Middle of last week I roasted up some Sumatra Tabu Jamu Sidikalang coffee beans. They have rested for a couple of days and now are being turned into some of the greatest coffee!
The coffee is described as bright. I think bright is a visual term, but the taste is wonderful. I took a thermos full this morning and when it was gone I was down-right sad.

I have to get to roasting some more coffee tonight.

This bean roaster is really fun. It is just a started model and only roasts enough coffee for about 12 cups (per run), but it makes some great coffee. We have done mostly lighter roasts with it, but this last batch was a dark roast and it was the best we have yet made.

I was reading about how to roast more beans in this model and because the roasting chamber is glass, it needs to cool down after each batch. The solution is to have 2 chambers and cool one while the other is in use.
Another chamber is $20+S&H, but I think it is worth it.
Should I win the lotto, one of the things I want is a larger roaster (like a rolling drum) that can do a pound at a time.

I am a coffee, wine, cigar snob. Oooo wine and a cigar tonight! If it doesn’t rain I am all over that one.
I think I have a nice Black Swan Merlot and a CAO Amazon.

And Another Thing…
I spoke with some relatives of my foster son, who confirmed that they are giving him cigarettes. HE has huge problems with this smoking. Not only is he under 18, he has a smokers cough, he also has been banned from school sports because of all the tickets (and thus violations of the athletic code). Their justification for giving him tobacco is that if they don’t he will steal it (and thus they will be out even more). As money is very tight for them, I can deal with that, but they should either not leave their cigarettes out (when he s around) or not have him over.
Why would you consistently invite someone over who steals from you?
What else is he stealing (if they had money I would bet it would disappear)?