120 pounds of coffee · Friday May 12, 2006 by colin newell
Spent 4 hours at EveryDay Gourmet Coffee Roasters at the historic St. Lawrence Market – Front street Toronto.
I roasted 120 pounds of coffee in 3 1/2 hours.
Did mostly single-origins; Ethiopian Harrar, Sidamo, Sumatra, Ethiopian Decaf, Celebes, etc
Did the house espresso and the bar espresso blends.
This is somewhat different that roasting coffee in those little 4 ounce electric jobbies. This is the real thing.
15 to 20 pound batches.
Timing is everything.
Did a lot of Q&A as well. People seem to be drawn to coffee roasters. When there is a batch of coffee cooling in the tray, it seems to have a hypnotic effect.
There are always lots of questions, good ones. I did my best to answer them all correctly.
Cannot wait to do this again.
As Sara says: “The Roasters life is the best life!”
No kidding!
Can coffee get any better?
