COFFEE GOOD.

So I admit to putting Jer on the coffee roasting path to keep him busy and out of trouble.  If he ends up burning the house down I apologize in advance to his lovely wife...just as long as he don't burn the beans!

Of course, I couldn't let him have all the fun so I stopped at Utica Coffee Roasting Company on my way home last weekend and got me some green beans! 

They were super cool there. I got the Brazil green beans and some of their Brazil light roasted so that i could match it.  They were very encouraging and gave me great tips plus I got an awesome cup of Ethiopian to keep me awake for the remaining 4hrs of my drive!  Check them out if you're cruising through NYS!

The verdict is still out on my choice of roasting mechanisms.  But it looks cute and makes good popcorn when it's not roasting my morning joe!

I've made a couple batches and the last one even turned out pretty decent.  Here's my first two batches (top two), the pile in the middle is the Utica Coffee Roasters beans (pre-roasted) that i'm trying to match. As you can see, not so much with the matching. sad me.

Jer and I are both having fun and we both know how to buy really good coffee when we can't quite roast it right ourselves!  We're gonna keep on trying it until we do and if you want to read about how it's going just check back here!  (btw...doing this blog thing is harder than roasting your own coffee!) ~b