Mexican FT Chiapas Organic $5.40

O STREET ROAST


Procedure (Convection Oven):
--Heat oven to > 400 degrees Fahrenheit
--Place green coffee beans onto a perforated pan and into the oven
--Notice aroma, crackling, and darkening of the beanlets
--Take them out when they are roasted to satisfaction
--Dump them into a colander
--Shake them with modest vigour to remove the chaff and cool the beans to preven excessive roasting
--Store them in a jar in a cool dry place
--Do not seal for twelve hours to allow for CO2 escapage & full maturation of flavour
--Enjoy the smell of fresh roasted coffee as it permeates the upholstery and the domestic environment
--Use that smell to prove the existence of God











UPDATE: Second Batch, Not Botched, But Blended!


The second batch was almost an unqualified success. The biggest difficulty to overcome without a proper roaster is the convection oven's propensity to distribute its heat unevenly. This time there were clear discrepancies in the color of the beans--the pizza-pan was populated like our own beloved globe, tribes of like-skinned bodies clustered in xenophobic enclaves and scattered about the diverse regions of its surface. But then descended my heavy hand as a force of globalisation and tossed them all indiscriminately into a wire colander, shook them about and watched their frictional interplay.

That was last night. This morning...harmony amongst the clans.

Grinding is the best thing I've every smelled, and the coffee is sublime.