A Better Cup o' Joe

Fresh Roasted Coffee Beans

This weekend, my boyfriend and I finally took the leap and roasted our first batch of coffee beans.  We've been looking into it for a while now but never started.  This weekend I decided to surprise him with the green (unroasted) coffee beans and the equipment for roasting.  We roasted a Guatemalan Huehuetenango to espresso/ dark french.
During the roasting process, a lot of smoke is produced! It was as though something was burning!  Roasting beans are fun and tricky.... they can turn from city roast to espresso in less than a minute.

It tasted great! We usually like our coffee low on acidity, dark, nutty with chocolate tastes- all that this coffee had.  I can't wait to roast another batch.

Oh, did I mention that the beans were all organic and fair trade?  We like to support fair trade farmers- who feeds everyone's food needs.  Organic and fair trade farmers practice sustainable farming and soil conservation.  Thumbs up for those farmers!

Fresh brewed espresso

Thanks to my sisters, I recently received an espresso machine- what better way to test the fresh coffee beans!   There is nothing like a fresh latte/ cappuccino made from home roasted beans.  Plus- we get to save $3 from going to starbucks.

 Homemade Latte/ cappuccino