Hi,
Well after purchasing 5kg or so of green beans several months ago I decided to bite the bullet today and try my first home roast.
Would greatly welcome feedback on it as I know theres a LOT I can improve.
Firstly and very quickly the hardware used worked reasonably well:
Breadmaker: Breville BB290
Heat Gun: Ozito 2000w (Bunnings)
Temperature monitor: Cheapo digital one from Deal Extreme (actually quite accurate).
Green Beans: 500g Brazilian Pulped Natural
The only modding I had to make to the breadmaker was to drill the hole in the side for the thermometer and remove the lid - which had a thin metal inner layer, which I removed to make a simple and very basic hood for the top.
1st crack was at around 8-9m, internal bean temp was ~210degrees.
I then was a tad unsure about how long I should be waiting for the second crack (which I beleive upon further reading should be aimed to be ~5mins after first?)
Anyway I had read.....quite possibly erroneously that after the first crack is completed to raise the temperate from 210 to about 230 for the second crack?
So I was trying to do this and the temperature started jumping up on me and I did panic a bit when there was a bit of smoke and so think I may have removed them prematurely with the temp maxing at about 225 after 13mins.
Cooling was a weakness that I was meaning to remedy last week and I had to get by with a large stainless steel colander and a large fan pointed on this - manually agitating the beans to cool.
Ive taken photos but they look a LOT lighter than they are IRL. During roasting my initial thoughts were Id burnt them....then after I thought no Id not left them long enough.....which is possibly what Im leaning at now.
I think my main mistake/s were heating the beans too quickly from 200 to 225 (I did that in about a minute!)......and then removing them from the roasting process probably about 2-3mins early.
Also my cooling was probably twice as long as it should have been!
Finished weight was 410g...now bagged in the lovely gold valved bags from the CS shop.
Anyway, welcome any feedback folks might have.......I found 1st crack very easy to hear (is it all over pretty quick though? Doesnt seem like every single bean POPS.....as I was expecting a popcorn type mass of cracking but it was far less individual popping)......also I was panicing Id not hear 2nd crack over the heatgun and plow through....
Is 2nd crack generally clearly audible? Or should I be paying less attention to this and more to hitting 1st crack at a set time period....9mins? And then getting to another set temperature by another set time AFTER first crack....eg 225-230 by 5mins?
Thank you very much in advance....
Nick
http://picasaweb.google.com.au/lh/photo/6fTDNpwFhg41YdyP356nyvehsaSwnt3u2syG1OajsHs?feat=d irectlink
http://picasaweb.google.com.au/lh/photo/cOzABJ0puWbvYZQHZbYjePehsaSwnt3u2syG1OajsHs?feat=d irectlink
PS Sorry I couldnt embed the image with Google web folders!
Well after purchasing 5kg or so of green beans several months ago I decided to bite the bullet today and try my first home roast.
Would greatly welcome feedback on it as I know theres a LOT I can improve.
Firstly and very quickly the hardware used worked reasonably well:
Breadmaker: Breville BB290
Heat Gun: Ozito 2000w (Bunnings)
Temperature monitor: Cheapo digital one from Deal Extreme (actually quite accurate).
Green Beans: 500g Brazilian Pulped Natural
The only modding I had to make to the breadmaker was to drill the hole in the side for the thermometer and remove the lid - which had a thin metal inner layer, which I removed to make a simple and very basic hood for the top.
1st crack was at around 8-9m, internal bean temp was ~210degrees.
I then was a tad unsure about how long I should be waiting for the second crack (which I beleive upon further reading should be aimed to be ~5mins after first?)
Anyway I had read.....quite possibly erroneously that after the first crack is completed to raise the temperate from 210 to about 230 for the second crack?
So I was trying to do this and the temperature started jumping up on me and I did panic a bit when there was a bit of smoke and so think I may have removed them prematurely with the temp maxing at about 225 after 13mins.
Cooling was a weakness that I was meaning to remedy last week and I had to get by with a large stainless steel colander and a large fan pointed on this - manually agitating the beans to cool.
Ive taken photos but they look a LOT lighter than they are IRL. During roasting my initial thoughts were Id burnt them....then after I thought no Id not left them long enough.....which is possibly what Im leaning at now.
I think my main mistake/s were heating the beans too quickly from 200 to 225 (I did that in about a minute!)......and then removing them from the roasting process probably about 2-3mins early.
Also my cooling was probably twice as long as it should have been!
Finished weight was 410g...now bagged in the lovely gold valved bags from the CS shop.
Anyway, welcome any feedback folks might have.......I found 1st crack very easy to hear (is it all over pretty quick though? Doesnt seem like every single bean POPS.....as I was expecting a popcorn type mass of cracking but it was far less individual popping)......also I was panicing Id not hear 2nd crack over the heatgun and plow through....
Is 2nd crack generally clearly audible? Or should I be paying less attention to this and more to hitting 1st crack at a set time period....9mins? And then getting to another set temperature by another set time AFTER first crack....eg 225-230 by 5mins?
Thank you very much in advance....
Nick
http://picasaweb.google.com.au/lh/photo/6fTDNpwFhg41YdyP356nyvehsaSwnt3u2syG1OajsHs?feat=d irectlink
http://picasaweb.google.com.au/lh/photo/cOzABJ0puWbvYZQHZbYjePehsaSwnt3u2syG1OajsHs?feat=d irectlink
PS Sorry I couldnt embed the image with Google web folders!




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