I knew it was some sort of South American blend but oh well. I love both of your roasts. What do you roast with and did you take notes on the Ethiopian roast? Thanks again for the beans!
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I use a Behmor 1600+. I’ve been using programs lately. For the Ethiopian, I used 1 pound P1 into rolling first crack where I drop it to manual P3. I cooled it shy of second crack. I like removing some of the acidity with a darker roast and that bean does a fine job at maintaining the berry notes.
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Great guess you know your beans! The Honduras are some of the beans I picked up from Legacy.
Btw, you’ve really done a nice job roasting these beans. I’m looking forward to seeing if I can get my roasts as good as yours. This cup of Ethiopia has a nice roast level to it that maintains the acidity while providing a slight bit of cocoa bitterness to round it out.
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@shelly_belly I roasted these beans the other week and let them rest for several day. I think I took them to FC and cooled them right at the end of FC. The beans have a nice fruit character to them with an acidic bite. A delicious bean!! Thanks for sending this my way!
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Your welcome! And now I want some waffles.
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Come on over. I made extras b/c the kids said they were so hungry! How much did they eat? Not even a whole waffle combined.
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Do you use the 1lbs program even for 1/2 or 3/4 pound beans? I want to start playing around with the programs loaded on the machine.
No, I would adjust to a lower weight. The difference is the time added to the profile. Theoretically, you could put a half pound in with a 1 lb program and it would just slow the curve down. Something to definitely try. I’ve been using programs up to FC and then manual to drag it to end.
I reference these quite often.
Thanks for this. I didn’t know this existed. I have been running the 1 lb program on p5 regardless of weight and then switch to p3 at first crack but I didn’t know they were programs. I thought p1 was a program and the others were power settings like p5 is 100% and p3 is 50% power. I get pretty good results the way I have been doing it but now that I have these charts I will try each program out.
In manual mode they are power levels. In program mode the provide a variable profile. You definitely want to go back and RTFM! [emoji23]
Seriously, lots of good info in there to help with using programmed settings.
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Thanks again for the info! Have you been happy with the programs so far roasting a whole pound at once? I may try it, I haven’t done more than 339g (about 3/4 lbs) in manual mode and have heard/read people not being happy with the Behmor roasting a full pound.
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I’ll try to go through tomorrow (or the next day) to see if everyone shipped and received from this trade. I’ve been slacking on doing that. Sorry for the delay.
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Thank you everyone for participating! From what I can tell everyone shipped and received their beans. Thankfully no chaff lickers (aka cats) were lost, harmed or shipped to another state. LOL I'll look to setup another trade after the holidays, unless there is a demand to do one sooner, say in-between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Cheers everyone!
Yes, for my taste and laziness, the 1lb programs work great. I’m sure there is plenty of room for improvement, but that’s ok by me.
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I did a full pound of El Savador Peaberry Natural beans with the 1lbs P1 program. Near the end of the original timer I had to increase the time to the max. With about a minute left first crack started very slowly and ramped up when the program ended and started to cool. So I left the door shut so it would continue to develop. Normally I will try to open the door and run the shop vac to speed up the cooling. Anyhow, the beans look good and I plan to give them a few days rest before brewing any of the beans.
I'll probably do another 1lbs batch of beans tonight, maybe the Legacy Farms Honduran beans.
Thanks @jimyson for the feedback!
Hitting FC at the end of the original programmed time is perfect. That means you used the intended profile curve. You also have the ability when starting the program to hit one of the letters to increase the total time of the program. For instance:
1>P1>C>Start
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1>P1>C>+>Start
These would net different roast times but use the same profile.
Also, when I go into rolling FC towards the end of my program, I go into manual heat mode and hit C to give me additional time on the clock to finish the roast. This is different from hitting the + within a program.
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Just roasted the last portion of the beans from @shelly_belly to enjoy later this week.
I’ll look to start another mystery bean trade in January after the holiday rush is over. I’m already itching to do this again.
I’ll look to start another mystery bean trade in January after the holiday rush is over. I’m already itching to do this again.
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@shelly_belly I am enjoying a cup from the last of the beans you sent that I roasted this weekend. It is an amazing cup of coffee. I think I roasted it a little lighter than you did but not too light. I get a nice smooth cup with a slight acidic bite but not overpowering. I get a citrus character too with a slight woodiness that sits on the tongue. Assuming that makes sense.
@Inkleg we all hope you get some roasts under your belt with your new roaster, so you're ready for the next round.
@Inkleg we all hope you get some roasts under your belt with your new roaster, so you're ready for the next round.
@HarborTownBrewing...that is a picture of the "bonus" beans you had sent with the mystery beans. Just now roasted them! I am guessing they are Ethiopian just by the way they roasted!!! LoL!!!
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