Intensity/Prime Attribute: Medium-Bold intensity / Intense aromatics, floral, bright, perfumed, sweet
Roast: City to City+ is the best, brightest, sweetest cup.

getting coffee via a csa has been great but it has put a bit of a damper on my roasting. instead of struggling to keep up with our coffee consumption, my roasted beans have waited up to 2 weeks to be brewed. i finally made it through the last of our previous shipment (although i still have some green ugandan beans we ordered via a blackboard eats promotion) and am starting on a new shipment. i just finished roasting this ethiopian on P2 and the first crack came at 10:14 (remaining)!!! first crack rarely happens that soon. but come to think of it, these green beans are pretty tiny… the trick with P2 is to figure out when the first crack ends. all of my roasting documentation doesn’t give any advice on what happens when the beans hit first crack at 12 minutes into the roast.

also, P2 has a different profile than P1 (think of P1 as a bulldozer and a mack truck; think of P2 as a prius). tom at sweet maria’s advises not exceeding city+ so instead of waiting for P2 to take my beans to FC+, i stopped the roast at 7:00 minutes (remaining). tasting notes to follow…