Gday all,
How do you plan ahead in terms of when and how much to roast?
Ive been caught out by how much coffee myself and my roasting mates (2 of them) - along with all our guinea pigs - have gone through. Im nearly out of green beans from the starter pack (300g left) and weve only been roasting for 2 weeks. More on the way, and I cant wait for the imminent Bean Bay! (It IS imminent, right, Andy? :P)
I know some people use a MS Access-based database for recording all their roasts and bean stocks. Personally I found it too unintuitive and complex for my needs so I wrote a simple spreadsheet instead.
The spreadsheet handles green bean stocks, roasts completed, and estimates our available stock of brown beans that are 4 days post-roast or older. Sounds good, but its very much a work in progress because we havent been able to settle on an average daily consumption - my mates poor Silvia pulled 18 shots on Saturday, 26 shots on Sunday, and back to an average of 4-6 thereafter...
Our problem at the moment is that we didnt roast enough beans 4-5 days ago so were currently drinking the Ugandan Bugisu we roasted 3 days ago (and I know for a fact that its better after 5-6 days!).
Anyway, to re-state my question: what method(s) do you mob use to ensure that you have enough browns at all time? And dont say "roast every day" because, a) Ill call you something rude, and b) we dont all live together and can really only roast (together) on the weekend.
Just after others experiences.
Cheers
Stuart.
How do you plan ahead in terms of when and how much to roast?
Ive been caught out by how much coffee myself and my roasting mates (2 of them) - along with all our guinea pigs - have gone through. Im nearly out of green beans from the starter pack (300g left) and weve only been roasting for 2 weeks. More on the way, and I cant wait for the imminent Bean Bay! (It IS imminent, right, Andy? :P)
I know some people use a MS Access-based database for recording all their roasts and bean stocks. Personally I found it too unintuitive and complex for my needs so I wrote a simple spreadsheet instead.
The spreadsheet handles green bean stocks, roasts completed, and estimates our available stock of brown beans that are 4 days post-roast or older. Sounds good, but its very much a work in progress because we havent been able to settle on an average daily consumption - my mates poor Silvia pulled 18 shots on Saturday, 26 shots on Sunday, and back to an average of 4-6 thereafter...
Our problem at the moment is that we didnt roast enough beans 4-5 days ago so were currently drinking the Ugandan Bugisu we roasted 3 days ago (and I know for a fact that its better after 5-6 days!).
Anyway, to re-state my question: what method(s) do you mob use to ensure that you have enough browns at all time? And dont say "roast every day" because, a) Ill call you something rude, and b) we dont all live together and can really only roast (together) on the weekend.
Just after others experiences.
Cheers
Stuart.


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