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Permalink Reply by Mike McGinness on September 14, 2013 at 6:19am

The first step of any Journey is the hardest. Just do it. Just pick a method you can afford and start. Analysis paralysis will get you nowhere.

 

Have you joined Sweet Maria's email chat list and asked? (The answer is no, I know since I've been a member over a decade and receive email of every post)

 

Have you joined Sweet Maria's newer forum or homeroasters.org forum and asked? (member both too but didn't check)

 

"I want to use my experience with getting started as something to show how easy it can be to get involved with home roasting, but am not really sure where to start, anyone have any good tips from when they got started?"

 

Sounds like you're putting the cart before the horse... How can you teach and demonstrate what you don't know or do? There are numerous resources out there already for anybody really interested in home roasting.

 

It's easy to turn beans brown, it's a lifetime Journey learning to make beans sing.

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Permalink Reply by Andrew Hartman on September 14, 2013 at 12:29pm

Definitely agree on my ability to teach the home roasting. I probably worded that poorly.

I just wanted to show the trial and error that is inevitable with starting anything this complex. I am fairly new to the forum world, so I will definitely be joining up there for that information. 

The idea is to put my learning curve on display, kind of an electronic journal of me getting started; to show people it doesn't have to be too intimidating. 

I will definitely be checking out the forums at Sweet Maria's. I was only reading through their online instructions for home roasting basics. 

How did you actually get started Mike? What sort of roaster did you use? How long were you at it before you felt the roast was to your liking? What sort of beans did you start with?

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