Burundi Mpanga “Kibenga” & Brazil “Bob O Link” have arrived

by coeyoung | Sep 23, 2016 | Latest News, New Arrivals, Roasting, Sample Roasting

Will spend most of the morning sample roasting these 2 coffees. Both the Burundi and the Brazil should be available tomorrow morning.

Just finishing up today’s contract roasting – on to in-house production.

by coeyoung | Jul 28, 2011 | Roasting, Update

Busy roast schedule today. At the end of the day – more sample roasting.

Almost finished with production for the day

by coeyoung | Jun 30, 2011 | Roasting

Then back to finish the samples and start cupping. With Africans like the Kenya Microlots we hold the roasted samples for 36 hours before cupping.

Taking a break from production

by coeyoung | Jun 28, 2011 | Roasting

to cup some of yesterdays sample roasting

10 – 12 loads into production

by coeyoung | Jun 28, 2011 | Roasting

cooling tray,stirrer arms and center motor shaft are too hot to touch due to heat transfer from beans as they cool. That heat transfers to the next load of beans that are dumped into the tray and lengthens cooling times. Not a good design

Have found some hidden beauty in a number of our coffees.

by coeyoung | Jun 23, 2011 | Roasting

By stepping out of the box and making some radical changes during sample roasting, then working out the new production profiles, we have been very surprised with the results… We will be offering a number of coffees with new roast profiles over the next 2...