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I realized this weekend that I really am not a homebody. Steve hasn't been feeling good so we cancelled our plans for the weekend so he could stay home and rest.
Nate came over to hang out on friday night but besides we literally had no outside human contact from Friday night until Sunday morning. To some people this might be normal but I can't stand just sitting at home. I was going crazy and it was amazing how excited I was to go to church on Sunday morning! I can't remember the last time I was so excited just to go to church.
Anyway.....to make use of my time at home all day on Saturday I decided to try something I've been wanting to experiment with for awhile....roasting coffee!
I've had some green coffee beans that I purchased and had hoped to roast a long time ago but I finally had the time to do it. I've been wanting buy a roaster for awhile but it hasn't been a priority on my shopping list. I have heard that if you have a certain kind of old skool popcorn popper you can roast some great coffee. I did some research and found that indeed our air popper is about as old skool as you can get so I made a try at roasting my own coffee and felt like I experienced a piece of heaven.
Well, okay, at the beginning maybe it felt more like hell because the house was filled
with smoke, but after I finished my roasting experience is when heaven came down. Most of you probably don't share my love for coffee or some really greasy looking beans but let me just say that if you were a coffee lover you would be impressed with my mad skills this weekend.
These coffee beans were gorgeous!
Possibly one of the best coffees I have ever had (except for Montana Coffee Traders freshly roasted "glacier blend") and I've had a lot of coffees. I've worked at Starbucks for 4 years and I even beat the best of their signature blend (which wasn't that hard to do).
Anyway....so I am proud of myself! I love this coffee roasting business and have found a new favorite hobby! If only I could find a way now to not make the house fill up with smoke every time I roast some new beans.
Nate came over to hang out on friday night but besides we literally had no outside human contact from Friday night until Sunday morning. To some people this might be normal but I can't stand just sitting at home. I was going crazy and it was amazing how excited I was to go to church on Sunday morning! I can't remember the last time I was so excited just to go to church.
Anyway.....to make use of my time at home all day on Saturday I decided to try something I've been wanting to experiment with for awhile....roasting coffee!
I've had some green coffee beans that I purchased and had hoped to roast a long time ago but I finally had the time to do it. I've been wanting buy a roaster for awhile but it hasn't been a priority on my shopping list. I have heard that if you have a certain kind of old skool popcorn popper you can roast some great coffee. I did some research and found that indeed our air popper is about as old skool as you can get so I made a try at roasting my own coffee and felt like I experienced a piece of heaven.
Well, okay, at the beginning maybe it felt more like hell because the house was filled
with smoke, but after I finished my roasting experience is when heaven came down. Most of you probably don't share my love for coffee or some really greasy looking beans but let me just say that if you were a coffee lover you would be impressed with my mad skills this weekend.
These coffee beans were gorgeous!
Possibly one of the best coffees I have ever had (except for Montana Coffee Traders freshly roasted "glacier blend") and I've had a lot of coffees. I've worked at Starbucks for 4 years and I even beat the best of their signature blend (which wasn't that hard to do).
Anyway....so I am proud of myself! I love this coffee roasting business and have found a new favorite hobby! If only I could find a way now to not make the house fill up with smoke every time I roast some new beans.
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