Whats in my coffee roaster this week

[Yelta]

What qualities are you looking for Yelta that the Aeropress couldn’t provide? I’ve found the Aeropress to be incredibly versatile, but it does have its limitations. You can go pretty close to replicating many brew styles as well as create a whole heap of variations that are unique to the Aeropress. It won’t however produce espresso, or actually anything really very similar to it in my opinion. You can get a strong, short cup of coffee from it, but it’s nothing like espresso. You can’t really replicate a moka pot brew either, but of course it’s not designed for this.
Other than that it’s very capable, but I fully accept that it’s not for everyone. So really to find a coffee maker for travel that isn’t the Aeropress we really need to know what you want from it.

Not ignoring your question Leroy, have to say you've put me on a spot, need to put my thinking cap on, as a well know actor once said, I'll be back.

[simonsk8r]

Not to jump on the overloaded Aeropress bandwagon hehe, but it truly is very versatile... love it. Alot of methods require a certain grind size or timing or temp for things to occur, Aeropress you can just go nuts! So many ways to brew, and you can alter so many variables to suit your palette.. But often keeping it simple can work best. But anyways! Just my couple of pence worth

[Yelta]

What qualities are you looking for Yelta that the Aeropress couldn’t provide? I’ve found the Aeropress to be incredibly versatile, but it does have its limitations. You can go pretty close to replicating many brew styles as well as create a whole heap of variations that are unique to the Aeropress. It won’t however produce espresso, or actually anything really very similar to it in my opinion. You can get a strong, short cup of coffee from it, but it’s nothing like espresso. You can’t really replicate a moka pot brew either, but of course it’s not designed for this.
Other than that it’s very capable, but I fully accept that it’s not for everyone. So really to find a coffee maker for travel that isn’t the Aeropress we really need to know what you want from it.

Been thinking about this Leroy, and, to be honest I'm really not interested in getting into a discussion about my preferences.

Espresso to me is coffee nirvana.

Suffice to say, I've owned many brewing devices over 40 or so years, including vacuum brewers, french press, stove top espresso devices, ibrik's, Portapresso, percolators, brewed in a billy can over a camp fire, espresso machines and of course the Aeropress.

I've persevered with all of them endeavoring to achieve the best brew I can from each, however nothing even comes close to espresso, to me the Aropress isn't within a bulls roar.

My question to Mal was instigated by knowledge that he had recently sold his espresso machine and, noting that his roasting profile appeared to have changed , I wondered what brewing method he had switched to, probably should have asked him in a PM.

For the time being the French press will be the method of choice on the road (no access to power) until another revolutionary device stimulates my curiosity.

Thanks to all for your interest.
PS I'd like a dollar for every time someone has tried to convince me the Aeropress is close to espresso.

[LeroyC]

Been thinking about this Leroy, and, to be honest I'm really not interested in getting into a discussion about my preferences.

Espresso to me is coffee nirvana.

Suffice to say, I've owned many brewing devices over 40 or so years, including vacuum brewers, french press, stove top espresso devices, ibrik's, Portapresso, percolators, brewed in a billy can over a camp fire, espresso machines and of course the Aeropress.

I've persevered with all of them endeavoring to achieve the best brew I can from each, however nothing even comes close to espresso, to me the Aropress isn't within a bulls roar.

My question to Mal was instigated by knowledge that he had recently sold his espresso machine and, noting that his roasting profile appeared to have changed , I wondered what brewing method he had switched to, probably should have asked him in a PM.

For the time being the French press will be the method of choice on the road (no access to power) until another revolutionary device stimulates my curiosity.

Thanks to all for your interest.
PS I'd like a dollar for every time someone has tried to convince me the Aeropress is close to espresso.

Fair enough Yelta, I totally get it. You’re probably already well aware of all or most of the current options then for portable espresso makers, and as I alluded to above I agree that the Aeropress can’t produce espresso. Strong ‘espresso-ish’ coffee maybe, but you’ll never get the viscosity and mouthfeel that espresso has.
The one device you may not be aware of is the Newton Espresso. Very similar in functionality to the Flair, but quite different to look at and possibly a little less fiddly. It’s the only thing that comes to mind, but as it’s brand new I can’t comment at all on its performance. In my opinion a properly used French press makes a perfectly adequate coffee when traveling.

[Yelta]

Fair enough Yelta, I totally get it. You’re probably already well aware of all or most of the current options then for portable espresso makers, and as I alluded to above I agree that the Aeropress can’t produce espresso. Strong ‘espresso-ish’ coffee maybe, but you’ll never get the viscosity and mouthfeel that espresso has.
The one device you may not be aware of is the Newton Espresso. Very similar in functionality to the Flair, but quite different to look at and possibly a little less fiddly. It’s the only thing that comes to mind, but as it’s brand new I can’t comment at all on its performance. In my opinion a properly used French press makes a perfectly adequate coffee when traveling.

Thanks for understanding Leroy, was concerned my reply may have been taken the wrong way.

[Dimal]

Loving my Flair Espresso...

Mal.

[woodhouse]

Loving my Flair Espresso...

Mal.

the flair is the f**king bomb.

[simonsk8r]

Roasted up a quicky 350g of Honduras Montana de Comayagua on 1lbP3C on the Behmor, was supposed to be for espresso but never tried this one on the P3 profile, so cut about 30s after the end of FC and ended up with weight loss of 13.49%! Yikes, it looked like they were done so hence why I cut it, will see how it tastes as espresso XD. Although now looking back on my records I've had it before at 13.21% weight loss and that was quite nice, was zesty, caramelly and even orangey, shall see!

Coooooouldn't wait (gee how often is that said in these roasting threads haha...). Machine needed a chemical backflush and sink shot through it aaaanyway, so what's the harm in pulling another shot! That's my excuse anyway...

Only 3 and a half days post-roast, looking at the beans in the hopper I really wasn't sure if they'd turned out ok, roast maybe pulled a bit too early, and even the smell of them is a tad grassy/light roast. Nevertheless, we push forward!

Pulled the post-clean shot, then pulled another shot to drink: 22g in yielded 41 grams out in 28s, looked like a fairly even extraction through the naked too. Maybe looked a little underdosed in the basket, so may up it to 23g.

Was pleasantly surprised by how it came out! A very slight zingy acidity which rounds and smoothes out, nice body, caramelly flavours. Slight spiciness. Nice sweet lingering aftertaste. Fair bit of crema. Not a great deal of flavour at all yet, very subtle and didn't pop, but nice enough. Definitely drinkable, and flavours will only develop over the next few days. Only a small batch to keep me going until we move house. Live action shots proceed! Thus concludes this story (happy New Year all!)

[LeroyC]

First roast of the new year - Peru San Ignacio. Roasted up fairly light for filter brews. Looks pretty good so hoping it’s come up the way I want it.

[thepipebender]

First attempts

First three goes in my still shiny new Behmor!

Peru Ceja de Selva AAA Using the P1 profile 200g Used C button when I heard FC Started cooling 1min early as it was looking dark. 24 Hours later it's smelling more like coffee and the surface of the beans is becoming oily.



Ethiopian Yergacheffe Special Prep. P1 profile 200g Hit cool after 11min 20 sec



China Dai Muang Lem P1 profile 200g Used C button as soon as FC heard, let roaster finish program



No idea what I'm doing, but it's fun. If anyone would like to make suggestions or comments I'd be very happy. Also any clues about how to make my imgur images actually appear (not as blue squares haha) I'm currently drinking either french press black or stovetop moka with milk. Planning to buy a Rancilio Silvia/Rocky

[solace]

Two batches of the Myanmar Maymyo in the KKTO today, 1x800g and 1x500g, both taken to the end of rolling FC.


Given the different batch sizes the roast times were quite different but still managed to achieve volume loss of 15.6% across both roasts!


Currently have enough Bitfu Gesha to allow the Maymyo to rest for 6 days where, from my last roast with this bean, I found it to be optimal profile wise (as espresso).

[LeroyC]

A ‘microlot’ coffee that I actually won in a competition. Kenya Kinyari-

[DesigningByCoffee]

Some 'Merry Christmas' Costa Rican from my beautiful bride
San Marco Geisha, 350g batch, pretty standard profile (which I do for all new beans and then adjust if required), dropped just before the start of 2C at 223.5°

[WhatEverBeansNecessary]

Looks great DBC, plan to use this mostly for filter or espresso?

[Dimal]

Wonderful presy Matt...

Mal.