Looking for roasters on ebay recently I noticed someone selling 15 kg of Guat by the kilo. I wrote him and asked if I could buy the whole lot and the rest is history. In fact, in the meantime I have corresponded with the very interesting young man a number of times, but that's another story.
He sent the beans right off and they arrived today. I was surprised by the small size(s) of the beans, but they are lovely, no breakage, no worm holes, no debris. They came in the original 65kg jute bag, carefully packed in a box and wrapped with paper.
Since I don't know these beans at all I thought I'd roast small batches to different stages, so I got out my trusty old HW Precision that I bought from Ivo 5 years ago. The first 80 g looked lovely after 15 sec into second crack, so I stopped there and this is what they look like. I' ll do some more roasts this evening and taste them on the weekend.
I'd forgotten how much fun it is to watch the roast in the Precision. I'll have to do it more often. The roast seems quite even and very few beans have craters in them.
Cupping report follows on Sunday.