Thread: Whats in my coffee roaster this week

Today I roasted some of this months Bean Bay offering

600 gr of Sumatra Mandheling Mystic TP to rolling second crack CS 8/9

KK

Today I roasted 3 x 250 g of Ethiopian Limmu for a weekend away next week with some friends.

These all went to rolling second crack - around CS9.

Im still getting the hang of the shiny new Hottop, but having an absolute ball.

Roasted this afternoon
A relaxing fathers day time out

600gr of Sumatra Blue Lintong

KK

Tried out my new Makita digital hg on a 50/50 El Salvador San Roberto/PNG Goungo Highlands first crack 12.30m 196C second crack 16.50m 218C just into second crack. :D

Saturday didnt have much time so only one roast - 400g of Ehtiopia Harrar Star. Roasted to about CS8.

Great morning of roasting

500gr of Zimbabwe Pezuru Estate AA
900gr of PNG Kinjibi Estate AA (as a single batch)

KK

Roasted 2 x 250g Sumatra Sipangan Bolon Grade 1 this week.
First time i roasted this one i pulled the roast just before SC. In the cup it was really boring. Second roast, however, went like this:
1min 45
2min 60
3min 75
4min 105
5min 126
6min 145
7min 160
8min 185
10min 191
11 min 200
First Crack 202
12min 205
13min 212
14min 215
15min 221 Second crack
Pulled roast at 222

Second day PR in a FW it was amazing! (Espresso base) Bitter sweet chocolate just punching straight through 200ml of milk. 3rd day and 4th day were just as good. 5th day flavours were not as pronounced. As an espresso it had plenty of body and a pleasently sweet, burnt chocolate aftertaste. Not much mouth feel though.

This was exciting for me as a newbie roaster because previous roasts were coming out quite baked and flat.

Cant wait for the next round!

Marnass

PNG Wahgi

Roasted from cold start no preheat with the turbo on full...

First crack @ 194* 13:28 then pulled at 208* CS C9..

As we have 12kg of Peru and another 5 on the way from beanbay, in my roaster is........

drumroll please.........

Peru!!!!

of the Ceja De Selva Estate variety

Today 600gm Yirg first crack 12.45 pulled at 210* 21.02...

C S --C8 C9..

I just roasted another batch of this bean as it was requested by my wife

600 gr of Sumatra Mandheling Mystic TP

KK

Originally Posted by 5B7F767675754F5B7F637D7F100 link=1238070085/106#106 date=1252628604

900gr of PNG Kinjibi Estate AA (as a single batch)

show off! ;D

Going in tonight,
600g PNG Waghi AA
600g Ethiopian Harar Star

400g of El Salvador Pacamara first batch...
400g of El Salvador Bourbon 1,100 masl...

Did my 4th roast on new Super Corretto--1.2kg PNG Wahgi, nice even roast first crack at 204C at 12.30,pulled just before second crack at 17.25 217C. CS 8ish. Waiting in anticipation for sampling on day 4................. ;)

750g - Costa Rica Tarrazu "Royal"

Taken to the cusp of Second Crack(SC) but not into it..... Not even one snap ;D

This coffee is really unusual in that it develops an astonishing aroma within minutes of completing the roast. Really gets the juices going, now I have to wait :( ::)

Mal.

Roasted to 210* Pulled before second crack Turbo Roaster..

500gm Ehtiopian Harar Star..

500gm Yirg

Needed to roast ahead of time B/4 the Sumatra Mandheling Mystic runs out & give time for this roast to degas

Todays roast
600gr of Honduras La Central SHG (Strictly High Grown)

Cant wait to get into them after a few days rest

KK

Just completed back to back roasts

650gr PNG Wahgi AA

600gr Yemen Bani Ismail

When I will be 3/4 into my PNG the Yemen will be ready to be started

KK

Did *600gr PNG Wahgi AA yesterday and dropped about 200g off to CA to try in a few days time...

I think he indicated that it would be his first SO..


Fingers crossed that it turns out OK...

Had some od amounts of beans left over so I roasted them to gether.

230gm Colombian volca galeras supremo

230gm Ethiopian harar star.

Gra..

Due to a time error I was roasting beans while the Melbourne cup was running (I will catch the replay)

Todays Roast
600gr Sumatra Panjang Mandheling

I still came first with a beautiful roast

Andys description of this Sumatran bean

Deep, rich and earthy without the funk, produces huge body and liquid chocolate type pours ooze from the group handle.

Now to wait a few days to degas and get stuck into it *:D

KK

Melbourne Cup roasts of the day:--
600g PNG Sigri
600g Ethiopian Yirgachef
27C ambient temp today so had to watch my heat adjustments closely :-?

250g Salawesi @ rolling 2nd
250g Ethiopian Harar just on 2nd
250g PNG Kimel pb shy of 2nd
250g PNG Kimel pb rolling 2nd

I was extremely happy with the Sal as my previous experiences with anything Indonesian have not been good. The Harar was good as to be expected but the PNG got a bit out of hand...the lighter roast is not to my liking..a little bit portahouse steakish? The darker PNG on the other hand is very nice! so i ordered another 2kgs :)

Still getting used to my hottop and probably still seasoning it i would assume? Is there a ballpark figure for seasoning?

250g [s]Salawesi[/s] Sulawesi @ rolling 2nd ;)

Mal.

3 x 600gm of colombian taken 30sec into 2nd crack

SULawesi* I had a laugh

Thanks Mal! So surprised with that one, its soo not what i was expecting :)

PNG SIGRI x 6kg

Huge weekend of demo roasting at the AASCA WA championships, people in the industry and public have been quite intrigued with what we do with a breadmaker and a heatgun and the aroma of roasting coffee beans has been a drawcard :) ;) :D :D :D :D :D

Have bean a little shy on roasting last couple weeks...too much on and am easily distracted :o

Last two days worth...
270gm latest batch home processed (a sample may find its way yonder over Wooloowin way yet ;) )
3 x 250gm Columbian Volcan Galeras Supremo
250gm Yirgacheffe
250gm Cuban Lavardo

Today...

Kenyan AA Top Gaikundo

Originally Posted by 272B2E3A232F38382F7A7C4A0 link=1238070085/128#128 date=1258126880

250gm Cuban Lavardo

I wasnt aware that Cuba produced coffee? Youll have to let me know what it goes like :)

Originally Posted by 7C455B556F77300 link=1238070085/129#129 date=1258270522

Today...

Kenyan AA Top Gaikundo

Originally Posted by 272B2E3A232F38382F7A7C4A0 link=1238070085/128#128 date=1258126880

250gm Cuban Lavardo

I wasnt aware that Cuba produced coffee? Youll have to let me know what it goes like :)

Will do....can score you a smallish quantity if they have any left if you want. Got a lovely aroma three days post roast.

Hi all

2kg Has Garanti roaster.

Today I burnt another 1kg of Ethiopian Guji. It got away.
The 1kg of Sumatra Mandheling Takengon Organic seemed to go OK.

The Nicaraguan High Grown Bold from last week is nice and creamy and sweet.

Mike

Running low on beans so I roasted a mixed lot of leftover beans

One roast of this mix
220 gr of El Salvador SHG
220 gr of India Mysore Nuggets
400 gr of Honduras La Centra; SHG

I have a good record of fluke bean blends that have tingled the senses.
After a degas Ill be waiting to see if this mix will be one to talk about.

KK

Ethiopian Kuza 500gm taken to 217* and pulled be for second crack..

Looking forward to trying this bean lets see how long I can wait before I open them...

Did my second batch of Kuza to day 600gm and run it against my 500gm graph that I roasted on Tuesday with a very high ambient temp Big difference as you can see..

Today I roasted my last of the PNG Jiwaka Peaberry

690gr PNG Jiwaka Peaberry

Funny how these small beans when green expand to a very large beans after roasting

KK

I have been roasting again ::)

This afternoon

650 grams of Peru Ceja de Selva Estate

Need to wait a few days to degas then get stuck into them

KK

Today 600gm PNG Wahgi AA taken to the first sound of second crack.

Woot woot! My Gene Cafe arrived yesterday, so its with great pleasure to announce that 200g of PNG AA got a run last night.

I had a laugh, I used to read these threads and shake my head at the impatience of those who couldnt wait a few days for the degas to occur.

...now I get it *:-[ *

Nothing......... I just broke it :(

Hi all

Last night I just did 1kg of Brazil Cafezinho Bourbon in the Has Garanti.
All temps are from the multimeter TC probe inserted into the screw hole of the view window.

Roast: Drop temp 160C, temp dropped to 85C but I had left the inlet flap open. FC at 9 mins and 204C. Rolling at 210C. Ended at 19 mins and 210C. I didnt hear SC but the beans cracked in the cooler so was probably just at SC or very close to. This time I managed a reasonably flat plateau from FC to SC and a good 10 mins from FC to near SC.

Beans: look about CS10, maybe next time end a bit earlier. Nice uniform roast. Will taste mid next week.

Mike

Looks like you are improving on your profile quickly mike - well done! The Cafezinho Bourbon is a great bean to roast - look forward to hearing the reports.

600gm PNG Wahgi amb temp 29.3* to first crack197* 12.00min through beginning of second crack 215* 18.17min.

Just roasted 500gm of Tanzanian nice easy bean to roast CS C9 lots of chaff but a nice even roast pulled at the beginning of second crack looking forward to these :D :D :D

250gm each of
PNG Wahgi AA - Start SC
Nicaragua Depilito Estate - RSC
Yemen Bani Ismail - RSC
Sulawesi Tana Torajah Kalosi - RSC

Really looking forward to getting into the Yemen after all reports

Did some roasting this morning

480 gr of Honduras La Central SHG
480 gr of Ethiopian Harrar Longberry
550 gr of Sumatra Blue Linton

KK

Roasted mid Day to day ambient temp 28.5* 550gr Nicaragua Dipilto to second crack.

550gr Ethiopian Kuza to rolling second crack ambient temp 32*

Big week pre Christmas.

625g of each of the following

harrar
wahgi
Tanzanian
Sulawesi torajah
and another wahgi :)

On Saturday, roasted

400gr Tanzanian Peaberry
400gr Columbian la Piramade

The peaberry is an incredibly small bean, about 1/2 - 2/3 the size of a normal coffee bean.

I was a bit naughty and have opened up the bag on the tanzanian, the most wonderful floral notes, looking forward to trying it