Roasting log, behmor 1600, 3rd of Feb 2010

 

Bean:: coffee snob, "Brazil Pulped Natural"
Weight: 500gm
Weight roasted:: 262gm
Ambient temp :: 21.1c
Weight Profile ::1 pound
Profile :: P2 "c"
Time :: 21.30s
First Crack:: 5.01s
Rolling Crack::4.32s
Second crack 2.00s
Cool down:: 2.00 Happening into the cool down.

Grading, sweet maria:: 12 City++ Has come out very dark
Notes:: First Time with this roast. Coffee Snobs notes

Sun dried and screened to 17/18 this is the perfect Brazilian base to your favourite traditional blend.  It roasts evenly and produces good body and balance in the cup.  Great value in a rising market and we bought plenty of it to give CS’rs some consistency in their blends

Looks like it is more suited to blending but we will give it a crack!
Got to the second crack with about 2 minutes to spare. Was still cracking definitely on cool down. Very reminiscent of the coffee which we used to purchase at Ranges coffee for their decaf.

Ranges Coffee

Ok, maybe not the greatest photo, but it was one of the best coffees that I've made on the Rancilio. The espresso pours have been constantly pretty good now that we have got the hang of things.

One thing which we have changed is the coffee. We have found a little coffee wholesaler about 2km from us. (Yes we can walk) Ranges Coffee. Here is the blurb about the coffee which we have been purchasing.

The Best Fairtrade organic decaf. A blend of Bolivian, Guatemalan, and unwashed Sumatran grade 1 Arabica, decaffeinated at SWISS WATER in Vancouver Canada - and the flavour is sensational!

Yep got to agree with that.

I think one of the reason it tastes pretty good is because there is a fairly large turnover. Most places that sell decaf coffee the product has probably been sitting on the shelfs for ages.

Ranges Coffee sells to a few cafe's around the hills and I'm lead to believe the pig and whistle. Though good coffee is only half the story. You get a fool making a flat white with the best beans in the world, you might as well drink international roast. Thus I don't drink coffee at the pig!