Roasting coffee beans at home

Apparently, an air popcorn popper makes a decent home roaster for coffee beans. We'll try it out.

On Sep 5, 2013, we received our first shipment of green coffee beans from Sweet Maria's.

Sweet Maria's

• blog
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Our first batch of coffees:

• El Salvador Finca Matalapa Bourbon
  • Outside Finca Matalapa
  • Arrival date June 2013 Arrival
  • Appearance .0d/300gr, 16 - 18 Screen
  • Grade SHB/EP
  • Processing Wet Process (Washed)
  • Region La Libertad District
  • Varietal(s) Bourbon
  • Intensity/Prime attribute Medium intensity / Malic fruits, mild citrus, cocoa
    RoastThis coffee does great in the City+ to Full City range, but will hold up to Full City+ as well.
  • The cup tastes of fresh caramel and almond, and with a subtle bittering cocoa quality. Complexity builds in the cooling cup, and notes of apple, pear, and mild citrus 'pop'. Layered chocolate notes are dominant in darker roasts, while still retaining aspects of malic fruit. This is such a great option for a "classic", SO espresso.

• Panama Organic Duncan Estate
  • Ricardo Koyner, the farmer behind Duncan Estate
  • Arrival date July 2013 Arrival
  • Appearance .2 d/300gr, 15-17 Screen
  • Grade SHB EP
  • Processing Wet Process (Washed)
  • Region Boquete, Panama
  • Varietal(s) Typica
  • Intensity/Prime attribute Medium intensity/Big sweetness, brilliant acidity, lightly fruited, toasted nut
  • Roast This is a flexible coffee that will show well anywhere from City to Full City. Dark roasts will make a great espresso.
  • Duncan Estate is a uniquely sweet coffee. The sweetness in the dry grounds runs the range from graham cracker to honey and with wafts of dried stone fruits. Dark roasts bolster the smell of sweet baking spices and burning sugars. Diverse honeyed sweetness permeates the wet grounds and there's a delicious smell of maple butter and blackberry syrup (which is intensified at darker roast levels). The cup is so sweet, which comes through loud and clear, even when the cup is hot

• Guatemala Huehuetenango Baudilio Castillo Micro-Lot
  • A blog post from late July or early August mentions this lot arriving at Sweet Maria's, but no other information about this bean exists on the Sweet Maria's website. Maybe they sold out of the small lot and removed info about it.
  • From Google cache/search results: The cup has balanced sweetness, acidity, great body and mouthfeel. There's a caramel flavor along with a bit of milk chocolate. It's fruited too, but they don't dominate the profile. As the cup cools spiced aspects of cinnamon, mace, and all-spice develop nicely in the finish, with a touch of orange rind. Darker roasts have some dark berry notes, along with well developed sugars - toffee, caramel, and even a bit of nougat. This makes an excellent single origin espresso, with our shots producing intense caramel sweetness, high % dark chocolate, and bracing, berry-like acidity. City to Full City.
  • City to Full City.
  • Balanced sweetness, spice hints, dark berry notes, developed sugars, good SO espresso.

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