Category: Updates
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A better batch? Trying to roast Indonesian the right way
After a failed attempt at roasting a 1/2 pound of Indonesian Flores in my Behmor 1600, I tried again with 1/4 pound of the same bean, this time extending the roast time by 30 seconds. The Behmor normally roasts a quarter pound of beans for 8 minutes and thirty seconds. If you select the Time…
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Under-roasted coffee, anyone?
Well, I learned a few things from my last roast: One, is under-roasted coffee tastes bad. Also, I learned it’s easy to get ahead of one’s self and dream about coffee roasting and start saying, “Yes, I’ll roast my own beans, and then I’ll have the coffee house, and the open mic night, and the…
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Roasting Indonesian on the Behmor
Today I took my first crack (no pun intended) at roasting a 1/2 pound of coffee in my new Behmor. The coffee was Indonesian Flores Organic Manggarai, imported through Sweet Maria’s. I roasted it for 13 minutes using Program B, Profile 1. Some of the beans got jammed in the drum. Next time I’ll use the…
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Iced Mocha recipe (close to Starbucks)
Ingredients:1 1/2 Tablespoons of Hersey’s Unsweeted Cocoa Powder1 1/2 Tablespoons of Torani Vanilla Syrup 1 oz hot water1 or 2 espresso shots6 oz. milk 1 cup of ice Stir the cocoa powder and hot water together. Then stir in the vanilla syrup. Pour your espresso shots and stir into cocoa/vanilla mixture. Add milk and ice.…
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Sorry I haven’t written in awhile
Sorry I haven’t written in a while. I had a baby, moved, started a new job, etc. Lord willing, I’ll write more on CoffeeMission. First off, I tried upgrading my domain name for coffeemission.org and realized I don’t have either the time nor energy to upgrade WordPress every two days. Anyway, going to…
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Speaking of Ethiopia
I noticed today in my weekly email update from Voice of the Martyrs: JIMMA – On March 22, two Bible school students were imprisoned on the accusation of attempting to kill an imam. They were released one week later with after paying a fine. A court hearing was scheduled for April 2, 2007. BAMBASSE –…