- Coffee
- 225 g
- Time
- 15 min
A medium-sized, three-minute, development, after the first crack and away from the second: sweet, with body and candy, for espresso and milk drinks.
By Equipo Cocinoa
What you need
Tap each piece to see its catalogue entry.
- EssentialElectric drum toasterA rotating drum with resistance, like a professional miniature toaster. Tanks of up to half a kilo, programs and less smoke.€400–700approx.
- Recommended0,1 g baseA scale with precision of 0,1 g and timer. Weighing coffee and water is the easiest way to repeat a good cup.€15–250approx.
- RecommendedPoultryA fine mesh strainer to separate the pores, strain the cold brew or filter cocktails. Cheap and indispensable.€3–15approx.
- OptionalThermometerTo know what temperature the water, milk or grain are at. Useful if your kettle does not regulate and almost compulsory to toast.€8–30approx.
Method
Place the toaster with good ventilation and the fumes tube connected if you have it. Empty the shell collector and preheat it if your model allows.
Load 225 g of green coffee and start the program.
Many drum toasters recommend loads of about 225 g for medium and medium-dark vessels.
Dry, from minute 0 to 5: the yellowish grain smells of hay.
5 min
Mailard, from 5 to 12: cinnamon, light brown and the smell of bread and candy. Keep the power high, without haste, to reach the first crack with energy.
7 min
First crack, about the 12th minute. It leaves 3 full minutes of development, about 20% of the total, and brings out the coffee by the minute 15, with the first crack finished and before they catch the second.
3 min
If you hear a fine and continuous crepitation, softer than the first crack, it is the second: take it out now.
Turn the coffee into a colator and pass it from one colator to another, in front of a fan, until it's cold in less than 4 minutes.
With the cold toaster, empty the shell collector and clean the drum.
Store the coffee in a valve bag and wait about 10 days before using it in espresso (7 to 14). In filter you can prepare it before, starting on the third day.
10 days
In espresso, the coffee too fresh makes a lot of foam, irregularly extracts and tastes sour.
Tips and warnings
- Safety: do not leave the toaster working alone, have a fire extinguisher by hand and do not carry this type of toaster beyond the second crack: it is not designed for very dark tweets and the risk of fire increases.
- Weight loss is around 16-18%: 225 g is about 185-190 g.
- For espresso, try coffee on days 7, 10 and 14 and point out when you like it better.
- No drum toaster: a fluid bed toaster also reaches a medium tweete in 8-12 minutes, in slightly smaller tandas.
One last thing
Ten days' rest for an espresso worth it. While you're waiting, a kopfi to kill time?