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To: misanthrope
Tres Rios Magnolia, from Costa Rica. If I hit the auctions right in November/December, I can get it for $1.60/lb.

I only buy during the glut during harvest.

I also have roasted my own for 15 years or so. I've roasted it in an iron skillet over an open flame, or in an air pop-corn popper (my favorite).

Nothing like excellent, fresh roasted, fresh ground, good coffee first thing in the morning. Whether there is electrikity or not.

/johnny

280 posted on 05/12/2012 10:07:17 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper

“I only buy during the glut during harvest.November/December”

Excellent advice. I hadn’t thought of that. Perhaps that’s why I thought I got such a smokin’ good deal this last purchase ‘cause it was right around that timeframe.

I use the popcorn popper with an 18” screen “chimney” stuck in it to keep the hyper-energetic beans from escaping. I stopped by the local thrift store the other day looking for Coleman stuff, and happened to notice they had two of them sitting on the shelf. One was marked $1 and the other $1.25.

It’s interesting to me that more people don’t consume their coffee this way. The benefits are without question. It’s much cheaper, stores for a hell of a long time, the process of roasting is simple and enjoyable, you roast it to your desired finish (dark, medium, lighter, blended, etc) and the final product can’t be matched by commercially roasted bean. Freshness goes without sayin’.


357 posted on 05/13/2012 6:59:39 AM PDT by misanthrope ("...Everybody look what's goin' down.")
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To: JRandomFreeper

Do you have some suggestions on your home roasting green coffee? I would absolutely love to know the ins and outs on the best way to do just that!


406 posted on 05/13/2012 12:00:13 PM PDT by JDoutrider
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To: JRandomFreeper

Would it work to make dark roast out of perhaps the eight o’clock beans in the brown bag, by roasting them in an air popper to a much darker color?


443 posted on 05/13/2012 4:41:40 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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