Dream Toy of the Month — September ’05

I’ve added the Dream Toy of the Month for September 2005 to my main web site. I have this Dream Toy and love it. It is the Rancilio Silvia espresso machine, which is a mid-to-high grade espresso machine for the home. If you have only had espresso from the “steam toy” machines (in the $100 [...]

Roasting day again

Yep, it’s summer in Baton Rouge. And, I’m just about out of coffee. Coffee — the ready to drink kind, not the green unroasted coffee kind. If you’ve read my coffee pages on my website, you know that I roast my own coffee. It’s supposed to hit 94 for the high today, and it’s 89 [...]

RK Drum roasting — session 2

Did my second and third batches yesterday. I was able to control them much better with better results. In addition to the New Braunfels thermometer mounted to the grill, I used my Digital Thermometer with thermocouple ($29.90 at Sweet Maria’s). This is the one imported by Circuit Specialists, from whom I bought mine along with [...]

RK Drum roasting — setup & 1st roast

A couple months ago, I won a contest on the Sweet Maria’s mailing list, where Ron Kyle was offering one of his fantastic stainless steel drums for roasting coffee. You couple this with the gas grill and rotisserie of your choice. For various reasons, I delayed purchasing a second gas grill to do this project. [...]