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On 4/11/2014 at 9:01 AM, turtle said:
I am a "coffee-holic"
I live coffee.
At home I roast single origin green beans in a small 1/2 pound batch roaster and roast 2-3 pounds at a time (4 to 6 batches) per week.
Now I can't take my roaster and all of my "coffee paraphernalia" with me on the road.
SO.....
I start out with a couple pounds of "my roast" then when I start to run low I google for artisan roasters in towns I will be passing through to grab a pound of fresh roasted to keep me going. I try to not let fresh roasted coffee set as roasted beans for more than 14 days as they start to stale after two weeks so I only take what we can drink in 2 weeks then when I am down to about 1/2 lb I start looking online for an artisan roaster that I will pass by and see what they have available.
That is how I "handle" my roasted, unground beans.
Brewing on the road......
I use an 8 cup (this is 4 "American size" 10oz cups) Chemex brewer.
I grind my beans in a Kyocera CM-50 which has the Orphan Espresso PFP modification (extra bearing in the grinder for press and pour over grinds). And I use a coffee percolator.
I grind just before brewing as coffee is only good for about 15 minutes after grinding before it starts to "stale" (told you I was a coffee-holic)
I use a small Revereware tea kettle to boil the water. First kettle of water goes in the Chemex to rinse the paper filter then into the carafe to warm it, second kettle of water brews the coffee, and a third kettle (of tank water) goes on to make hot water to wash dishes with.
Once the coffee is made I put two cups of the brewed coffee into our cups and the other two cups into a heated thermal carafe.
Sometimes I will make another pot to put in our thermos so we can have 2 more cups each (did I say I was a coffee-holic?)
Pics of Kyocera CM-50 (Kyocera on the right, the hand mill on the left is a Hario mini espresso grinder)
8 cup Chemex is the one in the middle (I only travel with 1 brewer and I like the silky smooth, coffee that a Chemex makes)
Oh I might as well add my home stuff to this post as I have already let it get out of hand
I roast outside because of all the smoke roasting beans make
Grinder line up
"Electric" brewers
It looks so cool! I I also use Kyocera CM-50 and I can recommend it for sure.
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Hi there! I have a bathroom question. We have a bench in our shower that goes from side to side. When we shower though the water does not run off the bench it goes toward the wall and just sits there and we have to use a squeegie to get the water off. We were told this is becuase the bench does not have the right slope to it. There is a piece of quartz that is the top for the bench. The quartz people said the contractor didnt build it to slope – and the contractor is balming it on the quartz people saying it was up to them to make it slope? I dont know who is at fault here…it seems like if someone lays tile they would just lay it on whatever was built, no? Or is it up to the tile or stone people to create a slope?
The contractor says not to worry that it is hot mopped underneath and that even if the water puddles it wont cause any damage? It still doesn’t seem right to me though…is this something to worry about and who should be responsible to fix this? Thanks for any insight or kind help.
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Hi everyone! I know that thread is rather old, but I am wondering if this hose can coil up at 50 degrees (there are some lightweight hoses, but I don't know whether they can stand). I live in Minnesota and use my water hose in my garage year round. And when it's cold you can't coil the hose back up. So this is the problem.