John, Did you and Keven have trouble roasting beans to the quality level of a good micro-roaster? I've only done about 5 small batches, all with the same Brazilian beans from Sweet Maria's, but all have turned out "flat" and "lifeless" tasting. They are drinkable and taste like coffee but have no body or depth.
On Monday, July 31, 2017 at 8:17:00 AM UTC-5, John A. Bennett wrote: > > When I worked at *RBW*, Keven and I got into coffee roasting with old > popcorn poppers from Goodwill. Once we got the hang of it, we upgraded to a > *Behmor > 1600*. It took a few months for the machine to "pay for itself," but we > roasted a lot of coffee. > > When I moved to Portland, I bought one. It is still going ---and > roasting-- almost 5 years later. > > http://behmor.com/behmor-1600-plus/ > > Twenty minutes for a pound. Set it, and forget it. Much less time > consuming than the old popcorn poppers. And the savings are significant. I > buy a 10 pound bag every few weeks from *Mr. Green Beans*. Usually > something from Brazil. In bulk, it runs less than $5 a pound. Half to a > third of the 'already roasted' single origin stuff. > > http://mrgreenbeanspdx.com/ > > Keven's interest in coffee continued to grow, and ---as you probably > know--he's now working for *Four Barrel Coffee* in San Francisco. I'm > just drinking a few cups of home roasted coffee every morning. In fact, I'm > drinking one right now. > > https://www.fourbarrelcoffee.com/ > > JAB/PDX > > On Sunday, July 30, 2017 at 4:28:13 PM UTC-7, Deacon Patrick wrote: >> >> I’ve toyed with the idea of roasting my own coffee. Then Kellie goes and >> mentions Sweet Maria’s and I find this: >> >> https://www.sweetmarias.com/product/heavy-gauge-stovetop-popper-with-ss-base >> >> Experiences and recommendations? Is it practical to roast your own >> coffee? Benefits? >> >> With abandon, >> Patrick >> >> www.CredoFamily.org >> www.MindYourHeadCoop.org >> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
