Agreed
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SM has a couple nice ones, the Dry Hulled Aceh Bukit and the Tarbarita Peaberry.
Roasted a pound each, of the Aceh Bukit, and Colombia Guteirrez Micro, and sent to a friend.
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Wednesday night was a 1/4 lb of each;

Rwanda Kibuye Gitesi to Full City.
Ethiopia DP Sidama Aleta Wondo to Full City.
Sumatra Tarbarita Peaberry to Full City.
and El Salvador Majahual Tablon La Montana to City +.
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Guatemala Huehuetenango Finca Rosma to FC
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Colombia Tolima Felix Guzman Microlot This coffee roasted up as pretty as any coffee I have ever seen. No quakers, NONE. Just beautiful, cupping Wed.
From SM
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Finally roasted the Espresso Monkey Blend last night. Can't wait to try it!
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Very nice. I plan on roasting some of that next weekend, depending on how much I have left by then.

I have overroasted some Bolivian Beneficio Buenaventura Lot 45 to a LV-V roast that I finally started drinking. It's not bad but I didn't want to roast it quite so much.

I also ended up overroasting some El Salvador Majajual - Tablon La Montana. Also probably LV-V. Ugh.

I need to turn my heat down some I think.
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Are you suppose to remove them?
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absolutley!!
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Remove what? I am missing something here.
Quakers? What are quakers?
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They are the super light brown, almost Tan colored beans. They often times can add a bad or sour taste to the cup.
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I think I remember reading that they are beans that weren't fully ripe when picked. Is this true?
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Yes, that is true. Check out the Glossary in the Library on the Sweet Marias page. Very helpful.
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Being OC, I pick out everything that doesn't look right. Including the quakers, underroasted and scorched. I use the max amount of beans in the FR, so I get a few scorched, every roast.
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Found it thanks, good info there!
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Just did a small batch, of the Colombia Guzman, to city+:-)
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Roasted Moka Kadir last night, it smells amazing.
I gotta say this is the best smelling roast so far, not perfectly even roast though.
Can't wait to try it this weekend!
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That is one of my favorite blends. You won't get that even of a roast, with the pre-roast blending of different coffees. Not usually anyways. There is gonna be some difference between the different kinds of beans. Also, if memory serves me well (and it often doesn't :-)) there should be a fairly good amount of quakers in that blend.
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I pulled out about three quakers of a 1/3 pound.
Man the aroma alone has me excited!:-)
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Brazil Cerrado Fazenda No-Name-O I did this 2 tone, half city+ for the nuttiness, half FC+ for the chocolate. Chocolate covered nuts sounded good to me :-) First cupping on Sunday.
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