Mmmm...fresh coffee

[javasaurus]

As I mentioned yesterday, I tried my hand at home-roasting coffee. So this morning I ground some beans and prepared a pot. It was extremely drinkable. It has a slightly oily texture, and a nice nutty flavor, but the flavor was a little weaker than I like. A little bitterness, but more as an afterthought, not the overwhelming primary sensation. I have enough dried beans to do two or three more roastings, and I think I'll go for a little darker.

So I call this a successful adventure, a definite learning experience. And the resulting coffee is, if not as good as Peet's, very nice.

(Peet's is an online mail-order coffee store, which roasts coffee the day after you order it, then ships the day after that)

Comments

[sparowe]

Congrats! :D

[orkney.livejournal.com]

I imagine the house must have smelled wonderful during and after the roasting.

[wilhelmina-d.livejournal.com]

Very neat. I shared this one with Himself and he thought it was pretty cool, too.

[xpioti.livejournal.com]

This just came in today and I immediately thought of you:

The secrets to a perfect cup of home-brewed coffee.
You can spend $20 a pound for premium coffee, but unless you're using proper brewing techniques, you're just wasting money. Over the course of several weeks we grinded, brewed, and tasted many pots of coffee. While our sleep patterns suffered, our cups of coffee just got better and better, and we learned some basic commandments: ALWAYS buy whole bean coffee, grind the beans right before brewing (because grinding speeds up oxidation and flavor loss), and NEVER store coffee in the fridge, as it will pick up smells and odors. Claim your FREE TRIAL ISSUE for everything you need to know about making a great cup of coffee.

[xpioti.livejournal.com]

Oh -- that's Cook's Illustrated magazine, which I'd be tempted to get (excellent signal-to-noise ratio) except my littlest one likes to shred magazines and then eat them.