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| RockinJava9 |
Posted on 04/14/2008 9:21 PM
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I roasted the Rwanda yesterday, and the aroma, even at cooling, was of canned peaches. I was stunned! THe roast was to City, maybe City +, and I was expecting the "mandarin" or the "sweet and sour" that Tom had mentioned.... SO espresso had a similar nuance ... now I am a day rested, and getting ready to go back to the well... More later... Have you tried this bean?  s:2 s:2 s:2 s:2 s:2 s:2 s:2 s:2 s:2 s:2 s:2 s:2 s:2 s:2 s:2 s:2 s:2 s:2 s:2 s:2 s:2 s:2 s:2 s:2 s:2 s:2 s:2 s:2 s:2 s:2 s:2 s:2 s:2 s:2 |
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| RockinJava9 |
Posted on 04/15/2008 6:25 AM
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Rested two days, the brewed aroma also puts out a peachy aroma. Just a little less pronounced than when first roasted - but definitely there... Taste is a nice solid body traditional cup - but sprinkled with peach... c:4H)c:4 |
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Posted on 04/15/2008 8:23 AM
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I had some Rwanda Ingoboka a couple of months ago and I was very suprised, as you were! However mine had a cinnimon-lemon-creme flavor. Very tasty. Yours sounds like a peach cobbler. Yum! CHAD Roaster: CoffeeAir II 2# DIY air roaster
Grinder: Vintage Grindmaster 500 Brewers: Vintage Cory DCU DCL, Aeropress, Press, Osaka Titanium pourover |
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| lzsbearly |
Posted on 04/15/2008 4:18 PM
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Glad to hear this was a good one. We have a pound coming in tonight. I'll have Burney roast it up tonight. sounds yummy c:3 L'z
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| RockinJava9 |
Posted on 04/15/2008 4:20 PM
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let me know if you find peaches in the aroma, even as it is cooling! Brett |
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| lzsbearly |
Posted on 04/15/2008 4:29 PM
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Will do, We'll rest it 2 days too, so Friday we'll let you know L'z
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| virginiacoffee |
Posted on 04/16/2008 9:54 AM
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I've been sipping this for a couple of weeks. I don't recall peaches, but it's nice. IIRC, I find more spice notes. |
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| bvwelch |
Posted on 04/16/2008 4:41 PM
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Man, I can't wait for my order to arrive... It is somewhere between the west coast and Alabama... -bill |
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| virginiacoffee |
Posted on 04/17/2008 8:29 AM
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Chemex this morning - 44 grams and 32 oz of just off boiling water. So far, I like the Kinunu Bourbon better. Am I missing something? I don't have the ending temp in front of me, but I roasted it to a FC, 440-445 in a WBP1. Temp is estimate. |
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Posted on 04/17/2008 9:45 AM
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I regularly hit first snaps of 2C by 425F with any origin, and my beans would be black and oily by 440F, but by the time the beans have expanded, past 1st crack, my thermocouple is buried halfway in the bean mass. If your temps are consistant, that's really more important. Like, if 2C always starts around 450, then you're ok. But, if the temp varies by 20 degrees each roast, you may need to play around with the thermometer placement. Do you use an analog or digital thermometer? I've always wanted to find a P1 in a sale. So far all I ever find are the PIIs. I'm jealous! ;) CHAD Roaster: CoffeeAir II 2# DIY air roaster
Grinder: Vintage Grindmaster 500 Brewers: Vintage Cory DCU DCL, Aeropress, Press, Osaka Titanium pourover |
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| virginiacoffee |
Posted on 04/17/2008 1:29 PM
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My thermometer is above the bean mass, and usually doesn't hit the mass, so the mass temp is likely 10-20F lower. I don't plot my roast profiles, but IIRC, I usually hit first around 400 or so. I'll have to note on my next roasts. |
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| virginiacoffee |
Posted on 04/17/2008 1:30 PM
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Analog thermometer as well. |
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Posted on 04/17/2008 10:18 PM
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Nuttin wrong with analog. It may help to get the tip down into the bean mass, though. But, if you're having fun and fully satisfied, why change anything? CHAD Roaster: CoffeeAir II 2# DIY air roaster
Grinder: Vintage Grindmaster 500 Brewers: Vintage Cory DCU DCL, Aeropress, Press, Osaka Titanium pourover |
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| virginiacoffee |
Posted on 04/21/2008 7:10 AM
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Think I found it this morning. Didn't find the peach, but a nice bitter chocolate taste with a fruit tone on the finish. Haven't yet identified the fruit. This was rested just over a week, ground a bit finer than usual and, by accident, was left longer in the FP while fixing the children's breakfast. Nice! |
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| lzsbearly |
Posted on 04/21/2008 11:13 AM
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We finally had some this morning, sorry for the delay. It IS very peachy. Burney said it's kinda like peach tea.
L'z
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| bvwelch |
Posted on 04/22/2008 5:12 PM
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I'm sad to report, that we did not like this coffee at all. It has been resting 4 days. Tasted like unsweetened lemonade, at best. Doubtless I did something wrong along the way. -bill |
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| virginiacoffee |
Posted on 04/23/2008 8:21 AM
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bvwelch - Do you recall your basic roast profile? That may be the source of the sourness. |
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| bvwelch |
Posted on 04/23/2008 12:43 PM
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Quote virginiacoffee wrote: bvwelch - Do you recall your basic roast profile? That may be the source of the sourness. Thanks for your interest. Yes, I have notes from that roast. I'm using the very nice chart that David did-- he posted it over on the thread about my breadmachine/heat gun experiences. http://forum.home...ead_id=863 My heat gun has just two settings-- high and low. I'm using a setup like Stu's-- photos on the other thread. Anyway, here is the profile-- I'll confess I still feel a bit out of control. My TC temps are way off for some reason, so I went by sight and smell. I ran the heatgun on high for the first three minutes, then switched to low heat for the next five minutes, hoping to let the beans try out. Then, at the eight minute mark, went back to high heat. At twelve minutes into the roast, I heard a few pops, slowly. So, I switched back to low heat. At thirteen minutes (one minute later), I saw and smelled smoke. I left the heat gun on low heat from twelve minutes, until I stopped the roast at fifteen minutes. I don't seem to have made any further notes. I have a good-sized window "box" fan attached to a cardboard box with a collander built-in, so cool-down was fairly rapid -- perhaps two minutes, maybe three. I appreciate any feedback! Thanks, bill |
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Posted on 04/23/2008 1:35 PM
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With the exact same heatgun and very similar setup... starting with everything cold - using high all the way - with 3 cups of beans - I'll regularly hit first crack about 8 minutes. 4 cups of beans - 10 minutes. On low heat all the way, first crack will start around 12 minutes with 3 cups of beans. I have never roasted (with heatgun and breadmaker) when I couldn't hear the beans crack. As far as thermocouple placement, drill a hole through the side of the removable breadmaker hopper somewhere between where the stirring paddle is closest to the edge and the corner, about 1 inch to 1.5 inches from the bottom. Stick just the tip of the TC into the hole so that it extends barely 1/4 inch into the bowl, then press it toward the side. This placement works great for me. Actually I have 2 holes, one close to the bottom for small batches and a second one up about 1.5 inches for the full kilo batch. You'll have to find a creative way to keep the TC in the hole, because it will want to fall out. Then the TC cord just goes over the rim of the breadmaker. CHAD
seedlings attached the following image:
![TC placement[901].gif](../forum/attachments/TC placement[901].gif)
Roaster: CoffeeAir II 2# DIY air roaster
Grinder: Vintage Grindmaster 500 Brewers: Vintage Cory DCU DCL, Aeropress, Press, Osaka Titanium pourover |
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| John Despres |
Posted on 04/25/2008 7:36 AM
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OK, I just bought some of the Rwanda from Sweet Maria's. All this talk of Peaches and Mandarin oranges... Well, I had do it right now. I hope I like it - I bought 5 pounds... As soon as I have something to report, I'll post here! Respect the bean.
John Despres Fresh Roast 8, Gene Cafe, JYTT 1k, Quest M3, Mazzer Mini, Technivorm, various size presses and many more brewers. |
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| bvwelch |
Posted on 04/25/2008 8:30 AM
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At one weeks rest now, still tastes terrible. I'm beginning to think I just under-roasted it somehow... Yesterday I tried a long brew in the french press. Nope. Today I may try the Moka pot. Anything to try and get a stronger brew. It is more of a tea than a coffee to me. bill |
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Posted on 04/25/2008 10:18 AM
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Quote bvwelch wrote: At one weeks rest now, still tastes terrible. I'm beginning to think I just under-roasted it somehow... Yesterday I tried a long brew in the french press. Nope. Today I may try the Moka pot. Anything to try and get a stronger brew. It is more of a tea than a coffee to me. bill If you're not confident the beans made it all the way through first crack, they very well may be underroasted. The flip side is that you should have an extraordinary caffeine high! CHAD Roaster: CoffeeAir II 2# DIY air roaster
Grinder: Vintage Grindmaster 500 Brewers: Vintage Cory DCU DCL, Aeropress, Press, Osaka Titanium pourover |
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| bvwelch |
Posted on 04/25/2008 7:36 PM
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Yeah, even with the Moka Pot, the best I could do was a nasty "spice tea" sort of drink. Can't say that I noticed anything extraordinary as far as the caffeine. My eyes keep twitching though. :-) bill |
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| John Despres |
Posted on 05/03/2008 2:24 PM
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I received my greens Thursday and roasted a half pound yesterday in the Junk Yard Tow Truck to City or maybe City +, just out of first. As is common for me, to fully understand a new coffee, I cupped it an hour later. Hokee Pete, man, this is weird coffee! Huge, and I mean HUGE citrus presence in the fragrance, and aroma. I was expecting something big, but this was wild. There wasn't any sweetness to speak of (or any noteable lack thereof) but it was orange, lemon, lime - all of 'em. In any event, I sure liked it, but am excited to try it again in an hour or so at 24 hour rest to see where it goes from there. I didn't get any peach, though. Maybe today or tomorrow - here's hoping because peach will be a new coffee flavor for me. In my research on this coffee, I even checked this thread to see what Brett roasted it to, so I could experience the peach. Respect the bean.
John Despres Fresh Roast 8, Gene Cafe, JYTT 1k, Quest M3, Mazzer Mini, Technivorm, various size presses and many more brewers. |
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