Yesterday's roast into the 1800's manual grinder. You can tell what kind of roast by how it grinds by hand, very similar to how you have a better feel of the road and your vehicle's performance with manual shifting of a transmission. Lighter roasts grind more and have more resistance (more caffeine!). The darker the toast, the easier they see to grind. This one is slightly past a medium, so will taste the roast more than the beans. I like it a little lighter, but my fault for roasting in the dark. Minimal chaff using the heat gun, that might actually just be remnants from the last grind. #coffee
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Into a coffee press (metal, because I have broken too many glass ones). Then filtered. Tastes better unfiltered, but the filtering removes coffee oils, which are not great for your cholesterol levels. #coffee
And, final product! Which tastes like coffee, lol. Significantly, my usual cast iron pan roast results in a mixed flavor profile because hand roasting ends up with a range of bean doneness. This is quite different as all the beans are the roast level. Interesting... #coffee
Receipts on the filtering effect on coffee: (many studies!)
Coffee consumption and mortality from cardiovascular diseases and total mortality: Does the brewing method matter?
"...Unfiltered brew was associated with higher mortality than filtered brew, and filtered brew was associated with lower mortality than no coffee consumption...."
