Saturday afternoon the baby had a nap so I did some roasting. Quite a bit actually. 6 in a row. I did 2 batches of Sumatra(7:15ish), a batch of Ethiopian Harrar (6:35), some Choco (8:45), Costa Rican Tarrazu (forgot to put the timer on but roughly 6:30-7:00). When all was said and done I had little bits of the Ethiopian, Choco, and Costa Rican left over. I topped it up to half a cup with Sumatra and roasted it for 7:30 to try to get a nice dark roast. I figured I would call it something demented like Harrazu Chocatra. What the hell right? Chances are it would be a weird mix with that many different beans in there... Turns out I was wrong. Dead wrong. It made a really excellent cup of coffee. Strong/dark tasting but not bitter. It was smooth and not acidic whatsoever. It had tones of chocolate in there as well. Even my wife who isn't much for coffee enjoyed it. She thought it was actually flavored with chocolate. This is a good mix. Something I may mess with again in the future.
I've yet to try any of the other roasts but I've bagged it all up and brought it to work, except for the Sumatra. Updates to come later today.
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Try mixing some cocoa beans in there.
In response to your comment on my blog, I bought a small table at Ikea this weekend and I'm going to set up the espresso machine this week. I'll post some pics.
excellent news buddy. start enjoying that espresso!
Shes set up and almost ready to go, will be enjoying some espresso tonight after work (need the boost for class tonight)
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