I use the shit out of mine.  

I buy my beans from burman coffee, bodhi leaf coffee traders, sweet marias, and coffee bean corral.  

I bought the roaster from Burman, which is where my stepfather gets chunk of his beans.

Dan - how bad is the smoke with the roaster?

Edited March 15, 201610 yr by Salt Peanuts

Super bad

Bodhi Leaf sale

 

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I really like bodhi leaf.  I drive down there and get all my greens when they have these weekly sales.

Anyone here have a source for Aged Sumatra green beans?

I don't know aged but I got 20 lbs of Sumatran from bodhi leaf 2 weeks ago.

Have done 4 roastings now with SR500 and the evenness of the roast has gotten better each time.  I hope it gets warmer soon so I can start roasting outside.

Placed my first order with Old Bisbee for the sampler.  I've been drinking George Howell's coffees for many years.  This should be an interesting diversion.

HS

I received my first order from Old Bisbee, the 4-pack sampler with 1/2 lb portions.  Smelled wonderful when I got home from work last night so I brought the Tanzanian Peaberry with me to the office and prepared it in my French press.  I have very much enjoyed Tanzanian Peaberry over the years, although my preference is Central and South American varieties.

First observation was the beans were roasted quite a bit darker than I expected having read the information they publish (i.e. something along the lines of we don't offer varying roasts...we roast to the peak flavor).  The beans were quite dark and oily...I'm guessing roasted well past the "second crack".  

The coffee was good, but not great in my humble opinion.  I will try the other varieties soon and perhaps they will be more to my personal liking.  I've been drinking George Howell's coffees for a long time, as well as others including some local roaster's beans.  The GW coffees are some of the best I have had.

HS 

Every bean you will likely get from them will be dark or darker.  I sent an email over asking why and the response was he thinks it tastes better that way.  I stopped ordering from them. 

Same opinion here.....Old Bisbee roasts the shit of their beans too much for my preferences. I usually order from JBC Coffee Roasters or Paradise Coffee. Temple and Ruby Coffee are good too.

Thanks for sharing, tyrion and raffy.  I was hoping that it was just the one bag/variety that was roasted that way, but I now expect it will be all four varieties.

Not the end of the world, but I don't want all my coffee to be like a Vienna roast...  It kills off too many flavors/nuances for me personally.  I used to like my coffee super dark many years back, but my tastes have evolved over the years and hopefully that's a result of exposure to more flavors and better appreciation.

Regardless, I'm a slut for the java....can't help myself.  Wish my stomach was as strong as it used to be...LOL.

HS

Really looking forward to getting my French Press.  We had a Bodum but it's gone missing.

I've been enjoying the SR500 but considering how much coffee we go through, I wish I'd splurged for Behmor roaster.

 

French press FTW!  I've owned by Frieling #6 (double walled stainless) for a long time and it still looks great.  Helps keep the java warm.

HS

Found out that a ceramic burr is, in fact, breakable.

Edited April 11, 201610 yr by Salt Peanuts

doh

Have to share this coffee I've been drinking a few weeks now as it is every bit as good as my favorites from George Howell.

It is not inexpensive, but it is exceptionally good IMO

http://www.doubleshotcoffee.com/collections/south-america/products/maduro

The beans are beautiful...not some mixed bag of sizes, shapes, etc...  He clearly puts a lot of love into locating the best growers and takes premium lots, that are subsequently handled with TLC.

I also tried this sun dried La Minita which is also very good.  Doesn't quite have as much character as the Columbian Maduro which surprised me a bit, so it's a nice option if you prefer a milder coffee.  It is still very very good.  I just prefer the Columbian.

http://www.doubleshotcoffee.com/collections/central-america/products/la-minita-sundried

 

Cheers,

HS

I had my first proper flat white last night. Possibly the best coffee experience of my life thus far.

Bali Blue Krishna back up on Old Bisbee... nomnomnom

^^ This.  Ordered 2lbs today since I just opened my last pound from OBR. 

I wish they showed the roasted beans on that video.  Every coffee I purchased from them via the variety pack was roasted well past the second crack.  They list the Bali Blue as medium roast but my gut tells me it's pretty darn dark.

HS

Different sources of beans here in the UK, and many artisan roasters run by two or three people.

Started with http://www.uecoffeeroasters.com/ , then went to https://www.beanberrycoffee.com/ and my current favourite is http://www.monsoonestates.co.uk/ . 

Currently drinking Monte Rosa (Guatemala) and anything from an Ethiopian cooperative (several kinds that come and go).

Aha - Monsoon Estates (ref above) have just won an award for their coffee http://video.silverstream.tv/view/z7A9ngTd

Thought it tasted bloody good.

On 11/8/2016 at 0:20 PM, Aura said:

Bali Blue Krishna back up on Old Bisbee... nomnomnom

Ordered 4 lbs cuz free shipping.