I decided life wasn't complicated enough and so I decided to roast coffee. I bought four types of coffee from Sweet Maria's (Sumatran, Columbian, Popua new Guinea and one other) along with a nostalgia popcorn air popper. I read all the requisite information and pretty well had my techniques down. My coffee was actually pretty good, despite roasting really fast. When that ran out, I bought some costa rican la minita from happy mug that said it was the next best thing to Jamaican green mountain.
So far the Costa rican tastes very bitter and exceptionally sour. The bitterness/sour taste is immediate when first sipping and the finish is flat and still very sour. If I didn't pay so much for the beans, I would pour it out. Instead, I suffer through 3/4 of the cup before dumping it.
I'm not sure what's up with my roast. I've used everything from two extension cords (100' of cord) to power strips and I am still achieving first crack at the 1:30 to 2:00 MAX. The first crack is lasting maybe 20 seconds. Second crack is beginning right at the 3:00 to 3:15 time. The beans are a nice medium to deep brown color with just a hint of sheen to them.
I even bought a behmor 1600 plus and roasted the beans on all of the pre-set modes and same result. The behmor was reaching first crack in the 8 minute range or so. After trying each of the pre-sent modes, I returned the behmor thinking that it was not a very good roaster (I think that was a mistake now).
I'm beginning to lean towards the fact that the beans are just bad. I've roasted them very fast and very slow with the same result. Sour coffee...not acidic, not bitter....sour. The only way I can describe it is that if you were to put a mouth full of sweet tarts in and then take a sip...that's it. Nearly nauseating sour.
I'm just frustrated and considering abandoning the roasting process. What was fun originally is now aggravation.
Thanks
I didn't find the right solution from the internet.
Многие знают, что я фанат Аэропресс. Поэтому, очень долго откладывал в самый дальний ящик покупку данного устройства. Зачем кому-то нужен клон Аэропресса? Однако, на деле оказалось, хоть эти устройства и похожи, у Дельтер Пресса есть свои особенности. Покупать Дельтер Пресс рекомендую в случае, если уже всё есть. На этом можно было бы закончить статью, но давайте разберемся, почему эта кофеварка не только красивый кусок китайского пластика с австралийским акцентом, но имеет огромный потенциал.
Сейчас разгар отпусков и лета 2019 года, я сижу в кофейне, где-то между Австрией, Венгрией и Чехией, пью колд-брю и решил написать для нашего прекрасного русско-язычного кофейного комьюнити, что я думаю по этому поводу и какие основные два метода заваривания доступны для обычного человека. Тем более, что у Sweet Beans Coffee на складе в Краснодаре появился удивительный PUCKPUCK, который теперь всегда со мной.