Oh boy!
Using Peru, because Andy told me it is a good, even bean to start with. First, I tried the popper, with chimney. Going by Alan Frew’s site (on Imax) he suggested 80gr for a popper, so that’s what I tried. I think it worked out OK (tell, you when I tasted it.) Got all worried, out on the balcony, started spitting with rain. It took 4.20 minutes to get to first crack (I think that was first crack ;D) then another 7.10 to get to second ( [smiley=undecided.gif]??) I turned it off another 40 seconds later. Pretty happy, although I have no idea if it’s OK or not.
OK, I will now attempt to send picture - no idea if this will work
[img]C:/\/Documents and Settings/\/Judy Bednar/\/My Documents/\/Coffee/\/First Roast.jpg[/img]
I have more photos to send, but try this first, nearly sure it wont work.
Then, the sun came out again, so decided to give Imax a try. Again, following Alan’s advice, I put in 140 gr.
Now here’s where the problem starts.
(I remember reading someone having similar problems, but can’t find the post) Again, following Alan’s advice, set it for 10 minutes. NOTHING! Machine hardly gets warm. Coffee’s hardly moving. When it had nearly finished the 10 minutes, I switched it off, had another look, incase I somehow missed some packing material, (a tiny curved wire fell out, no idea where from) put the coffee back and switched it to maximum. Nothing! Decided to forget about possible smoke, took it into the kitchen, figuring the extension cord may be the cause, put the kitchen exhaust on and put it back to full time again. Realising that there was no chance of me hearing any cracks, what with the noise of Imax AND the exhaust, I stood and waited. Noted that machine was still not too hot to touch, neither was the coffee. Hardly any chaff. (I have photos of this ;D) At one stage, I put a white tissue under the chaff, to make the photo better, then forgot to take it out. I came in the office to upload the photos, while the machine was going (long since stopped worrying about the coffee burning) When I went back, I realised that the tissue was in there all that time – no fire!
Also, having emptied the first lot of chaff, there was hardly any more to mention. After more then an hour all told, I have now given up. A couple of the beans have changed colour slightly, but most haven’t What am I doing wrong?
BTW, should I toss these beans, or would they still be OK to roast?
P.S. Could someone please tell me how to send images? I have decided to try another way, hope this will work http://s17.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2...73CVYGFVOGQLDD
Maybe not, just tried it, it said page is experiencing difficulties
Using Peru, because Andy told me it is a good, even bean to start with. First, I tried the popper, with chimney. Going by Alan Frew’s site (on Imax) he suggested 80gr for a popper, so that’s what I tried. I think it worked out OK (tell, you when I tasted it.) Got all worried, out on the balcony, started spitting with rain. It took 4.20 minutes to get to first crack (I think that was first crack ;D) then another 7.10 to get to second ( [smiley=undecided.gif]??) I turned it off another 40 seconds later. Pretty happy, although I have no idea if it’s OK or not.
OK, I will now attempt to send picture - no idea if this will work

[img]C:/\/Documents and Settings/\/Judy Bednar/\/My Documents/\/Coffee/\/First Roast.jpg[/img]
I have more photos to send, but try this first, nearly sure it wont work.
Then, the sun came out again, so decided to give Imax a try. Again, following Alan’s advice, I put in 140 gr.
Now here’s where the problem starts.
(I remember reading someone having similar problems, but can’t find the post) Again, following Alan’s advice, set it for 10 minutes. NOTHING! Machine hardly gets warm. Coffee’s hardly moving. When it had nearly finished the 10 minutes, I switched it off, had another look, incase I somehow missed some packing material, (a tiny curved wire fell out, no idea where from) put the coffee back and switched it to maximum. Nothing! Decided to forget about possible smoke, took it into the kitchen, figuring the extension cord may be the cause, put the kitchen exhaust on and put it back to full time again. Realising that there was no chance of me hearing any cracks, what with the noise of Imax AND the exhaust, I stood and waited. Noted that machine was still not too hot to touch, neither was the coffee. Hardly any chaff. (I have photos of this ;D) At one stage, I put a white tissue under the chaff, to make the photo better, then forgot to take it out. I came in the office to upload the photos, while the machine was going (long since stopped worrying about the coffee burning) When I went back, I realised that the tissue was in there all that time – no fire!
Also, having emptied the first lot of chaff, there was hardly any more to mention. After more then an hour all told, I have now given up. A couple of the beans have changed colour slightly, but most haven’t What am I doing wrong? BTW, should I toss these beans, or would they still be OK to roast?
P.S. Could someone please tell me how to send images? I have decided to try another way, hope this will work http://s17.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2...73CVYGFVOGQLDD
Maybe not, just tried it, it said page is experiencing difficulties


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