coffee that I roasted for Christmas favors this year. I selected the coffee project’s organic bundle. 6 varieties. Uganda, Peru, Nicaragua, Mexican, Indonesian, & Bolivian.
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02
Jan
12
coffee roasting for gifts
18
Dec
11
this morning’s blend
Mexican Organic about 2/3
Indian Robusta about 1/3
Peruvian Cocoa nibs about 1/4 teaspoon
Course Grind
French Press
Simple Syrup
Milk
If you have a chance to taste Robusta , it is best blended with other varieties of coffee to produce, a tasteful blend and with the addition of cocoa nibs, a mocha flavored cup of coffee.
Who can pass up a 10% discount that the coffee project offers during your Birthday month. I roast my own green coffee beans.
Mexican Chiapas 6.80 /lb
El Salvador Cup Of Excellence Hermansos $7.00/lb
Uganda Bugisu AA Organic Sipi Falls $7.00/lb
Also bought Chicory @$3.50/lb to blend with ground coffee for different flavor profiles to taste, Louisiana Style .
Roasting Notes:
El Salvador, medium dark Roast, about 10 minutes, Clear fruity flavor. Nice change from the other brand of store bought coffee beans.
Uganda, beans turn from green to yellow than to a dark brown, unmistakable first crack sound like popping corn. Have not brewed yet.
Note: free issue of Roast Magazine SEPT/OCT 2011 has a must see article about the constructing and operation of solar powered coffee roaster using a mirrored solar array dish to focus sunlight to produce heat to roast coffee.
08
May
11
Break ______fast
Silver Dollar Pancakes, bacon, fruit, coffee
Silver Dollar Pancakes
Small amounts of pancake batter, cooked on a hot griddle to make tiny pancakes; serve with syrup. 24 pancakes; 30 minutes. Page 427 Good Housekeeping Illustrated Cookbook 1980 ,Zoe Coulson
16
Apr
11
New Items
From The Coffee Project:
4 ounces of Cocoa nibs, from Peru, Organic @ $1.60 per ounce. So far I have ground a very small amount with coffee beans for a mocha blend , good tasting results, they can be eaten as a snack such as a trail mix, will look up other recipe ideas.
Tea, Darjeeling, Fair trade Black Tea, $4.00 ; brew , hot or iced tea, good with ginger syrup and as a drink with liquor. (Simply Ming has recipes for ginger syrup and it’s uses) Good if you want an alternative to coffee now and then.
One of my fav coffees, it figures! (Mexican Chipas FT ) is up to $7.00 (USD) /pound now highlighting the increase in some food commodity prices. Used to be in the $5.50/pound price range.
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