I have a pound of each:
El Salvador Siberia Estate Bourbon
Sulawesi Enkrang "Mount Alla"
Indonesian Flores Organic Manggarai
Burundi Kayanza Bwayi No 7
Kenya AB Auction Lot# 786 Rukira
Guatemala San Jose Pinula-La Trinidad
Bolivia FTO SHG EP Caranavi
Columbia Huila Valencia
I was not happy with the roasts last night... I didnt even hear the first crack, so I figured something was up. It was uneven, I had almost no chaff... something was awry.
Today I did a couple things:
Put the roaster on a NON GFCI outlet (I hear they can affect them)
Measured exactly 3oz of beans by weight, instead of ONLY using the scoop
Preheated the roaster for 2 mins. prior to roasting, just like we do with our MLTs
Turned the timer to "6"
THIS TIME at 4 minutes in I had my first crack start, it was VERY obvious. The beans looked VERY uniform in thier roast, the aroma was great. There was also a TON of chaff... good
The first crack ended at about 5 minutes, I roasted 30 sec. past this then turned it right to the cooling setting.
I removed the beans, placed them in a colunder and placed them in the freezer to cool them.
I will upload a pic of this roast, it is AMAZING!!! I love this machine... truely love it.