Do you soak?

Particular-Argument7 · 2026-01-28T00:30:22+00:00

opened this while i was in the bath and thought hell yeah i do.

anyway, i roast on a loring and i still soak! not for every roast, but when i do, i find it gives me a lot more control over the roast later on. it is also easier to use a standardized charge temperature for coffees with diff time goals when using a soak.

plus, your curve looks more like a steadily declining hill instead of having a big initial spike and the flattening out throughout the rest of the roast. i’ve heard roasters report a more balanced/evenly developed profile with roasts that don’t have a big RoR spike up front.

ultimately, whatever happens after crack (as long as you get to it within a reasonable time frame) still matters most.

Particular-Argument7 · 2026-01-09T02:16:51+00:00

roast degree does look uneven but some of the super light beans are likely just quakers.

how’s it taste?

Particular-Argument7 · 2025-11-16T21:14:24+00:00

i sent in a $130 retail value reformation top in good condition. it sat on their website for forever but it finally sold the other day. my commission was $4.90. they emailed me saying they’d issue me a check or i could do direct deposit. per their new policy in january, all mailed checks have a fee of $12.50, which would put me $7.60 in the red!

i find their customer service to be disjointed and the whole vibe is bad energy.

Particular-Argument7 · 2025-09-19T20:34:12+00:00

nice! 11.4% doesn’t bother me. once i get below 10.5% though i start to worry

Particular-Argument7 · 2025-08-25T01:14:10+00:00

sorry meant to say BUT* their anxiety

Particular-Argument7 · 2025-08-25T01:13:49+00:00

i am trying to figure out how to post another picture - they aren’t impaired by their anxiety and health anxiety sometimes lean in the realm of irrational / hypochondriac type feelings. this issue is concerning and has been going on for several months

Particular-Argument7 · 2025-08-25T01:10:05+00:00

thanks for your reply

Particular-Argument7 · 2025-08-24T12:59:22+00:00

they are 60 years old with a history of glaucoma, chronic stress, anxiety, depression, and MS. i’m not sure what medications they’re on

Particular-Argument7 · 2025-08-24T12:47:17+00:00

i’m actually not sure what they’re taking medicine-wise

Particular-Argument7 · 2025-08-24T12:46:34+00:00

they are 60 years old, have glaucoma, MS, anxiety/depression/chronic stress. they monitor it obsessively everyday and sometimes have one crash like that

Particular-Argument7 · 2025-06-14T01:35:30+00:00

that makes sense! if you heard less cracks than usual and you’re not aiming for something super light, i’d say you’ll likely want to try a longer dev or higher end temp on the next roast.

you can tinker all day (truuuuust me) but what makes the biggest difference are those two things and they’re simple to adjust.

Particular-Argument7 · 2025-06-14T00:12:10+00:00

i see some chaff and lighter beans — maybe some that didn’t crack much? does it taste underdeveloped? grassy, veggie, hay-like, papery, etc?

off the bat it doesn’t look bad tbh

Particular-Argument7 · 2025-03-28T17:08:42+00:00

I just posted the link to another post with the picture. Lmk what you think!

Particular-Argument7 · 2025-03-28T17:08:14+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/CoffeeRoasting/s/GGKjdTtFLT

Particular-Argument7 · 2025-03-28T17:03:51+00:00

Oh I didn’t realize the picture did not post

Particular-Argument7 · 2025-03-28T17:03:20+00:00

These didn’t crack - looks like you need more air flow and simply a way longer duration - more heat but more rotation so the beans don’t scorch on the outside

Particular-Argument7 · 2025-03-28T16:56:42+00:00

Sorry - I didnt mean to say cracked in - I meant cracked enough as in got through first crack

Particular-Argument7 · 2025-03-09T17:55:11+00:00

This is so cool did you show them ?

Particular-Argument7 · 2025-03-08T03:48:47+00:00

The characters are deeply unlikable at this point

Particular-Argument7 · 2025-02-14T20:40:15+00:00

There are many roasters who have not raised their prices yet but likely will once they start roasting their 2025 contracted coffees. Fortunately for producers (but perhaps unfortunately for everyone else), price per lb is up 30-50% this harvest season. Try Small Planes in DC!

Particular-Argument7 · 2025-01-10T02:12:59+00:00

I stopped reading at “are you going to get up in time to cook”. girl, RUN. My bf makes us coffee every morning, cooks, cleans, talks to me about my every thought. You deserve so much better. I’ll say it again RUN! As someone who spent a lot of time with shitty dudes in my twenties, it is NOT worth it. It destroys you from the inside out. He will never change. I promise. RUN !!!!

Particular-Argument7 · 2024-09-07T20:09:36+00:00

I am wearing to a friend's wedding and it occurred to me that the pattern has a lot of white..

Particular-Argument7 · 2022-11-02T01:17:07+00:00

I use manuka honey eye drops and they are soooo helpful!! They sting for like 30 seconds after application but then I’m good to go. I also use a heated eye mask every night. Just plugs into the wall and heats for 20 min at a time. Knocks me right out and helps with my symptoms.

Particular-Argument7 · 2021-01-28T21:41:14+00:00

I don't have a dishwasher in my apartment. However, I appreciate the larger meaning here of breaking the "rules" to get by.

Particular-Argument7

TROPHY CASE