So the other day I decided that Id get into roasting my own beans. A quick trip to the breville 2nds outlet today got me a crazy popper and Ive ordered the starter pack from beanbay.
The only problem was that I had a shiny popper sitting in my room and at least a whole day or so to wait for the beanbay beans (patience may be the main issue here).
I decided to head down to Di Bartoli in Bondi Jn and pick up a kilo of Colombian Supremo to play with and here is my first effort. Two roasts of 100g each. One after the other.
A mentioned, I roasted with Breville Crazy Popper. I used a tin can chimney instead of the popper cover. Outside temp was about 19-20 degrees. I had a pedestal fan blowing across the popper the whole time.
I had trouble deciding when to call FC, RFC and SC for my timings, but Im sure this will come about with more practice.
The beans on the left (1) were the first attempt, and my timings were roughly as follows:
FC 3:03 RFC 4:45 SC 6:00
The beans on the right (2) were done about 5 mins after, so the popper was still warmish
FC 2:44 RFC 3:34 SC 5:42
These times might be wildly off. For example, the first batchs RFC, I had trouble deciding when an occasional crack became a rolling crack.
Anyway, both the batches look pretty similar in colour to my eye. Will wait a couple of days and give them a try. They already smell nice!


The only problem was that I had a shiny popper sitting in my room and at least a whole day or so to wait for the beanbay beans (patience may be the main issue here).
I decided to head down to Di Bartoli in Bondi Jn and pick up a kilo of Colombian Supremo to play with and here is my first effort. Two roasts of 100g each. One after the other.
A mentioned, I roasted with Breville Crazy Popper. I used a tin can chimney instead of the popper cover. Outside temp was about 19-20 degrees. I had a pedestal fan blowing across the popper the whole time.
I had trouble deciding when to call FC, RFC and SC for my timings, but Im sure this will come about with more practice.
The beans on the left (1) were the first attempt, and my timings were roughly as follows:
FC 3:03 RFC 4:45 SC 6:00
The beans on the right (2) were done about 5 mins after, so the popper was still warmish
FC 2:44 RFC 3:34 SC 5:42
These times might be wildly off. For example, the first batchs RFC, I had trouble deciding when an occasional crack became a rolling crack.
Anyway, both the batches look pretty similar in colour to my eye. Will wait a couple of days and give them a try. They already smell nice!




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