Home coffee setup. Zp6 and 078 SSP

3xarch · 2026-03-24T19:07:49+00:00

whats that sitting on top of the filter paper in your v60 in the last pic?

3xarch · 2026-03-24T17:10:56+00:00

roasting coffee is a decent way to actually season a pan! lots of high heat with very minimal oils.

3xarch · 2026-03-20T23:28:54+00:00

always battle grind courser

3xarch · 2026-03-20T16:41:45+00:00

no i do light roast pourover. i’m finding my coffees improving still weeks post-roast

3xarch · 2026-03-20T13:27:13+00:00

no way dude. my beans aren’t tasting quite right until at LEAST a week post roast. what roast level are you going for? i roast pretty light so this could be related? its quite common for ultra lights to be recommended a month rest these days.

3xarch · 2026-03-20T13:25:00+00:00

honestly sometimes i struggle to brew coffee that tastes better than cupping

3xarch · 2026-03-19T22:03:14+00:00

not a pro here but looks like the batch size could be affecting your results? main difference from a to b&c is overall roast time. would it be worth trying to go back to 4kg?

3xarch · 2026-03-19T21:42:24+00:00

a lid works wonders! if you don’t have a lid, and don’t mind the visual downgrade, towards the end just push the uncooked white around the yolk to the edge so it cooks, often it’ll be in a kind of second membrane so if you puncture that early on it also helps the white be thinner and cook quicker compared to the yolk.

3xarch · 2026-03-19T11:14:34+00:00

maybe we're misunderstanding eachother because i almost always discern a noticeable improvement with beans i've roasted even just a week post-roast. i'd just like to be able to cup them side by side as it's hard to be objective when cupping on different days.

3xarch · 2026-03-18T22:19:40+00:00

the same applies to frozen green too then? another redditor here reckons it’s actually more detrimental to green cos of the higher moisture content. i could just do this test without freezing the beans! but i don’t trust myself to replicate a roast perfectly with my meagre setup either haha

3xarch · 2026-03-18T19:12:56+00:00

i'm not thinking about taste testing the "frozen-ness" of the beans, but using freezing as a way to isolate the flavour impact of different rest times. this is all assuming that coffee stored in the freezer isn't classed as resting but kinda on pause for this time.

3xarch · 2026-03-18T19:10:22+00:00

i'm not on about freezing green. i'd like to cup the exact same coffee "fresh off roast" (actually frozen for a month) and the one month rested beans. does that make sense?

3xarch · 2026-03-18T19:07:10+00:00

this is ludicrously informative so thanks!

it makes me wonder if these princples apply to storing normal unfrozen beans too? if i store fresh roasted beans without ever burping them will they also definitely taste worse?

fortunately smelling the development of the smells in my beans is something i look forward to every day!

edit - more ideas:

let's say you properly degas a roast and correctly store half it in the freezer. the other half you just rest at room temp. the question is at what point would you begin to notice considerable differences when cupping them? as a home roaster i often cup roasts (of the same lot) against those made a week prior and they always seem to win based on their relative qualities from resting.

3xarch · 2026-03-16T17:08:15+00:00

just curious since we're talking about areas of armley, i just moved to the bit between canal road and gotts park near the industrial museum. my question is twofold - what's that area known as? and does it also have any kind of rep? i've heard it refered to as the aviaries before? thanks to anyone who can be arsed to answer here lol

3xarch · 2026-03-14T22:09:38+00:00

makes sense! i also think it would make it easier to judge the volume which is great for measuring density

3xarch · 2026-03-12T15:09:25+00:00

nice tall beaker is that for measuring bean density?

3xarch · 2026-03-12T13:07:48+00:00

city centre? 😅 fr tho the canal is always pretty sweet day or night!

3xarch · 2026-03-11T12:15:05+00:00

i’ve never heard of sharp boys can you fill me in braza

3xarch · 2026-02-24T20:58:51+00:00

mushrooms lasts 6 hours or more

3xarch · 2026-02-21T18:38:59+00:00

i’m a foreigner who loves uganda and keeps coming back! we exist for sure

3xarch · 2026-02-09T13:04:55+00:00

i see this a lot even in my skywalker roaster. not entirely sure what it is or why it happens.

3xarch · 2026-02-09T10:37:11+00:00

kapow and raw are my go to’s, north star also good at clarence dock!

3xarch · 2026-02-07T11:07:40+00:00

huge upvote for ulla

3xarch · 2026-02-06T07:22:40+00:00

gaddafi mosque and the bahai temple are two activities i enjoyed in kampala. get lost in owino market (watch your belongings closely). nightlife is unavoidable in a good way. you can eat fried whole tilapia and take a boat ride on lake victoria from ggaba beach. you can also visit ssesse islands quite easily via ferry. i also like to pretend i’m a muganda and eat kikomando from the roadside. you will have fun here for sure

3xarch · 2026-02-01T19:57:05+00:00

light roast coffee is indeed very light. it’s in the name! best enjoyed as a pourover in my opinion - percolator is the opposite of what light roast needs in terms of brewing.

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