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I don't drink coffee, don't like the taste. I wish I did though, I need more frivolous things to spend my money on.
If I ever made you some of my cold brewed Mocha chocolate spiked with Captain Mo or my minty chocolate ice brew, you'd live on it. :p

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I don't drink coffee, don't like the taste. I wish I did though, I need more frivolous things to spend my money on.
There is very little storebought coffee I like, and it seems these days almost none. I used to like Dunkin's coffee when I was traveling but lately it has tasted awful.
So I roast my own. As a bonus, it's significantly less expensive to buy green unroasted coffee beans, and unroasted beans have a very long shelf life.
 
There is very little storebought coffee I like, and it seems these days almost none. I used to like Dunkin's coffee when I was traveling but lately it has tasted awful.
So I roast my own. As a bonus, it's significantly less expensive to buy green unroasted coffee beans, and unroasted beans have a very long shelf life.
Maybe if I ever had a quality coffee I might change my mind.
 
Post a how-to roast?
Do you flavor the beans?
Flavored coffee is for hiding defects in cheap coffee, so no.
At first I pan roasted. Some coffees work better with pan roasting than others. Ethiopian is what I started with and most Ethiopian coffees are well suited to pan roasting. Which makes sense because Ethiopians traditionally pan roast coffee at home three times a day.
Good quality raw beans can usually be bought in bulk at Ethiopian shops. Stick with Sidamo and Yirgacheffe.

I was visiting my daughter a few years ago and she told me the Ethiopian shop at the corner has green coffee beans. So we got some Yirgacheffe and started trying it. First batch was underroasted, second batch was overroasted, and the third batch was perfect. She recorded the third batch:
 

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