I just purchased a coffee roasting business and am having trouble with my beans chipping. Especially in the darker roasts. I am roasting on a Diedrich IR-3N that we moved out to our acreage and converted to propane.
I was trained by the previous
Read more…i just came across an article titled "the great filtration myth"(sweet marias posting),in wich the author goes on to explain the importance of mineral content based on region ,and the character they(minerals such as ca,mg,fe,etc...) add to the flavor
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I'm looking for a coffee mill to do turkish coffee. Any recomendations or suppliers?
Thanks
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I started last week training as a barista and I'm having a bit of a conflict. Can someone explain to me the difference between a latte and a cappuccino and their formulas? It seems like all of the videos I see online have strictly steamed milk for
Read more…I have a friend who works at a restaurant where they cook everything with a wood fire oven. He said they buy their coffee from a roaster in town, and then roast it in their oven for a couple minutes before serving. Mind you, they're not buying gree
Read more…care to share some sample roasting knowledge?
it confuses me.
is there one standard sample roast?
if there is, why isnt there a standard production roast?
(just thinking about the tiny bags they send the green samples in, it doesnt allow for much exper
Sorry but the increase in price on the commodities exchange is an absolute joke???? Coffee has now made a whopping 30 cent increase in a short 2 week period. If you can shed some light on this matter i would greatly appreciate it.
So we're pretty set on using only fair trade and organic coffee (see other discussions for that battle), and we found a roaster who has very good fair trade stuff, but it still limits our options a little. Does anyone use 2 different roasters for th
Read more…I don't want to start a discussion that has already been talked about to death.
I was just reading an article about how cafe grumpy is serving a $12 cup of ethiopian coffee.
I would like to start packaging in compostable bags.
I can't find any that can be heat sealed, which I need for at least a LITTLE bit of shelf life for the beans.
and how do degassing valves work for the compostable process?
am I wasting my tim
Read more…As a farmer I am aware of my product but I am curious of what others think about Ka'u Coffee. How does it compare to others in the industry?
Read more…I'm buying some incredible products from my broker. Some ar organic, but I can't afford to jump full force on that band wagon since there are so many fees and hoops to jump through. Fair Trade certification seems the same way. I want to be sustainabl
Read more…I have started a Poll asking the question, "How Many Cups of Coffee Do You Drink Per Day?"
You can answer here in the comments or on the Poll's Official Page to participate.
The Choices are:
(a) 1-3 Cups
(b) 3-5 Cups
(c) 5-7 Cups
(d) Cups? I Drink Pots!
(e
How many cups of coffee can you get from 1 lb. of whole bean coffee ? 30 - 40 cups ? More ?
Read more…On top of being a barista, I am also a journalism student. After my classmates find out that I moonlight as a professional coffee geek, I get a lot of responses like, "Ooooh! I love coffee, but I don't know much about it," or, "Isn't coffee just coff
Read more…about a week and a half ago I was in the shop and prepped my first roast of the day of our red rooster espresso, everything ran as normal, beans were lofting nicely, then all hell broke loose, the roaster starting vibrating like mad, tremors went thr
Read more…Simple question, but likely not a simple answer. I do most of my roasting on a Diedrich IR3. No issue with it. I do most of my test roasting on a Hottop. But the issue is that my roasting temps are a little different. For instance on a 6 pound r
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