ones in the 5 years since I started roasting my coffee at home. It is easy for a specialty coffee from East Africa to be too fruity-tasting for me, particularly if it's dry-processed. For instance, I haven't yet roasted a coffee from Yemen that I'm crazy about. This Rwandan is wet-processed, though, and the berry sweetness of it is wonderful to my tastebuds. Good thing, too, since I have 9 more pounds of the green beans.

I ordered some beans for a self-Christmas present, considering buying more, but I NEED a dog, a futon, a bed-frame, and an air conditioner. Gonna save up my money for needs.

 

[bigbells]

Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard,
to get her poor daughter a dress.
When she got there, the cupboard was bare,
and so was her daughter, I guess.

 

[Kenna]

Before I started roasting coffee at home, I had never even seen unroasted coffee beans. Here are a few of the Rwandan beans I'm currently enjoying, unroasted or "green" on the left, and roasted on the right. The beans grow when they "crack" during roasting, and they also lose moisture, resulting in weight loss. The degree of expansion and the amount of weight loss are both dependent on roast level. I roasted these to what is called Full City roast level, with 16% weight loss.

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How do you roast your beans?

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[garyoa1]

Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard,
to get her poor daughter a dress.
When she got there, the cupboard was bare,
and so was her daughter, I guess.

 

[3mg Meniere]

I ordered some beans for a self-Christmas present, considering buying more, but I NEED a dog, a futon, a bed-frame, and an air conditioner. Gonna save up my money for needs.

Just checked, ordered for $32 on 1/18. Still more expensive than store-bought. Hope I can make the transition without much pain.

Yes, I am going to make dresses/tops for my daughter and my sister and I. May be matching, depending on what my sister brings back from LaCrosse. Higher priorities than good coffee.

 

[bigbells]

How do you roast your beans?

I use a Behmor 1600 coffee roaster. The initial cost 5 years ago was $300, and I've now roasted about 200 pounds in it, gradually reducing the cost-per-roast of the roasting equipment.

Just checked, ordered for $32 on 1/18. Still more expensive than store-bought. Hope I can make the transition without much pain.

I'm guessing that was for 5 pounds of green coffee beans?

 

[3mg Meniere]

I'm guessing that was for 5 pounds of green coffee beans?

Yup.

 

[bigbells]

Yup.

When we're talking about specialty-grade coffee beans, there's no place you can buy them pre-roasted for less than about $15 per pound, so making a cost comparison with roasted beans that are not specialty-grade is comparing apples to oranges, IMNSHO.

 

[3mg Meniere]

When we're talking about specialty-grade coffee beans, there's no place you can buy them pre-roasted for less than about $15 per pound, so making a cost comparison with roasted beans that are not specialty-grade is comparing apples to oranges, IMNSHO.

Yeah. Once I get those big purchases out of the way, I will make a big order, and save on shipping. Until then, I will have to be satisfied with the grocery grinds.

 

[bigbells]

For pre-roasted store-bought whole bean coffee, I never found anything else as good as 8 O'Clock 100% Colombian, even though I once bought a pre-roasted specialty-grade coffee. The 8 O'Clock varies greatly in quality from bag to bag but is pretty darn good.

Beyond roasting at home, there are two other factors that make YUGE differences in the quality of coffee made from whole-bean coffee. One of those factors is the brewing method, with particular attention to the consistency of the proper brew water temperature. The other factor is the quality of the grinder used to grind the whole beans. Consistency of the size of the ground particles, with a lack of "dust" sized particles, also known as "fines", makes a remarkable difference in the end results.

 

[DavidOck]

But the fines are better if you take your coffee IV...

 

[garyoa1]

But the fines are better if you take your coffee IV...

As any reel koffee aficionado wood.

 

[Sir Kadly]

Coffee snob stuff: My 52 oz coffee mug is filled with a pot of Rwandan coffee made from beans that I roasted 4 days ago. I tend to like coffees grown in Rwanda, and I've roasted 6 or 7 different ones in the 5 years since I started roasting my coffee at home. It is easy for a specialty coffee from East Africa to be too fruity-tasting for me, particularly if it's dry-processed. For instance, I haven't yet roasted a coffee from Yemen that I'm crazy about. This Rwandan is wet-processed, though, and the berry sweetness of it is wonderful to my tastebuds. Good thing, too, since I have 9 more pounds of the green beans.

I may have to try some Rwandan. I stick with plain Columbian Supremo beans for most of my daily coffee drinking, and have tried a variety of other beans that I mostly only use on weekends when I pull out my French Press. So far haven't been that impressed with any of the African varieties I've tried. Haven't tried any Rwanadan yet though.

Before I started roasting coffee at home, I had never even seen unroasted coffee beans. Here are a few of the Rwandan beans I'm currently enjoying, unroasted or "green" on the left, and roasted on the right. The beans grow when they "crack" during roasting, and they also lose moisture, resulting in weight loss. The degree of expansion and the amount of weight loss are both dependent on roast level. I roasted these to what is called Full City roast level, with 16% weight loss.

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Lovely looking beans you have there Bells.
Ummm, I'm talking about his coffee beans everyone, no smart alleck remarks from the peanut gallery.

I use a Behmor 1600 coffee roaster. The initial cost 5 years ago was $300, and I've now roasted about 200 pounds in it, gradually reducing the cost-per-roast of the roasting equipment.

I'm guessing that was for 5 pounds of green coffee beans?

Same roaster I got about 2.5 years ago, love it.

 

[2legsshrt]

Coffee snob stuff: My 52 oz coffee mug is filled with a pot of Rwandan coffee made from beans that I roasted 4 days ago. I tend to like coffees grown in Rwanda, and I've roasted 6 or 7 different ones in the 5 years since I started roasting my coffee at home. It is easy for a specialty coffee from East Africa to be too fruity-tasting for me, particularly if it's dry-processed. For instance, I haven't yet roasted a coffee from Yemen that I'm crazy about. This Rwandan is wet-processed, though, and the berry sweetness of it is wonderful to my tastebuds. Good thing, too, since I have 9 more pounds of the green beans.

How come you're not using that stuff that is pooped out by an animal?

 

[bigbells]

How come you're not using that stuff that is pooped out by an animal?

Until proven otherwise, KopI Luwak, obtained from the excreted coffee beans of certain civets, is overpriced novelty coffee.

Same with Jamaica Blue Mountain and Hawaii Kona (which I have roasted and which are EXCELLENT but not better than coffees one eighth of the price), as well as Panama Geisha (which I have refrained from purchasing).

 

[lulu836]