Roasted a pound, in four portions, last night of Costa Rica Dota from Rain Forest Alliance. Have no idea if I’m getting what it says, so I trust the Captain.
The beans are small and cracked uniformly each time.
How do you roast yours? I went about ten seconds into the start of the second crack. Took about six minutes to roast each four ounce portion.
How do the beans taste if you roast just after the first crack? I know you get a French roast if you go to long into the second crack and these beans seem very light.
I ground the beans this am with a burr grinder, (people don’t realize the chopper grinders give you like five different size of coffee) and drip brewed it on my Wilfa. I think it would be good to in a K Cup, but made a full pot and put what I didn’t drink in a thermos for the neighbor.
Drinking black, it’s rather sweet and light. Very tasty. Do you like Costa Rica beans the best? I imagine what I’m getting is pretty much the same as yours.
Lot a questions.... :-)
My fancy roaster. I buy a new one about every 10 years or so when it quits roasting.
I do go pretty far into the second crack. If I quit roasting after the first crack, it's too mild for me.
I'm using a regular grinder and
Melitta single cup brewer and a large mug.
Hope this answers you questions. If you have more, ask. I love talking about my coffee. At the commercial culinary school I got a bigger thermos because the chef instructors would help themselves to my coffee. Better than most of what came out of the school multi-cup brewer.
/johnny