Light roast
I must admit I’m getting confused with which roast is which. The two cups I’ve tried this morning have both been what I believe is 160C - 5m, 190C - 4m. It’s very light, smells very nice like chocolate, but with both cups I’ve had (grinded at 5 and then they have been acidy […]
45 second difference
What a difference 45 seconds makes! I had a cup of the 176C - 2m, 204C - 3m, 232C - 3m that I roasted the 12th, which is 45 seconds shorter than the roast of the 10th and it’s got so much less flavour. It still tastes nice, but there are big things missing. Very […]
Different cups
Today has been a quite caffeinated day. I’ve had two cups of the light preset 1 roast, one grinded at 4 and one at 6. Both turned out quite bitter. Luckily my milk frothing is going better by the day, so they turned out to be quite drinkable.
The next I tried was the now four […]
Taste two
Todays cups were the four day old roast of preset 1 (only two handfulls of beans left) and the five day old very dark roast of preset 2.
The preset 1 was the first one to go. The beans made just a double basket at setting 4 on the Rocky. How little coffee two handfulls of […]
Last roast of this batch
I’m just not concentrating today (too much coffee?) so I’m roasting the last 150 grams of Miscela d’Oro: 160C - 5m, 190C - 4m, 196C - 2m, 204C - 1m, 210C - 1m30s. I was inspired by Randy’s iRoast 2 review and Ryan’s summary of his first day with the iRoast 2. Now I’ve placed […]
Two new roasts
Having read the iRoast 2 review at Coffee Geek I couldn’t help myself and roasted two new batches: 150g of cold Miscela d’Oro (100% arabica). One roasted at 190C - 5m, 208C - 6m, 232C - 2m30s. The second one was at 196C - 1m, 222C - 3m and 240C - 2m. With these two […]
Todays roast and thoughts
Nothing much new with todays roast, it’s the same as two days ago, but with 45 seconds less in the last stage. My reason for this was that I found that roast to be just a little bit too burnt in smell, and I want to see what implications that has for taste. Also, these […]
Day 5
Delicious, yesterdays roast turned into a cup with lots of crema. To adjust for the grind I experienced yesterday I dialled the grinder up to 6, but it went perhaps just a tad to fast through this time. But the cup is awesome: no acid, no bitterness, just lots of taste. What a lovely blend. […]
Day 4 - Too fine grind
Today I was rushing out of the door but had time for a cup of pre-roasted Columbia. When I came back later I tried the beans I roasted yesterday at the same grind, setting 3. To handfulls of beans resulted in a single double-basket of coffee! Yikes! Where does the rest go?!? (or, how much […]
Preset 1 and the new roast
For this one cup I used half my preset 1 roasted beans, grinding at 2 with the Rocky. The reason I’m going for 2 is that my tamper is still the plastic one (I expect a new, decent one with the next shipment of coffee) and I want as much crema as I can get. […]
Day 1-3
I’ve finally taken the plunge: La Pavoni Professional, Rancillo Rocky and iRoast 2 are all lined up on my kitchen counter. Espresso heaven, here I come. Now, what’s missing is what I can’t buy: my skills. I have had a $50 espresso machine and a $10 grinder so far, and after 500 cups served it […]
