Coffee Hacks

For Christmas my son gave me several varieties of green beans. He did research to determine which beans received the best reviews. This was ...

I bought three (3) pounds of green beans from Portside Java a while back. I recently got around to roasting some of it. The Colombian beans ...

It's been quite a while since I roasted but I finally found some time. I did some experimenting with these Colombian beans as Colombian ...

Roasted two batches of these beans and unfortunately, like the Panama roast logs, I cannot locate the roast logs. After sitting for seven ...

I roasted a couple batches of this coffee last Sunday. The roast charts have gone missing. If I find them I will update this post. The roa...

My wife informed me of a new coffee place that opened near where she works called "Portside Java". Apparently they roast their own...

With these three (3) roasts I have finished roasting the last of this bean.  I stuck with the roast profile I've developed for this bean...

I've really grown to love this coffee. Once I learned it takes higher roast temperatures, all the roasts have been coming out great. It ...

 I ordered five (5) pounds of Colombian, Ethiopian, and Sumatra at the same time from Happy Mug. This is the last of the Colombian. I was ...

I've roasted these beans several times to the start of 2nd crack. The resulting coffee is OK but lacks any nuttiness or depth. This time...

Finally was able to do some roasts with the new roast profile feature of ELF. I also used the marker feature to mark first crack start, firs...

Finally was able to do some roasts with the new roast profile feature of ELF. I also used the marker feature to mark first crack start, firs...

The last time I roasted these beans I tried to roast 1 cup in a batch. That did not go well as the roast took over 19 minutes.  This time I ...

Back in March I roasted some Uganda Sipi Falls beans and reviewed them as being rather bland. I recently found a small quantity of these be...

Roasted several more batches of the Sumatra Boru Botak from Happy Mug. In previous roasting of Sumatra beans I settled on the following ro...

The following new features were added to ELF: The temperature chart starts with an x-axis scale of 12 minutes and a y-axis scale of 0-500F...

My previous attempts at roasting Sumatra beans resulted in under-roasted, sour, twangy tasting coffee. Each time there was hardly any first ...

After many roasts I've finally settled on a roast profile for Colombian beans that I like. First crack occurs around the seven (7) minut...

Was a bit overzealous in roasting Ethiopian beans as I attempted to roast 1 cup in ELF. The roast took over 19 minutes to complete. The roa...

After reading many rave reviews about Sumatran coffee I bought 5 lbs. of green beans from Happy Mug to try for myself. So anxious to try t...