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“I see art in EVERYTHING. Your shoes. That car. This coffee cup. It’s art if you see it as art.”-Andy Warhol
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"Is is possible that your favorite artist has found inspiration in something as simple as a cup of coffee? Many may not know until they see how artists of different eras all similarly used a cup of coffee as a subject of inspiration. There is something about a cup of coffee that illustrates something familiar about everyday life that these artists aim to express. Here are 5 examples of famous artists that used coffee as a subject in their artworks.
 

pkuchnicki said:
I love coffee as well. As a native born German, it's in our genes. To that end I have been roasting coffee at home for decades. I have this Behmor coffee roaster which I have used for many years, but it is mostly an outdoors roaster so it was difficult to have freshly roasted coffee in the cooler months. Recently, Sweet Marias was selling a roaster you could use indoors (I am including a picture) and, in my opinion, the roaster produces better freshly roasted coffee beans in about 10 minutes (for around 100 grams or a tad over 3 ounces).

The picture on the right with the thing-a-ma-jig plastic hood on top is the Popper. Great, great, great coffee early in the morning.
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That's awesome!
 
pkuchnicki said:
I love coffee as well. As a native born German, it's in our genes. To that end I have been roasting coffee at home for decades. I have this Behmor coffee roaster which I have used for many years, but it is mostly an outdoors roaster so it was difficult to have freshly roasted coffee in the cooler months. Recently, Sweet Marias was selling a roaster you could use indoors (I am including a picture) and, in my opinion, the roaster produces better freshly roasted coffee beans in about 10 minutes (for around 100 grams or a tad over 3 ounces).

The picture on the right with the thing-a-ma-jig plastic hood on top is the Popper. Great, great, great coffee early in the morning.
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So for those who are interested, this is a summary. First of all, the cost is about $89 but "Sweet Marias" also includes some samples of green coffee beans (quantity and origin depending on when it is offered).

Total roast time takes about 10 minutes: 7 for roasting and 3 for cooling. I never take the full 10. Based on my taste (I like the beans roasted to JUST after 1st crack. The way I do this to start a count at the last bean cracking and then count to 10. When I reach 10 without hearing another crack, I turn down the remaining time to 3:00 minutes and that starts the cooling process.

Then I let it cool down for 15 minutes. I roast 4 - 100 gram batches which fills a quart jar and makes enough coffee for a week. Hope that helps. It a re-engineered popcorn popper with some tweaks added. Ingenious.

https://www.sweetmarias.com/popper.html
 

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Truly Great Coffee​

Reformation Coffee Company is a small local roaster that prides itself on providing time and attention to freshly roasted, high quality coffee.

14 years ago, founder, Brandon Lansdown, started roasting coffee, in his kitchen, using a modified Jiffy Pop popcorn popper. Today, he uses a 5 lb roaster which allows him to roast more coffee yet still keeps up the tradition of roasting in small batches.

At this time, Reformation Coffee Company is offering coffee beans from three different origins: Guatemalan Huehuetenango, Ethiopia Kembata Heirloom, and Brazil Yellow Bourbon.
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The Boston Coffee Party

In July of 1777, John Boyle wrote the following entry in his journal:
"A Female Riot. — About 100 Women from the North-Part of the Town, getting information of a Quanty. of Coffee being in the Store of Thos. Boylston, Esqr. which he refused to sell at the regulated Price, attacked him in King-Street, and demanded the Keys of his Store, which he refusing to deliver, they immediately placed him in a Cart, and threatened to Cart him out of Town, upon which he delivered them the Keys. — A Committee was appointed to keep him Custody while the Body was employed in getting the Coffee out of the Store, which they speedily effected, and went off with their booty."
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This incident is better known from a letter written by Abigail Adams a week later. In 1990, Doreen Rappaport made the riot the subject of a charming children's book called The Boston Coffee Party.
 
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