Posts filed under 'Roasting'

Coffee - good or bad for you?

There seems to be this continuing debate, is coffee helpful or harmful? As previously reported, roasted coffee beans DO contain small amounts of a chemical shown to cause cancer in lab rats when taken in large amounts. Well, the flip side of that is a new type of roasted coffee that manages to preserve the natural antioxidants in the beans that would normally be destroyed by the roasting process. The resulting beans have more antioxidants than green tea! Many people believe that antioxidants can help reduce the risk of cancer, heart disease, and stroke. I haven’t tried this specially roasted coffee yet so can’t report on its quality; if you’d like to give it a try you can find it over at Caffe Sanora.

Add comment January 17th, 2006

iRoast2

iroast2.jpgMy wife got me an iRoast2 for my birthday last fall. I’ve since used it half a dozen times or so, and am getting used to its programming and roasting style. The results are really good, I still need to tweak temperatures but I’m please with what I’m seeing so far. The only downside is that, with the noise it makes, I’m having a hard time hearing when the beans are cracking, especially on the second crack. Coming soon to this website will be a database I’ve been building of the roasting parameters used in each batch of coffee I’m making, hopefully this information will be helpful to others starting out with an iRoast! So far, my favorite green bean has been the Liquid Amber Espresso Blend from Sweet Marias.

Add comment December 21st, 2005

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