Morning Cup Of Coffee And Weather

I had to replace my Kueregs about once a year and switched to Nespresso and I am still using it many years later. I do not use it as much as I used to because most days I use my Areopress. I used to use the Areopress only when camping and then realized I liked the coffee better when making it with the Areopress so use it at home too.

 

I am a real coffee snob and one of my hobbies is home coffee roasting using the Behmor 2000 roaster in my garage. Lots of places to buy high quality, single origin coffee beans on the interweb, the most famous being Sweet Maria's. Really a fun hobby and makes for some amazing drip coffee.

 

I'm right with you, Randy. I've been roasting with a Gene Cafe for 10 years. Lots of fun!

 

OK, what is DRM?

 

I have a friend that also wants to know.

 

DRM is "Digital Rights Managment" -- This is basically encryption or "locking you in" in to their eco system.

Kuereg tried to implan a chip in their cups, making it impossible for any 3'rd party to make a cup that would insert and brew on their machines. Basically the same think that printer companies have done with their ink cartridges. DVD's are another commonly "encrypted" format which prevent making copies.

If they were successful (which they weren't, they got torn apart for trying to implement this) every k-cup purchased would have a chip embedded that had to be licensed by Kuereg.

 

never cleaned mine!

 

This is where the coffee magic is at.

I’ve been home roasting for a dozen years or more. In fact, I am roasting right now as I type this message. But I am still very much on a DIY method.

Imgur: The magic of the Internet

 

The sweet maria starter kit looks like a great intro package.

The green bean prices --- what is the conversion from 1lb "green" to roasted? I assume that the 1lb bag starts out as something more than that?

When buying green, what's the self life --- do they need to be roasted fairly quickly?

Oh drat --- here went another rabbit hole on the internet

 

Having tried many methods including a rotisserie basket on my grill, you can't go wrong with the Behmor roaster. Yes its $479 but its a great investment if you really want to roast some quality craft coffee at home. Pursuit of the perfect roast is part of the fun and a real art. The Behmor gives you the ability to really dial in your roast. It also has a smoke suppression system. Although not enough suppression to roast indoors, it works very well for roasting in the garage. Lastly, it has many safety features to prevent the chaf from catching on fire which can happen if you are not careful. There are many Behmor groups out there that share roasting profiles and tips & tricks. Lastly, Joe Behmor's customer service rivals CampInn.

https://www.sweetmarias.com/behmor-2000ab-plus-roaster.html

 

a little coffee roasting smoke in the house just makes it smell divine - I DIY roast on the stovetop with no smoke suppression system!

 

green beans will lose some moisture weight when roasted. I think it averages out to 5-10%, so 1 pound green yields 14.5 to 15.5 ounces roasted. And yes, that makes a $7/pound green coffee slightly more expensive in reality. But the only comparison product, since almost all coffee sold anywhere is stale, is gourmet single origin fresh roasted coffee from a boutique roaster committed to throwing out their unsold roasted beans after the ten day point. There’s a place in KC like that I hit up from time to time - 25 bucks for a 12 ounce bag. Slightly more than $7/pound is wildly cheaper than the market price for a comparable product.

green coffee will last a year or longer on the shelf if stored in a moderately temp controlled space, preferably away from light. So, a closet or a pantry. I buy coffee about 3 times a year, maybe 25-50 pounds at a time.

 

23F and five inches of new snow coming. I’m running out of room to put the snow.

C26328CF-2D11-4CE0-BF97-9B51191AC28D by Tour 931 posted Mar 11, 2023 at 6:35 AM

 

You might consider investing in a good blower. With winters like this one plows can only last so long before places to pile it dwindle down to nothing. We'll be heading back to winter reality in a couple days, and I'll get to see if the old JD 855 and 5ft blower are up to the task.

 

yup...talking me out of north

 

.........from this to that.......boy did I get that timing wrong

 

Mother nature has started taking her meds again --- here it appears our "seasonal" temperatures have returned and have received a dusting of snow for the past couple of days. My magnolia tree was confused enough that it not only threw out buts --- but it started to bloom.

Nothing like the horror show up there....I much prefer the before photo...

 

Last night the low was -10F and the high tomorrow will be 42F.

 

A sign that winter is finally on its way out....albeit not without a lot of kicking & screaming.