Hi,
I am fairly new to coffee roasting. I have a fresh roast 8, and have done some successful roasts in a pot. I recently tried the corretto set up and was successful the first time. My second attempt wasnt. My set up:
(no pictures yet)
West Bend BM - dough cycle has 6 minute pulse 24 minute continuous.
Wagner Heat Gun (1200 Watt) two modes 750 and 1000.
Fan to blow the chaff.
The heat gun sits about 1 inch into the BM, about 5-6 inches above the beans. The lid to the BM is open.
My first roast (Brazil Yellow Bourbon) in this set up went ok. I let the BM pulse for the 6 minutes and then turned on the HG when it started to run continuously. I had a hard time hearing FC so I just went by the look. I ended the roast at 24 minutes, right when the dough cycle stopped. The roast looked good and tasted good the next day.
My second roast (Ethiopian Yirg) didnt seem to go as well. This time I turned the HG on low for about 3.5 minutes during the pulse cycle and then turned it on high when it started to continuously turn. Still could not hear FC so I had to go by sight again. I pulled the batch at around 24 minutes (including the 3.5 minutes on low heat). The beans looked ok (Not as dark as I wanted). I cooled them off and put them in a sealed glass jar. I also roasted some Yirg in my Fresh Roast 8 to compare. Both batches looked almost identical. The next morning I opened the jar that I did in the Corretto and noticed that it didnt have the same good smell that I am used to. It just didnt have much of a smell. I brewed it this morning (12 hours later) and it didnt taste so great. I will brew the Fresh Roast 8 roast later to compare. Is it common for the beans to not smell after sitting for 12 hours? Every other roast I have done has had that good fresh roasted coffee smell.
My concerns are that my HG isnt powerful enough. Or, my HG isnt close enough to the beans. It seems like the roast shouldnt take more than 20 minutes to complete (through SC). I really dont want to spend more money right now on a new HG, so I am hoping that it is my HG not being close enough to the beans. How close should it be?
Also, is it ok to turn the HG on high while the BM is pulsing?
Thanks for the help.
Tim
N.B.
Gday Tim,
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.
Thanks,
Mal.

I am fairly new to coffee roasting. I have a fresh roast 8, and have done some successful roasts in a pot. I recently tried the corretto set up and was successful the first time. My second attempt wasnt. My set up:
(no pictures yet)
West Bend BM - dough cycle has 6 minute pulse 24 minute continuous.
Wagner Heat Gun (1200 Watt) two modes 750 and 1000.
Fan to blow the chaff.
The heat gun sits about 1 inch into the BM, about 5-6 inches above the beans. The lid to the BM is open.
My first roast (Brazil Yellow Bourbon) in this set up went ok. I let the BM pulse for the 6 minutes and then turned on the HG when it started to run continuously. I had a hard time hearing FC so I just went by the look. I ended the roast at 24 minutes, right when the dough cycle stopped. The roast looked good and tasted good the next day.
My second roast (Ethiopian Yirg) didnt seem to go as well. This time I turned the HG on low for about 3.5 minutes during the pulse cycle and then turned it on high when it started to continuously turn. Still could not hear FC so I had to go by sight again. I pulled the batch at around 24 minutes (including the 3.5 minutes on low heat). The beans looked ok (Not as dark as I wanted). I cooled them off and put them in a sealed glass jar. I also roasted some Yirg in my Fresh Roast 8 to compare. Both batches looked almost identical. The next morning I opened the jar that I did in the Corretto and noticed that it didnt have the same good smell that I am used to. It just didnt have much of a smell. I brewed it this morning (12 hours later) and it didnt taste so great. I will brew the Fresh Roast 8 roast later to compare. Is it common for the beans to not smell after sitting for 12 hours? Every other roast I have done has had that good fresh roasted coffee smell.
My concerns are that my HG isnt powerful enough. Or, my HG isnt close enough to the beans. It seems like the roast shouldnt take more than 20 minutes to complete (through SC). I really dont want to spend more money right now on a new HG, so I am hoping that it is my HG not being close enough to the beans. How close should it be?
Also, is it ok to turn the HG on high while the BM is pulsing?
Thanks for the help.
Tim
N.B.
Gday Tim,
Welcome to CoffeeSnobs....[smiley=thumbsup.gif]
Can you keep image size to a maximum of 640(W)x480(H) pixels please mate? Larger images can slow down page loading considerably, especially for people with limited bandwidth connections.....

If you are unsure about how to easily resize your images, this link will hopefully assist
.Thanks,
Mal.


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