Posts tagged with ‘Probat roaster’

So first the little Probat, the 12kg roaster’s bean probe broke. The end fell off and then it snapped in half. These things happen after 60 years or so. So we had that repaired a week or so back. At the time we decided to make a new one and for it’s big 60kg Probat brother too. So we had [...]

we roast coffee. properly.

Do any of the following words/terms give you the same effect (so to speak) as a cup of your favorite coffee? Single-origins, naked porta filters, La Marzocco GB5, micro-textured milk, rosetta latte art, relationship-bought, refurbished 1960′s Probat roaster, mouse-tailing, dry-processed arabicas, Reg Barber tampers, double-shots (only), medium-roasted, floral-notes, sugar + coffee (real coffee) = work of the Devil, grind-on-demand, etc. [...]

So you just turn on the gas burners and the roaster, throw in some green coffee[1. Green coffee is the name for processed, dried, raw and unroasted coffee - it has a green color.] and when you kinda feel like it, drop the coffee out of the roaster and you get an amazing batch of roasted coffee? NOT REALLY! On Tuesday [...]