Hearthware i-Roast Roasting Tip Sheet from Sweet Maria's. New- Download and Print this Tip Sheet in a Single Page .PDF Format.This pdf does not contain the FAQ or other comments(it would be too long) Updated FAQ and Cold Weather Tips below* •Roasting is fun. It's as easy as you want to make it, or as exacting and technical as you care to be. Pay attention to the process, especially toward the end of the roast. The roasting process unfolds slowly at first as the coffee loses moisture and turns to a yellow, then tan color. But later in the roast, each few seconds that pass have a large influence on the flavors in the cup. •Coffee roasting produces a wonderful fragrance, unobtrusive with light roasts but smokier if you roast dark. •Roasting produces chaff. •Built-up coffee oils in the roaster are of no real consequence until they impede visibility or become a fire hazard. •Batch size is critical in any roast process; if the amount of coffee you put into the roaster varies, the roast will vary too.
•The i-Roast comes with two pre-set programs. A. Coffee Review :: The World's Leading Coffee Buying Guide. Coffee and espresso information - CoffeeResearch.org. Picasa Webalbum - HelligAnden - Kaffesmagning... The Coffees of Ethiopia. INeedCoffee - Monthly Caffeination Information. Green Coffee from Sweet Maria's Home Coffee Roasting. Homeroaster Association - Roast Fresh Coffee at Home. Monsooned Coffee. By Stefanie Spencer In the 1600's coffee made its way to Europe, first through the port of Venice, Italy. By sea it traveled, and traveled, and traveled some more.
In the days before FedEx (can that even be imagined), people were eagerly waiting any new shipment and patient with the not-so-great shape some of the items. Monsooned coffee was born out of this unlikely situation. The coffee beans, in large wooden sailing ships, made their way across the sea, which could take up to 6 months to arrive in Europe from the Indian and other tropical coffee growing regions. In the bottom of a wooden vessel, conditions were dark, damp, and musty. India Monsoon Coffee by Pradeep Kumbhashi As the shipping methods and vessels improved, the taste of the coffee changed.
In India now there is a common process, called monsooning, that recreates this taste. If you would like to take a journey back to the 1600's, brew a cup of Monsooned Malabar and let your imagination run away. Rev. Roast Magazine. Coffea arabica. Coffea arabica /əˈræbɪkə/ is a species of Coffea originally indigenous to the mountains of the southwestern highlands of Ethiopia. It is also known as the "coffee shrub of Arabia", "mountain coffee" or "arabica coffee". Coffea arabica is believed to be the first species of coffee to be cultivated, being grown in southwest Ethiopia for well over 1,000 years. It is said to produce better tasting coffee than the other major commercially grown coffee species, Coffea canephora (robusta), because robusta cherries contain twice as much caffeine as arabica.
Caffeine itself has a bitter taste, making robusta more bitter. C. arabica contains less caffeine than any other commercially cultivated species of coffee. Wild plants grow to between 9 and 12 m (29 and 39 ft) tall, and have an open branching system; the leaves are opposite, simple elliptic-ovate to oblong, 6–12 cm (2.4–4.8 in) long and 4–8 cm (1.6–3.2 in) broad, glossy dark green. Distribution and habitat[edit] Cultivation and use[edit] La Pavoni Manual. Rancilio Rocky First Look. There's a grinder that's been around for awhile, and while the espresso newbie may think we're talking about a Sly Stallone movie when it is mentioned, most folks have heard of it: The Rocky grinder by Rancilio. Words like "time tested" and "built reputation" come easy when talking about the Rocky, so I felt a bit intimidated when the opportunity arose to review the grinder: could I give it a fair shake, knowing as much as I do, and having as much experience as I've had with this grinder?
I came up with a solution. The very capable Dana Leighton has taken up the charge to do a First Look, and Doug Wiebe will be doing the Detailed Review for the Rancilio Rocky (as well as the Rancilio Silvia). The rest of this report is courtesy of Dana. CoffeeGeek.com was supplied with a stainless steel model Rancilio Rocky grinder by Rancilio North America. Out of the box On the counter, you realize Rocky is one good-looking hunk. Rocky's bean hopper is plenty large enough for a home grinder.
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