Adds earthy notes, I suppose! Yikes. I do not know if I have checked in the past. I will now!what looks like a dehydrated rat turd
Adds earthy notes, I suppose! Yikes. I do not know if I have checked in the past. I will now!what looks like a dehydrated rat turd
It is a good idea to check for pebbles in the beans, since that can make for a bad day when grinding them. I keep an eye out, but don't put much effort into it. However, I've read reports of it happening to a few on a coffee forum.Maybe I should have named this thread “About Green Coffee Beans”
New question. Does anyone inspect their beans prior to roasting? Kind of like you do with bulk pinto beans, lay them out on a white surface and make sure there’s nothing but beans. I ask because while weighing out some beans for a roast this morning I found a piece of burlap and what looks like a dehydrated rat turd. Both are things I would expect to see in something that is shipped and possible stored in burlap and then warehoused for a period but not things I’ve actively looked for in the past. Should I be inspecting the beans prior to each roast?
I'll be using my ancient Poppery's until they wear out. Since they only take a cup at a time the beans get a look over going in and when stopping the roast with the screen over a fan. I'm such a throw back, sheesh. The OTC (other than coffee) has been mostly pebbles.New question. Does anyone inspect their beans prior to roasting?
Even a cheap Japanese hand roaster can produce an excellent brew...Oh, come on, @FarmerTan. All you need is a cast iron skillet and a heat source (BBQ grill, camping stove, etc.) to get started. You can tell your sweet wife that it will not only taste better than beans that have sat around a warehouse club, but will be cheaper as well ... at least until you start looking to upgrade your roaster.
How does it taste?Upon closer inspection I don’t think it’s a rat turd, but I still don’t know what it is.
Most of my green beans have been very clean, but some definitely showed signs of being transported in deteriorating burlap sacks. I do not inspect the beans individually, but after putting them in the wire drum I gently rotate the drum in a manner that imitates what the roaster will do in an attempt to shake out any of this foreign material. Which also helps to get rid of any undersized or split beans that would otherwise fall out inside the roaster.Maybe I should have named this thread “About Green Coffee Beans”
New question. Does anyone inspect their beans prior to roasting? Kind of like you do with bulk pinto beans, lay them out on a white surface and make sure there’s nothing but beans. I ask because while weighing out some beans for a roast this morning I found a piece of burlap and what looks like a dehydrated rat turd. Both are things I would expect to see in something that is shipped and possible stored in burlap and then warehoused for a period but not things I’ve actively looked for in the past. Should I be inspecting the beans prior to each roast?
I would guess that is a coffee cherry that made its way through processing.Upon closer inspection I don’t think it’s a rat turd, but I still don’t know what it is.
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