September 13th, 2006
home-roasting coffee is always good
Last night I polished off my bag of Papua New Guinea Kimel Estate coffee. I decided to do a medium light roast. While I was previously roasting on my back deck in heat of summer I noticed there was a significant increase of roasting time in my kitchen this time of year. Speaking of which – if you wife doesn’t really like the smell of coffee it’s probably not a good idea to roast in the kitchen :)
It wasn’t that bad. I tried my roast this morning and forgot how awesome my home roasts are. Compared to Archer Farms (Target) whole bean coffee, my roast was obviously better. This morning when I got to work I had already polished off my mug, so I grabbed some of our Folgers. At first I didn’t even know I was drinking coffee! Okay, it wasn’t that bad, but I just have a new appreciation for my own roasted coffee today.
While looking for sources of additional green beans I some how ran across a “What type of coffee are you?” web page:
***You are a Black Coffee***
At your best, you are: low maintenance, friendly, and adaptable
At your worst, you are: cheap and angsty
You drink coffee when: you can get your hands on it
Your caffeine addiction level: high
What Kind of Coffee Are You?
This seems to be an improvement over my 11% How Web 2.0-aware Are You? score.
I guess to sum up my entry today, if you’ve never tried home roasting – you’re missng out!