OK, Ive consulted the calendar, and if this is going to happen, it will have to happen NEXT SUNDAY, the 16th January.
The general idea will be that well congregate at my place sometime after lunch, hold a cupping* of some home roasted coffees, then have a roasting demo - Ill fire up the BBQ roaster, if possible we need someone to bring their heatgun setup (mine is currently out on loan), a popcorn popper, and any other roasting methods others may use - then we can do a roast or two and compare processes and notes. I may even be tempted to make a few shots thru Giotto, and Ill open the bar to anyone else to give it a whirl and to show me their prowess on milk frothing and Latte art - Ill even supply the milk!
For the cupping, Id like to try a couple of things. Firstly, we should have a few different people roast the same SO bean to compare the results of different roasting methods and personal techniques. Secondly, we should have a variety of SO beans and a blend or two, that people think is one of their more successfully roasted beans (one person per variety). Ideally, all these will be roasted on Saturday, so they arent aged too significantly. To start the ball rolling, Ill nominate my SO bean - Organic Dominican Soliman, which has been a standout SO bean over the past few months in my view.
So if youre interested, let me know. If you are able to bring some of your home roasted beans, let me know what youd like to bring. Also let me know what recent beans youve got for the roast comparison bean - I was thinking one of the Brazils might be a good choice.
My email address is brett.pound (AT) bdw.com (you know, get rid of the spaces and put a real @ sign in there) so email me as well as adding stuff here.
bye
Brett
* disclaimer. Ive not formally cupped coffee before, well just have to wing it. Ive got a cupping form that Ill email to people who are coming along, different to the one on Coffee Geek.
The general idea will be that well congregate at my place sometime after lunch, hold a cupping* of some home roasted coffees, then have a roasting demo - Ill fire up the BBQ roaster, if possible we need someone to bring their heatgun setup (mine is currently out on loan), a popcorn popper, and any other roasting methods others may use - then we can do a roast or two and compare processes and notes. I may even be tempted to make a few shots thru Giotto, and Ill open the bar to anyone else to give it a whirl and to show me their prowess on milk frothing and Latte art - Ill even supply the milk!
For the cupping, Id like to try a couple of things. Firstly, we should have a few different people roast the same SO bean to compare the results of different roasting methods and personal techniques. Secondly, we should have a variety of SO beans and a blend or two, that people think is one of their more successfully roasted beans (one person per variety). Ideally, all these will be roasted on Saturday, so they arent aged too significantly. To start the ball rolling, Ill nominate my SO bean - Organic Dominican Soliman, which has been a standout SO bean over the past few months in my view.
So if youre interested, let me know. If you are able to bring some of your home roasted beans, let me know what youd like to bring. Also let me know what recent beans youve got for the roast comparison bean - I was thinking one of the Brazils might be a good choice.
My email address is brett.pound (AT) bdw.com (you know, get rid of the spaces and put a real @ sign in there) so email me as well as adding stuff here.
bye
Brett
* disclaimer. Ive not formally cupped coffee before, well just have to wing it. Ive got a cupping form that Ill email to people who are coming along, different to the one on Coffee Geek.
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