You often have to wonder why you just don't think of some things sooner... Today's example goes like this...
I was over at Two Nervous Dogs reading about another addition to Topdawg's caffeine addiction equipment... In this case, a roaster... Well hell, I've had a roaster for a couple years, and have yet to use it for one minor reason... So I post a comment over there, and as my finger is coming down on the mouse button, I have this conversation with myself...
"WAIT!! YOU ARE ABOUT TO POST AN IDIOTIC QUESTION YOU KNOW THE ANSWER TO!!! YOU'RE ALREADY ONLINE... THERE IS A GOOGLE FIELD RIGHT ON YOUR BROWSER... ONE MUST BE ABLE TO BUY RAW COFFEE BEANS ONLINE SOMEPLACE!!!!!"
It was naturally far to late as one must only press a mouse button all of about 1/32 of an inch... So now, I'm going to have to order some raw coffee and see if this bloody coffee roaster that has been in my closet for years, actually works... I suspect I'll use it for one, and only one real purpose... To make the apartment smell like roasting coffee... I can't really conceive of using this thing to roast the beans for my morning coffee every day when I wake up... Does any one actually get up half an hour earlier than they need to with the idea of trying to carefully roast coffee beans to perfection, prior to having that first cup of caffeine coffee?
My real quandary here though is why has it taken me multiple years to consider looking for raw coffee online... Sheesh...
Personally, after my morning fight with the coffee pot - I couldn't do it but it sounds yummy!! Can you roast ahead and store in the freezer? Maybe just a weeks worth at a time. Just an idea.
Posted by: Tammi at July 16, 2004 11:31 AMI thought about that. Somehow unless I manage to figure out the penultimate roasting setting, that would be not much different than buying good coffee from a coffee shop, but with more hastle... (though the aroma of roasting coffee may offset the hastle... we'll see...)
Posted by: Tim at July 16, 2004 12:55 PMThis is so funny. I was wondering, when I read your comment, if you'd ever thought of searching online for raw/green coffee beans. Then I thought I'd post a comment to your comment and say that, but I somehow figured you would already know. Heh.
You probably already know this, too, but there's TONS of great info over at coffeegeek.com about home roasting. Geeks on caffeine tend to write a lot and analyze a lot (myself included, of course!). Sweet Maria's is a good home roasting site that all the real coffee geeks talk about.
We're just learning, but "they" say you should let the roasted beans "rest" for at least a day after the roasting. We figure just roast a pound on the weekend and we'll be good for the whole week. :-)
Posted by: topdawg at July 16, 2004 03:51 PM