So cool. An old school roaster.

I roasted coffee beans for a few years in college, doing an overnight bit. I’d stop in 2 or 3 nights weekly, drag the huge bags of raw beans up from the basement, then I’d load that sucker up and roast away.

My clothes smelled of coffee, for good. Roasting brought out a wonderful aroma but I simply couldn’t get it out of my jeans and shirts, and since I didn’t feel like smelling as if I was a coffee bean whenever I went out, I devoted a few items of clothing to coffee roasting, and tossed ’em out when I retired from the roasting days.

I never drank the stuff once before roasting and even when I worked in the coffee shop during the day I didn’t drink coffee much. Some years later I became addicted, mildly, and I simply had to kick the normal habit because I’m sensitive to caffeine and yes, decaf coffee too. Something mental I suppose ;)

But I do love a cup as a treat here and there, with a bit of sugar and some nice heavy cream. More of a dessert type thing for me….but I can’t drink it past 11 AM or I’ll be up until 6 AM the next day…the stuff is like cocaine in my hyper tuned, energizer bunny, go-go-go body.

Great review Lauren. I’ll tweet this through Triberr.

Ryan