☕ Coffee ☕: Ingredients, Roasting, Grinding, Brewing, and Tasting

[jammin]

For what its worth, I have NO 2018 greens!

it's OK, you didn't miss anything

 

[HarborTownBrewing]

Totally tanked that roast....
Not enough Preheat

I have never tried a 1kg roast but I would imagine it would need a good high charge temp. With the new sensor and the change in temp readings associated with it, I could see that being a difficult roast. Even when I just go from a 450g charge to a 600g charge I can really notice my lack of adequate charge temp (I always forget to raise it for bigger batches).

 

[TrickyDick]

I have never tried a 1kg roast but I would imagine it would need a good high charge temp. With the new sensor and the change in temp readings associated with it, I could see that being a difficult roast. Even when I just go from a 450g charge to a 600g charge I can really notice my lack of adequate charge temp (I always forget to raise it for bigger batches).

Apparently the new sensor there are some kinks to be worked out, with some saying they aren’t getting enough heat output. Not sure how that relates to the sensor though. Also, the way it reads the temperature is totally different, such that some users are working on a conversion table for their charge mass and preheat temps with new versus old sensor use. For a 200 degree Celsius preheat, you will now need a preheat of 300 for instance.

I forgot to account for all that, and my roasts (I did two others) are are trash canned...

You should definitely try a 1kg roast. It can totally pull it off! Preheat to 200 and let it preheat for a full hour (be sure no straggler beans inside though!)

TD

 

[TrickyDick]

GCBC offering sounds fantastic!

https://www.greencoffeebuyingclub.com/index.php?topic=21415.0

 

[TallDan]

GCBC offering sounds fantastic!

https://www.greencoffeebuyingclub.com/index.php?topic=21415.0

...except the murder/jail part! Crazy.

 

[TrickyDick]

GCBC offering sounds fantastic!

https://www.greencoffeebuyingclub.com/index.php?topic=21415.0

It’s going FAST!!!

 

[TrickyDick]

...except the murder/jail part! Crazy.

I should’ve said GCBC offering sounds KILLER!

 

[TrickyDick]

Just read sweet Maria’s sold out 130 Bullet roasters in 17 minutes. Crazy!!

 

[TallDan]

Nuts and caramelized sugar sound good to me, I went for 5lb.

 

[TrickyDick]

Nuts and caramelized sugar sound good to me, I went for 5lb.

I bought 3 pounds myself. Couldn’t resist. Columbian necktie coffee anybody?

 

[Kealia]

That's a crazy story!

 

[applescrap]

Haha speaking of dead, phone crashed, yarg. Rockin kids rca tab. Had second pot of bogali Turku, its a blueberry bomb. I want more on pay day! Can't say more this took 5 min to write

 

[Br3w4u]

The Indonesian Blue Moon is much better than Sulawesi. I just tried it today after a 3 day rest and it’s a very strong cup of coffee. Very rich dark chocolate notes.

 

[TrickyDick]

Heard interesting ad on radio driving to work this morning. drinktrade.com. Supposedly a coffee subscription service, although it seems you can buy individual packages of coffee from a wide range of specialty micro roasters. If I wasn’t into home roasting I’d probably go for this.

 

[Inkleg]

New grinder going through Quality control inspection.

 

[Schmoogdaddy]

Anyone ever have the performance of a Behmor 1600+ fall off? I do manual roasts. Preheat for 1:45. 1/2 lb. beans on 1 lb. setting. Roaster and beans stored at 70 F. Roast indoors at 70 F. P5 as soon as I push start. It will no longer achieve 300 degrees by 10:30 when the second fan starts. (Used to be around 320 at 10:00.) I keep the temperature sensor area clean with Simple Green and also have taken covers off and vacuumed and blew off all the fuzzy chaff. Also, supply voltage is always spot-on 120 V. Last roast did not achieve 300 until 6:15 left. I'm thinking the power board is failing. I just looked at Behmor's online parts and they are showing the power board as Out of Stock. And needless to say, the coffee has not been spectacular lately. Experience or opinions? Thanks.

 

[TrickyDick]

New grinder going through Quality control inspection.

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Nice! That’s what I have also!

 

[Ruint]

Well...I would be one of those 130...lol. I haven't been on much....busy, busy at work, roasting like a madman when opportunities arise, and still trying to complete my hood vent, for the now Brew\roast shed. I can roast 16 pounds of beans in a day currently...and it takes most of the day, averaging 3 lbs. an hour, on my frankenroaster....so...bit the bullet.....literally!!! Now just waiting for it to get here!

 

[TrickyDick]

Well...I would be one of those 130...lol. I haven't been on much....busy, busy at work, roasting like a madman when opportunities arise, and still trying to complete my hood vent, for the now Brew\roast shed. I can roast 16 pounds of beans in a day currently...and it takes most of the day, averaging 3 lbs. an hour, on my frankenroaster....so...bit the bullet.....literally!!! Now just waiting for it to get here!

You will have a lot more free time with the new roaster. Enjoy!

 

[Kealia]

Anyone ever have the performance of a Behmor 1600+ fall off? I do manual roasts. Preheat for 1:45. 1/2 lb. beans on 1 lb. setting. Roaster and beans stored at 70 F. Roast indoors at 70 F. P5 as soon as I push start. It will no longer achieve 300 degrees by 10:30 when the second fan starts. (Used to be around 320 at 10:00.) I keep the temperature sensor area clean with Simple Green and also have taken covers off and vacuumed and blew off all the fuzzy chaff. Also, supply voltage is always spot-on 120 V. Last roast did not achieve 300 until 6:15 left. I'm thinking the power board is failing. I just looked at Behmor's online parts and they are showing the power board as Out of Stock. And needless to say, the coffee has not been spectacular lately. Experience or opinions? Thanks.

Is the afterburner coming on? The easiest way to check is just to hit COOL and open the door to check to see if it glows orange.

 

[Schmoogdaddy]

Is the afterburner coming on? The easiest way to check is just to hit COOL and open the door to check to see if it glows orange.

I did not see the orange glow. I will dig into that tomorrow. Thank you for that.

Is the afterburner, when working, always on with the two quartz heaters?

 

[pshankstar]

Well...I would be one of those 130...lol. I haven't been on much....busy, busy at work, roasting like a madman when opportunities arise, and still trying to complete my hood vent, for the now Brew\roast shed. I can roast 16 pounds of beans in a day currently...and it takes most of the day, averaging 3 lbs. an hour, on my frankenroaster....so...bit the bullet.....literally!!! Now just waiting for it to get here!

WOW no kidding! Congrats on the purchase and welcome back bud! It's been a long time!

 

[Kealia]

I did not see the orange glow. I will dig into that tomorrow. Thank you for that.

Is the afterburner, when working, always on with the two quartz heaters?

That I can't tell you. But if you aren't seeing the orange glow it's the afterburner. Fortunately it is usually a quick fix (15 minutes). You should be able to Google that or reach out to Behmor support and they will forward you directions on how to fix. I can always search my email if needed....I had to do it, too.

 

[TrickyDick]

So by my count, that makes three Bullet owners here or are there more?

 

[TrickyDick]

WOW no kidding! Congrats on the purchase and welcome back bud! It's been a long time!

By the way you should also join the Facebook Users Group. Guy just posted (new owner) that he roasted 17 kilos in one day (1kg batches back to back).

 

[ba-brewer]

Haha speaking of dead, phone crashed, yarg. Rockin kids rca tab. Had second pot of bogali Turku, its a blueberry bomb. I want more on pay day! Can't say more this took 5 min to write

how far did you roast it and how long were you times to first crack and time to drop?

I got some fruitiness but not over the top, also got tea like flavor slightly spicy. 8.5min to first crack then maybe a minute or little more until I dropped it.

The Indonesian Blue Moon is much better than Sulawesi. I just tried it today after a 3 day rest and it’s a very strong cup of coffee. Very rich dark chocolate notes.

I tried the natural version of that coffee and was similar but will some fruitiness and ferment character. This one was more fruity than the bogali Turku. I roasted right up to the very first crackle of 2nd crack.

 

[TallDan]

So by my count, that makes three Bullet owners here or are there more?

I suspect that I’ll be joining the ranks before long...

 

[Br3w4u]

I tried the natural version of that coffee and was similar but will some fruitiness and ferment character. This one was more fruity than the bogali Turku. I roasted right up to the very first crackle of 2nd crack.

That was about how far I went also.

 

[Schmoogdaddy]

That I can't tell you. But if you aren't seeing the orange glow it's the afterburner. Fortunately it is usually a quick fix (15 minutes). You should be able to Google that or reach out to Behmor support and they will forward you directions on how to fix. I can always search my email if needed....I had to do it, too.

You were correct, Kealia. I found the element to be broken off at the terminal and the slide connector was in very bad shape on the tab. I reconnected the element and pinched the connector to make good contact and gave it a try and it heated up. I'm going to order a new one and request new wires. Thank you for your good information.

 

[TallDan]

@Inkleg i saw on the coffee trade thread that you have a behmor brazen. How do you like that? There's someone selling a behmor connected brewer over on coffeegeek and i'm a little temped to check one out.