Hi all . In a never ending search for roasters and beans and my constant forgetting I thought it may be good to have a thread where we can all post what we have and use and flavour notes and if they come through I often struggle to remeber what I've had and seen on here Apologies if there's a thread like this

Suppose it's the what's in your cup lol doh

Excel is the best way to keep it alive. Am happy to create one and share - what I liked and didn’t - some time next week. Just a simple file and nothing complicated. @"DavecUK"#1 may perhaps load that on the server so that users can add their preferences. Not sure, how it will work though

If you haven’t, you may look at Horsham, Foundry, Dark Arts, Origin, Long & Short, Triple co

Good suggestions. Not tried any of them

Crankhouse from Exeter are really nice people and produce some awesome coffee too! Rave are my go to big roaster. I also used to get some from Roastworks but they keep pushing those stupid pollution pods (Nespresso) and I morally hate those things.

Yeah used crafthouse and crankhouse before. My go to has been north star.

@"Cuprajake"#p22879 great idea. Was hoping to have similar thread.

I've been keeping the following for a while. As you can see, most of my coffee has come through Dog and Hat, but I've noted the original roaster and then use this to trawl go direct to roasters for a top up. I have a tendency to mark highly because I tend to go for beans I know I'll like, so it's rare I come across something I really dislike. If you see Aeropress then it usually means the Rocket was out of action, like it is again right now :-( https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yFlEN_O0TB63d0Hu5HTtXRVf7NHOpSU9e4W0Not-74I/edit?usp=sharing

@"NeilC"#p23061 Super comprehensive job, well done.

Bean guide - all roasters in one place

LMSC

MediumRoastSteam I am afraid I no longer remember. It’s been a while! 😊 Sorry!

I can see from the description that the below are light roasts

Safari
Wee Stoater
Kaleidoscope

tobyjrn6

Jacquesburg do you have some thoughts to share? I just had a browse and just by the way they talk about their coffees I’m all in. Seems to be some real passion and knowledge there. And i love a roaster that leans hard into funkier coffees. (When i worked at Rave for a bit, it was a running joke that im a sucker for a good high altitude natty)

tobyjrn6

I’ve put in an order for a bag of natural Brazilian peaberry ‘Ultimate Stoater’. Will report back with spro and filter findings

tobyjrn6

tobyjrn6 Findings: Really phenomenal coffee, espresso and filter. I think I probably pulled my favourite shot ever yesterday. I wouldnt usually gravitate towards Brazil but something about some of the slightly higher altitude, slightly denser naturals from there really does it for me. It’s like you get all of the juicy fruit of an ethiopia plus some rounded chocolate on top. Really incredible stuff.

The spro is boozey and syrupy, the filter cleans right up and you can pick some of the more delicate fruity floral notes

Jony

Colonna right now and Django both filter .

Raja123

tobyjrn6 do you have a preferred recipe for the espresso? Just ordered 250g to try…

Cuprajake

that time of the month again,

any discount codes or deals on medium roasts for choc/nut etc

need a kilo for the mrs

Waitforme

30% off Django this weekend….

#FOURDAYWEEKEND

nickr

I started roasting 15 or more years ago because commercial roasters at the time were really terrible - Hasbean’s barely roasted style was all the rage and all the “Artisan” roasters were joining the bandwagon, most of them didn’t seem to have the faintest clue. It seems that fashion has moved on and generally people have more knowledge and are roasting more sensibly now (not sure about Hasbean).

I brought some of this today -

The Sunset Espresso Coffee (stewartscoffees.co.uk)

Loving it, and grudgingly I will admit that they seem to know what they are up to. Its good enough to make me think seriously about giving up home roasting.

ST30B

nickr

Ordered sunset and escape blends following you’re recommendation. Spot on. Just what I was looking for. Ordered early morning on 2nd class and came next day. Very reasonable price helps! Cheers.

LMSC

@LeefromFoundryCR have mystery beans on offer -

£11.95 for 500g SO

https://foundrycoffeeroasters.com/collections/coffee-beans/products/mystery-beans?variant=32270258864193

Beverast

Just a quick heads up as not often as far as I have seen you can get Cafe Granja La Esperanza greens in the UK (unless you have a business account). Pennine Tea & Coffee have some Anaerobic greens from CGLE - ended up buying 5 kilos and the flavour notes do sound interesting. Nice you can buy as low as 1 kilo if you wish.

https://www.pennineteaandcoffee.co.uk/collections/green-coffee/products/colombian-cafe-granja-la-esperanza-arabica-green-coffee-beans-1kg

Cuprajake

i replied to the wrong thread lol,

ive stuck an order in for a kilo to try as it did tickle my fancie..

Beverast

Cuprajake Got my 5kg today. Only got home from work an hour or so ago and thought I would give the greens a sniff - they smell freaking amazing! Can’t wait to roast some tomorrow on the Kaffelogic - already have 2 profiles in mind.

Cuprajake

Mine have been delayed.

But I have terrible luck with shipping in general 😂

capuchin

@Beverast The mango at the end of the taste really comes out nicely on those beans. I’m enjoying them. It’s an interesting bean, something like a blend of a south american and ethiopian to me.

ST30B

I’m coming to the end of my coffee compass beans, enjoyed Brighton lanes and cherry cherry but fancy a change. I had planned to get a couple from Foundry but they have sold out of the recent recommendations. I mostly drink flat whites with the occasional espresso. Any recommendations? (Happy to go lighter than above blends, as found them too dark the more I drank them)

Raja123

After the tip in this thread, I too ordered some Ultimate Stoater, from Unorthodox.

Just started experimenting with it yesterday. Great shot today. 17g in, 38g out, 87c temp. 10 secs to pull lever up, 15 second preinfusion around 2 bar, then ramp to 7-8 bar and slowly decline. Total shot time 1m 20s.

Cuprajake

Raja123 you say lever up, what machine do you use

Raja123

Cuprajake Strietman CT2.

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