muchocheko on October 5th, 2006

Three days ago I received my latest shipment of green coffee from sweetmarias.com. Six pounds of various blends and straight lots. I was almost completely out of coffee, except for a little ground Starbucks we keep around for emergencies, so I started roasting right away. The first batch I did was the Puro [...]

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muchocheko on July 27th, 2006

Yesterday I received my first shipment of unroasted coffee beans from Sweet Maria’s and was very excited to get roasting. Not having a roaster, I decided that I would try the pan roasting method, so I went and got an old skillet I use for camping, fired up the grill, and started warming up [...]

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Brotherhood of the Bean on July 12th, 2006

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Green is good. And Green Kona beans are in my opinion a pleasure worth its weight in gold. During my previous foray into the world of green coffee bean roasting, I stumbled upon an excellent source for green coffee beans — Sweet Maria’s.
Many moons ago, during an idyllic trip to Maui, I [...]

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