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The Third Man posted:Is a cuisinart burr grinder an acceptable purchase for aeropress/frenchpress coffee? I know there are better ones out there but I can't afford to spend a whole lot. Same bad experience here, tons of dust and loud as hell. Got a Capresso Infinity for Christmas, and hooooooly crap, it is so much better. Save up for a good grinder, it's 100% worth the wait.
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I was running low on coffee today and decided I'd try a roaster aside from Intelligensia, so I ordered a couple of things from Four Barrel. I was telling my wife how expensive it was for two 12 oz bags of coffee, and she mentioned that I'd talked about trying to roast my own periodically over the last couple of years. So now I've got two bags of Four Barrel coffee coming, along with a dog bowl, heat gun, and sampler pack from Sweet Maria's. I'm so excited 
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May 9, 2014 06:29
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Mu Zeta posted:What did you buy? I've tried everything from Four Barrel, and they are served in many restaurants and cafes around here. I got the Sumatra Tano Batak and Columbia Andino.
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May 9, 2014 08:45
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Question about home roasting: what do you guys think of roasting on a grill using an aluminum pan? Think of the disposable pan you get fajitas or pasta in. I figure no hotspots, easy to stir the beans, and those containers are cheap as hell and (obviously) disposable. Plus I figure I'd be able to hear first and second crack pretty easily.
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May 12, 2014 03:47
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I went from fresh locally roasted coffee to instant for a couple of weeks. On purpose. I had a weird, weird craving for it. I won't be doing that again any time soon.
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May 13, 2014 07:47
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Went outside today, heat gun/pie pan/green coffee in hand. Turned the heat gun on low fearing I'd fry the beans too fast. A LOOOONG time later, wondering if I'd somehow missed first crack, turned the gun up to high. Cue the cracking/flying chaff/smoke a couple of minutes later! Definitely no missing first crack unless you're blind and deaf. Gave it a bit more time after cracking stopped, then cooled it over an elevated box fan on a mesh thingy we had in the kitchen; the cooling went really quickly. Started out with 227g green beans, wound up with 140g of roasted beans. I compared the beans with some I got from a local roaster a couple of days ago and they look pretty comparable, although a bit darker (probably a FC, definitely not a French roast). They smell really good, even my son took a good whiff  They're outgassing in an unsealed container until tomorrow and we'll see how my first batch went. Very excited!
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May 17, 2014 20:31
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Google Butt posted:Next time keep the gun on high and just move it another inch away during first crack. Congrats! Definitely did some data collection. I found a roasting log template online and printed it out, and made some notes on it like you suggested. I got the 4 pound sampler from Sweet Maria's, so I'll probably do another roast later today with a different bean. Because I can
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May 17, 2014 21:59
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Google Butt posted:Sweet! This time try keeping it on high from the get go with the gun 1/2" above the beans, back off to 1.5"-2" when first crack is rolling. Since you know how long first crack lasted it might be cool to shoot for a lighter roast and stop right when first crack ends, or even a second before. Ahh, you know, thanks for clarifying the distance from the heat gun to the beans! On the low setting I had it about an inch away forever, but sort of kept it the same distance after turning the gun on high. Plus, the high setting really blew the beans around pretty good, but I don't think I stirred enough while it was on low. Definitely doing another roast later!
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May 17, 2014 22:17
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I'm going to try your technique with the next batch. I've been agitating while going over the beans with the gun; it seemed a little more uneven with the second batch. The first batch I'd go over the beans for a bit, stir, repeat, and they all seemed to be pretty evenly roasted. Second batch went waaaay faster than the first, but not overly fast. The color is a bit lighter than the first batch which was what I was going for, now I just need to get my technique down so the roast is more even.
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May 18, 2014 04:12
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What's up, newbie roasting bro! Looks good! I tried out the Costa Rica that I roasted Saturday and am drinking the Sumatra from that same evening, and I'm sort of surprised at how much more distinct the flavors are compared to beans I've gotten from local or popular roasters. I was mentally prepared for them to not taste quite right simply because they are my first batches, but I'm thinking I'm going to be hooked on this. It's cheaper than buying from a roaster, the taste is just as good, and it's really fun! a mysterious cloak fucked around with this message at 18:05 on May 19, 2014 |
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May 19, 2014 18:01
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mr. yolk posted:The filters are pretty drat cheap though. $4 for 350 filters. I mean, you can friggin compost them if you feel so bad about your waste. If you drink one a day, that's pretty much a year supply. Reusing them is nuts. There's no excuse.
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May 25, 2014 07:09
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dik-dik posted:Ahh. I wasn't running the heat gun on high the whole time (I started on low), so I'll try it again on high the whole time and see how it goes. I did the same thing. 20 minutes in and I'm going "WHY NO CRACKING?" Cranked it up to high. Halleluia chorus plays after a few minutes when first crack starts. Question for roasters: Have any of you noticed that Sumatra peaberry tends to have a much quieter crack than other beans? I roasted some over the weekend and I hardly heard anything, but with chaff flying and some smoke I knew I was close to where I wanted it to be (it actually turned out great).
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Jun 4, 2014 03:06
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Mu Zeta posted:The Bonavita Variable Kettle is down to $65 again. I've been using it for a while and I think it's better than the Hario in every way. Got one for Christmas and now I feel like I was living in the dark ages before I got it. "Microwaving water? How did we live? "
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Jun 6, 2014 04:56
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Just got back from a vacation in rural Michigan. Woke up early every morning and had coffee on the patio overlooking one of the many small lakes near my hometown. There's nothing like watching the sun rise over a still lake in southern Michigan. I drank Folger's the whole time, and I swear it was the best coffee ever.
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Jun 30, 2014 04:15
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becoming posted:I typically go through about 110g beans in a day, more if I'm up early or bored.  You scare me. I also found out today that I left my French press with wet grounds sitting on our counter for 2 weeks while we were on vacation. Any suggestions for cleaning the moldy spots off the mesh? I've already scrubbed the hell out of it with a brush/soap/water. a mysterious cloak fucked around with this message at 08:32 on Jul 5, 2014 |
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Jul 5, 2014 08:29
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Hexigrammus posted:Try soaking for an hour or two in a 10% bleach solution. Rinse thoroughly, repeat soap scrub, rinse well with hot water. I wound up soaking it overnight in vinegar and that seemed to nuke the crap out of the mold. Going to give it a good scrubbing with soap and water again and see if my coffee has the wondrous tang of vinegar!
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Jul 8, 2014 04:17
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Shugojin posted:I got a siphon for christmas I've been looking at those on and off forever. Convince me I need one because I've got a Visa gift card sitting here dying to buy something.
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Jan 1, 2015 03:46
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A 5-cup Yama stove top siphon will be at my house tonight! If I didn't have to get up in the morning I'd be brewing some coffee when I walked in the door.
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Jan 9, 2015 21:30
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I may know the answer to this already, but: The last few of my roasts have been weird. Not cracking, no chaff, but the beans are browning and seem to be expanding. Taste-wise it's off, too. They taste... organic, if that makes sense. Not coffee organic. I do heat gun/dog bowl, and haven't changed technique or anything, and I've even asked Sweet Maria's if they've had any complaints about the beans, and after hearing my story they suggest I'm under roasting. I don't taste anything grassy, but I'm thinking maybe the heat gun is toast, even though it seems like it's blowing hot as hell (and readily killed a wasp yesterday). Any advice from HG/DB bros?
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Apr 8, 2015 01:32
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So now that I'm thinking about it, the heat gun is almost a year old. And I noticed the issues sort of all at once, and now pretty consistently with 3 different beans. As far as environmental stuff, I roasted in the garage, which I've been doing pretty much since last fall, with the same outlet and extension cord.
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Apr 9, 2015 01:43
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I was talking to my wife about the heat gun eyes, and she suggested I try roasting on the grill. Any of you guys doing that? I looked at the Whirly Pop and roasting drums, but I'm not sure which way I want to go.
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Apr 12, 2015 05:07
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I've got a gas grill with low/medium/high settings, plus I'd probably get a cheap cast iron skillet to set the Whirly Pop in to help control the heat.Flattened Spoon posted:You can get a whirley pop from Sweet Marias with an 8 pound sampler added for $46.50 (an 8 pound sampler is usually $39.50). $7 to try it is a pretty sweet deal. Wow... I think I might have to give it a try. a mysterious cloak fucked around with this message at 18:43 on Apr 12, 2015 |
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Apr 12, 2015 18:41
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What's the deal with the espresso hairdryer?
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May 10, 2016 05:21
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It's fine. As long as you have your water/coffee ratios right it's all good. Question for coffee bros: how do I break my crippling cream-and-sugar-in-coffee addiction? I've cut down to basically half a teaspoon of sugar and about the same amount of creamer but I just can't get myself to drinking black coffee. I'm a heretic, I know.
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Nov 23, 2016 18:26
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Ever have one of those days when you're sicker than hell, and while staggering through making coffee in the morning you pour the water in the grinder and almost put beans in the kettle? Yeah. 
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Jan 16, 2017 16:43
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Tomie knows me posted:That's why I pull & drink 4 double shots to """dial in""" the machine every morning before actually making my pre-work coffee. As long as you're not having chest pain... Related note: when I worked nights, I drank a ton of lovely coffee regularly enough that I started having severe palpitations and almost passed out a few times. My buddies in the ER were super supportive and caring while they checked me out They laughed their asses off and ragged on me about it for months afterward
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Jan 18, 2017 22:38
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The_Rob posted:So I just got this in the mail today. I... I want that. I love the simplicity of the heat gun, but that... That is beautiful. 
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Apr 10, 2017 00:16
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I'm so desperately tired that I'm... I'm drinking... It's from a Keurig, okay? It's absolutely awful and I am ashamed.
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May 26, 2017 20:32
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Scaramouche posted:When I'm that low I just bung ground coffee, jeez have some standards man I know. I was at work and it's all they had. I am a terrible person. To continue my bad coffee choices, I'm drinking United Airlines coffee right now. Significantly better than Keurig, slightly reminiscent of McDonald's coffee (which I don't think is bad at all). I'm on vacation to rural Michigan so coffee choices are going to be thin for a while. Maybe I'll find a Tim Horton's while I'm there.
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Jun 2, 2017 15:58
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Is there such a thing as a coffee barn-find, like with cars? https://imgur.com/gallery/70jHH
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Jul 3, 2017 21:16
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That's some 30+ year old, aged-to-perfection instant decaf right there, though
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Jul 3, 2017 22:40
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Verisimilidude posted:I have the Zojirushi 32oz Sports bottle and it's pretty great. Leakproof, keeps coffee hot, not too difficult to clean, and it looks nice. The lid is a mug, and it comes with a strap + handle to carry. I would love to find a travel mug that doesn't make the coffee taste like plastic or metal. Either of these fit the bill?
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Jul 6, 2017 16:47
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I wish there was an in-between method for roasting instead of going from heat gun/dog bowl to a $400 Behmor (or more). I like to do about 1/2 pound at a time, and I'd like to find something a little less labor intensive (the stirring kills my arthritic wrists). Thought about trying the whirly pop, but then I'd be standing in the sun next to a burner or the grill when it's 100 degrees outside 
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Aug 1, 2017 15:48
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I would rather suck a tailpipe than quit coffee cold turkey again, oh my god. It was miserable. If you're determined to taper down, just taper off slowly and save yourself the withdrawal.TheDarkFlame posted:There was a video a while back in the thread of a guy who took the heat gun method a step further by adding a flour sifter and a cordless drill to make his own automated roaster setup. Seemed a little bit involved but not impossible. I'll see if I can find it. Oh, I think I've seen that one from this thread before and forgot about it. Or maybe it was with a drill. Thanks for the links, I'll have to see if I can cobble something together.
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There Bias Two posted:I'm surprised that people are apparently getting massive headaches from quitting coffee. I tried quitting about 15 years ago and had a huge non-stop headache for a solid week. And the rage, my god, the rage...
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Aug 2, 2017 21:53
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iospace posted:So you resembled your avatar? Possibly... It's all a little hazy.
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Aug 4, 2017 19:40
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Frankston posted:I find myself using my french press more and more these days because it's imo the quickest and easiest way to make coffee and I can't be bothered with all the faffing that comes with pourover. I have a cheap glass one and a nice stainless steel one, they're all pretty much the same.
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So my arthritic wrists are rapidly making heat gun/dog bowl very, very uncomfortable. Thinking about getting the behmor 1600, but not sure if it will roast to a full city which is my preference. Any input on darker roasts with the Behmor? Or suggestions for a different roaster? I could probably justify $400 hundred bucks for a roaster to my wife, but anything more than that would be pushing it.
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Jan 12, 2018 22:24
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The Creature posted:I have a Behmor 1600 Plus that I use for dark roasts all the time. There are preset timers, and I think the longest you can set it to is 23 minutes and something. However, the way around it is to push the "C" button before the time runs out, and it will just start a 3 minute count down. This is supposed to be a "first crack" timer, but you aren't limited to how many times you can start it over. It's kind of a pain in the rear end, but much preferable to the HGDB method that I was using. Mr. Mambold posted:It's got 18 minute preset for a pound, and then yeah the C button gets another 3-4 minutes Okay guys, thanks! I remembered reading (I think at Sweet Maria's) that the Behmor is bad at dark roasts for some reason. If I can't move my wrists after I roast today, I may order one.
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I have a Behmor on the way! Can't beat a free 8 pound sampler with the roaster, holy crap. That's a lot of practice coffee.
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