http://www.ejlife.net/blogs/john/tags/roasting/ Thoughts from the Foothills of Life's Learning Curve en John Casey Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:04:57 GMT Pebble (http://pebble.sourceforge.net) http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.ejlife.net/blogs/john/2006/09/05/1157473560000.html It's amazing how a former pasta pot can enable you to imagine a new future for yourself. If that didn't make any sense, I guess I haven't talked to you much about my new coffee roaster design. I've been struggling with the 1/4lb limit on my modded popcorn popper for some time now, especially now that some friends have begun asking when I'm roasting again whenever I see them. It's become clear over the last six months or so that a popper-turned-roaste... http://www.ejlife.net/blogs/john/2006/09/05/1157473560000.html#comments http://www.ejlife.net/blogs/john/2006/09/05/1157473560000.html Tue, 05 Sep 2006 16:26:00 GMT http://www.ejlife.net/blogs/john/2006/08/17/1155825540000.html There's nothing like waking up in the morning and knocking the froth off a couple espressos. Needless to say, I'm enjoying these new Bodum espresso glasses. Technorati Tags: coffee http://www.ejlife.net/blogs/john/2006/08/17/1155825540000.html#comments http://www.ejlife.net/blogs/john/2006/08/17/1155825540000.html Thu, 17 Aug 2006 14:39:00 GMT http://www.ejlife.net/blogs/john/2006/08/09/1155154081017.html So, I pulled the homeroaster's equivalent of sucking on a used coffee filter today... I had three bags of beans, and none of them had enough left to supply the two scoops needed for a shot of espresso. Mind you, these are three different kinds of beans. So, rather than go without coffee for the morning, I put together an ad hoc "blend", and managed to scrape together just enough to give me a halfway decent shot. I can remember once, before I got hooked on homeroast, telling Emily (wife) that I didn't ever want to become one of these people who can't function without coffee in the morning. I remember referring with pity to some of my co-workers at the time, telling her that these poor saps came straight in the door of the building, and made for the coffee machine before even turning down the hall to their desks! Ah. Irony. How are ya? As a postscript, I feel I should mention that I do have more roasted beans; I roasted three batches (about 3/4 of a pound) last night. However, I didn't want to ... http://www.ejlife.net/blogs/john/2006/08/09/1155154081017.html#comments http://www.ejlife.net/blogs/john/2006/08/09/1155154081017.html Wed, 09 Aug 2006 20:08:01 GMT