Went to buy some coffee today, and all CA countries are out except a couple of Guatemalan lots. I usually like Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, El Salvador offerings. Before I make the mistake I made last time they were all out and bought from another seller, I'll wait to see what ...

Well today when brewing a Burundi-Nicaragua blend, I again encountered the wet hay aroma and taste. Yuck! I had forgotten to cull this batch before roasting, so this morning I went through the roasted beans and removed the ones I could catch. ...

... Don K Colombia San Antonio lot #230 Ethiopia Wakito-Sekala SWP Decaf El Profundo SWP Decaf Blend Costa Rica La Minita Tarrazu Yemen Mocca Matari Nicaragua Rio Coco I use a Clever Coffee Dripper or a Bodum french press for brewing. If anyone has experience roasting any of the coffees listed above ...

... today I started roasting. I roasted on my enclosed porch with no wind and an ambient temp. of about 50 degrees F. First roast was four oz. of Nicaragua Maracaturra Finca los Granadillos; second roast an hour or two later was with 3 oz. of Brazil Sertao Carmo de Minas. With both roasts first ...

Thanks for the replies. I've been working my way through a SM sampler, and I've had similar results with all of them (Nicaragua, Columbia, Ethiopia, Sumatra). I haven't tried the new grinder on store bought beans, since I just got it, but there seems to be a difference between store ...

... pot surface while stirring my beans. However, I think I'm having a little more success getting towards full city. Recently, I roasted @ 100g of Nicaragua Esfuerza to 1st cr, decreasing heat once 1st cr got rolling. After 1st cr tapered off, I continued to roast (increasing heat slightly) for ...

... Sweet Maria's home-roasted beans and 2) I want to talk about brewing, not about particular coffees. (This particular pot was 10% Moka Kadir, 10% Nicaragua Maracaturra and 80% Ethiopia Gr 1 Yirga Cheffe.) I took more pains than normal with my brewing procedure, for which I used a very fine grind, ...

I roasted some of the Nicaragua Maragogype Finca Los Angeles recently, and was also blown away by those big beans. I need to roast it more, but I wasn't wild about the espresso I got from that one batch. I had to really overdose to ...

I roasted some of the Nicaragua Maragogype Finca Los Angeles recently, and was also blown away by those big beans. I need to roast it more, but I wasn't wild about the espresso I got from that one batch. I had to really overdose to keep ...

Did you roast the same bean that you linked to, or are you talking about the Maracaturra Ginormous? The flavor I identify in both of the Nicaragua Maracaturras that I have (the Finca Maria and the Finca El Naranjal from Sweet Maria's) is cinnamon. Considering my tasting expertise: cinnamon, ...