First roast of the latest 'special reserve' coffees from Ministry Grounds has turned out pretty well. Aimed for an espresso roast as dark as i would go. That ended up being 3.5 mins past first crack. This is a honey process coffee which was originally set aside for the cup of excellence program. I've had honey process from costa rica las lajas last year and it was one of the sweetest, most unique coffees (albeit not exactly a clean cup) i had tried up until that point. Here it is green:

Roast log:

Roasted:

Next time i'll try hitting first crack around 10:30 and then go on to about 13:45 and see if that evens up a bit.

Tasting update Sep 19, 2010: Very nice, clean and sweet coffee - fine strawberry acidity, pronouced honey sweetness, plenty of body. One cup's not enough!