Home Coffee Roaster Competition 2018

[nickR]

First attempt.

Not Brazilian.

[matth3wh]

Looking forward to it. My beans are sitting on my work desk HQ while I’m away on a trip “down south”. Pesky work getting in the way of fun again. 🤣 Next weekend will have to get started.

[nickR]

My early money is on a central american bean. Very similar to a bunch of beans including brazil/panama/nicaragua. Also look a lot like the China Dai Muang Lem currently in beanbay.

so my pick - Brazil.

First test roast this morning- pretty chaffy!

[Javaphile]

It means that if you enter as a home roaster and are then found out to be using a $10,000 roaster you agree to sell it for $2,000 or less on here.


Java "Don't cheat!" phile

[CafeLotta]

"By entering you agree to sell your roaster to a fellow Coffee Snob for $2000 or less."

Hi Andy,

Could you please expand on what this actually entails? I'm not quite sure how to read it?

[Andy]

Hi all,

Very new to the roasting scene. I know this is probably a dense question, but taking from this will there only be one type of bean to roast? Ie will it be a single origin competition?

Thanks,
Tim

Yes Tim, it's a single origin bean.
Don't get hung-up on it's origin, you'll find that out after the competition closes.

Near all Arabica beans are grown in a narrow altitude band and are a very similar density so it's pretty easy to use your "base" roasting method to get a good starting point.

The obvious idea behind the secret bean is a level playing field, it's challenge to roast a small sample a couple of different ways then decide how to best use this bean before roasting for the actual entry. It pushes your senses and you are far more critical of your own roast and the flavours it produces (good or bad).

Even just trying the same coffee in 3 different brew methods is an eye-opener for most people, especially if you tend to always drink the same drink.

If you don't have a Brazen brewer don't fret, you can get a pretty good result in a plunger using water off the boil (92C), 60g/litre (ie: 20g in a 250ml plunger) and a minute steep time. It won't have the same body or depth as a Brazen but will give you a good idea of the flavours extracted without the forced pressure of an espresso machine.

[justacuppa]

Purchased the entry pack yesterday around 4pm and it turned up here in Brisbane this morning! Outstanding service again Andy!

I am fairly "green" to the roasting scene but keen to give it a go, looking forward to getting some feedback from the judges. Thanks for organising a great event.

[nickR]

It is a single origin, secret bean.

Just received mine - fresh off the boat again this year, very pungent smell, stinking out the office at present !!!!! In a nice, grassy, hay, sort of way.

Can't tell what it is just yet, will have to compare to my green beans at home.


Definitely not a sundried ethiopian.

[timgus]

Hi all,

Very new to the roasting scene. I know this is probably a dense question, but taking from this will there only be one type of bean to roast? Ie will it be a single origin competition?

Thanks,
Tim

[Mb21]

Im looking forward to the challenge and hopefully helpful feedback. Roasting something unknown could be fun, a good learning or just a disaster

[Andy]

Great to see a few people jumping on this already, because of the short time frame we'll express post everything out to make sure that there is minimal freight lag.

Remember, you'll need to roast and return the 3 x 300g in the included satchel on the 8th November else they are likely to miss the freight to the competition.

The 2 weeks rest should make sure these are all peaking when judged too.

[Janus]

Thanks Andy for organising again.

[trickydicky2]

Good news!

Already wondering what this year's mystery bean is after the challenging Ethiopian natural last year

Maybe a high grown washed Costa?

[Andy]

The Home Roaster Roasting Championship is back for 2018!



Available now in BeanBay: CoffeeSnobs - BeanBay - Green Coffee - Home Coffee Roaster Competition 2018

Purchase the above as an entry into the 2018 Home Roaster Competition.


After the huge success the last couple of years, the Home Roaster category will again use a "control bean". All entries will receive the same secret green bean, coffee bags and all postage paid for entry into 3 categories (Espresso, Latte, Filter).


you will receive:


1: 2.5kg of green beans
2: 3 x entry bags with code numbers (these bags must be used)
3: Freight to you.
4: Express Post satchel to return your roasted coffee to us on the 9th Nov
5: Freight to the Port Mac. competition.


You will roast and return in the express post envelope:
300g - Espresso
300g - Cafe Latte
300g - Filter


The 2.5kg of green beans will produce about 2kg of roasted coffee so you are sending in less than half as your entry leaving you some to drink and experiment with.


The beans will be judged anonymously by coffee industry professionals at the Golden Bean Roasting competition in Port Macquarie from the 21st to the 24th of November 2018 and the winners of each category will be announced on the night of the 24th.


Entries need to be posted back on the 8th or 9th of November so they arrive here on the 12th and 13th to ensure they make it into the judging. You can enter more than once if you want. Any substitution beans will void all your entries. Late returns will not be judged. Zipper bags should be sticky-taped at the top if you can't heat seal the edge with an iron (use brown paper between the 100 degree iron and the bag). We will announce the secret beans on the 13th when entries are closed.


As a Home Coffee Roaster competition, these must be roasted on a ready made roaster or home made contraption worth less than $2000. If you are roasting on something grander, please enter the commercial roasting competition at Golden Bean Australia / New Zealand or you can let us know prior and your results will be excluded from the overall homeroaster results but your coffee will still be blind judged. By entering you agree to sell your roaster to a fellow Coffee Snob for $2000 or less.


See below posts in this thread for rule updates, information and answers to questions.


Have fun and good luck!