Colombian Micro-Lot Super Vacuumed Packed Green Coffee For Roasting

This superb Colombian was super vacuum packed in country in 5 kg wafers. Due to recent port delays with warm and humid conditions a few of the best coffee buyers in the US started having their micro-lots shipped this way to ensure freshness and quality. This lot was grown by Reynel Perez -Finca La Circasia Farm, Planadas, Tolima Colombia. The Farm elevation is about 5,500 ft. in the south central part of Colombia. This coffee lot of less than 1000 lbs was recently purchased by Paradise Roasters of MN and scored 96points!!!! in a recent Coffeereview.com cupping.
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Coffee Bean Pictorial Roaster Roasting

1 Dried whole cherry
2 Bean with hull-parchment
3 Hull-parchment
4 De-hulled green bean with
silver skin
5 Polished green bean
6 Roasted Bean

Storing Green Coffee Beans for roasting roaster

I use wide mouth canning jars and a Foodsaver vacuum packer to store and keep the green beans fresh. Qt jars hold 1 1/2 pounds of green beans. When packed the jars are labeled and dated. The jars are then stored in a cool dark place. I use a dead freezer. Keeps a good stable environment. For small amounts a dead mini-fridge would work well too.

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BM/TO Coffee Roasting Roaster

BM/TO Roaster
Roaster Tips To Dump Beans into Cooling Tray
Chaff Canister
Aroma Vent
Bean Temp Probe
Fan Powered Cooling Box
Sliding and Removable Cooling Tray
Turbo/Convection Oven Heater
Modified Bread Machine
Microwave cart
Roasts 1/2-2 pounds green beans
13-16 min average roast time

Cooling Box, Fan and Tray

Fan pulls air through beans. Slide shelf out to fill and in to cool. (roaster and top board removed to take pic).

Beans in motion

Here are the beans in motion(about a pound and a half in this batch). They are whirled around the outside of the pot. The heat from the convection oven is able to easily penetrate.

Coffee Roaster Stir Rod Drive Shaft

The BM drive shaft is offset from the motor. I extended the shaft up to the roast pot with a hollow rod as shown. note (since this pic was taken; the screw at the bottom of the extension shaft has been drilled through with a bolt and nut)

Coffee Roasting Pot -Inside View

Single stir rod that really gets those beans spinning like a tornado around the sides of the pot, plenty of motor power. thermometer sensor(bottom of pic).

Homemade BM/TO Roaster Coffee Roasting

Home coffee roaster. Roast is very even. Made with these used parts,Welbilt model amd600 bread machine($8 thrift shop), Galloping Gourmet model 707a convection oven 1440 watts(ebay), S.S. Pot 12" diameter 6" tall(cut down from 10"), Deep pizza pan, TIF 7000 digital thermometer. Note I'm going to cut down my pot size to a height of 5" to gain more heat for larger roasts (to yeild 2# roasted/patch)