Yes, I would be interested in some feedback. PM me your address and once I get my SM order, Ill roast some up and send it out.
Well after paying $32 a month for a coffee subscription I decided to start roasting my own beans. I bought a popcorn popper from ebay and ordered beans from sweetmarias. I'm hoping it's not a steep learning curve.
The only downside is chaffe goes all over the place so next time I'll do it outside.
Edit: the other cool thing about this method is that you can easily hear 1c. More so than any other method I've tried.
I am planning on going just past the first crack on the first attempt and go from there.
Another down side is you end up smelling like roast coffee.
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Another down side is you end up smelling like roast coffee.
You should smell my place right now....I roast indoors.... coming up on my 6th roast this a.m.! Come in the front door and you smell a tiny whiff of fermenting beer from the front room...and then....it's just C O F F E E !!!!!
Another down side is you end up smelling like roast coffee.
I did a modified version of HG/DG for a few year and it does give a lot of control over your roast. Easy to see the color change to judge how to control the roast. With a little practice it is easy to speed up a roast or slow it down by controlling the distance to the beans. Easiest roaster clean up too, just jump in the shower.
On 11-6 I placed an order with Sweet Maria's and 30 minutes later with Roast Masters. I have roasted and enjoyed the coffee from RM.well, my beans tracking shows they are rescheduled for Tuesday. Amazon Prime has spoiled me I'm not used to something taking 9 days to get to me, especially when you pay $9 for shipping.
On 11-6 I placed an order with Sweet Maria's and 30 minutes later with Roast Masters. I have roasted and enjoyed the coffee from RM.
Here's the hell my SM coffee goes through and I still haven't seen it. Read from the bottom up.
Hodgkins, IL, United States 11/11/2017 10:47 A.M. Departure Scan
Hodgkins, IL, United States 11/10/2017 6:37 P.M. Arrival Scan
San Pablo, CA, United States 11/08/2017 2:54 A.M. Departure Scan
Oakland, CA, United States 11/06/2017 11:57 P.M. Departure Scan
San Pablo, CA, United States 11/06/2017 11:55 P.M. Arrival Scan
Oakland, CA, United States 11/06/2017 8:31 P.M. Origin Scan
United States 11/06/2017 4:13 P.M. (ET) Order Processed: Ready for UPS
I live just east of Atlanta. WTF it can't come here instead of going to IL bewilders me it's the same distance. It's like this for every order from them.
Rant over, my beer glass is empty and I have a sleeping cat in my lap. I'm gonna have to disturb cute.
I also have some of the Yirg Dumerso on the way from SM. I have been roasting nearly two years now and never really got the berry bombs out of the Africans that it seems like everyone else talks about. I do manual roasts on the Behmor and do very well with Central Americans. I especially have a thing for most Guats. I typically run up to 300 on P5 and then just throttle between P5 and P4 to keep the temp at 305ish. Usually go to cooling when 1st crack is finishing up.
So my question is can anyone recommend a profile for the Yirg. on the Behmor?
Thanks.
BTW. I grind with an OXO burr grinder and brew on the OXO Barista Brain. I have a Bodum Chambourd French press, but have been too lazy to use it for the past several months. Actually, I forgot about it until just now.
On 11-6 I placed an order with Sweet Maria's and 30 minutes later with Roast Masters. I have roasted and enjoyed the coffee from RM.
Here's the hell my SM coffee goes through and I still haven't seen it. Read from the bottom up.
Hodgkins, IL, United States 11/11/2017 10:47 A.M. Departure Scan
Hodgkins, IL, United States 11/10/2017 6:37 P.M. Arrival Scan
San Pablo, CA, United States 11/08/2017 2:54 A.M. Departure Scan
Oakland, CA, United States 11/06/2017 11:57 P.M. Departure Scan
San Pablo, CA, United States 11/06/2017 11:55 P.M. Arrival Scan
Oakland, CA, United States 11/06/2017 8:31 P.M. Origin Scan
United States 11/06/2017 4:13 P.M. (ET) Order Processed: Ready for UPS
I live just east of Atlanta. WTF it can't come here instead of going to IL bewilders me it's the same distance. It's like this for every order from them.
Rant over, my beer glass is empty and I have a sleeping cat in my lap. I'm gonna have to disturb cute.
I just did P3 auto to yellowing and up to P5 man to fc and back down to P3 man and a fast drum speed to drop.
I went just a notch darker than planned on it but still got bursts of blueberry on the nose and tongue. Dumerso on left and Colombia Santa Barbara on right.
Todays cup was a 3 grind on Handground and v60 pour over 1:12.
Im sending this batch out to someone and will be roasting it again tonight. I also ordered 20 more pounds today since I felt the 10 wasnt enough. I really enjoyed this bean and look forward to trying different roasts with it.
I also have some of the Yirg Dumerso on the way from SM. I have been roasting nearly two years now and never really got the berry bombs out of the Africans that it seems like everyone else talks about. ...
BTW. I grind with an OXO burr grinder and brew on the OXO Barista Brain. I have a Bodum Chambourd French press, but have been too lazy to use it for the past several months. Actually, I forgot about it until just now.
My first roast!
My first roast!
Thanks. I will go with those guidelines, but I'm still waiting for shipping. Do you know what your peak temperature was?
My first roast!
Dang, that looks great! Much better than my first roast. What bean and what do you roast with?
@passedpawn you said something I noticed but havent been able to define yet. Every three days or so the blueberry is there. It is not everyday for me either.
Dang, that looks great! Much better than my first roast. What bean and what do you roast with?
I'd like to thank all of you that have been willing to share your knowledge and information to guide me along this path. It's because of you that I'm were I am in my roasting. A huge Thank You to @jammin . Through my own inability to read a post correctly he went above and beyond to lead me down the rabbit hole.Nice to see the level of expertise here and willingness to learn - it's really unique from what I've seen on various forums.
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