Today had some redeeming features - namely the green beans from bean bay arrived!
So I decided to do a roast. As you can see from the pictures below, I did not get a very even roast - Im thinking that I may need to reduce the quantity of beans in the machine.
The other thing is that I dont think I roasted them long enough. I pulled the second roast at 2:30 as I was getting a bit freaked out by the colour of some of the beans, and I got a few that were fairly black and two that seemed to have a slight oily sheen.
I may also have to get up really early and do it during the cool morning (until winter returns) just to get a lower ambient temperature and that will helpfully slow down the process.
Started by measuring out two 80gm lots of the Peru Ceja de Selva Estate

Got my little roasting area all set up.

Cooling down one of the batches (after the colander warmed up)

The finished product
Roast 1:


Roast 2:


Larger pics available at http://mallie.smugmug.com/Food/Coffee/First-Coffee-Pop/
So I decided to do a roast. As you can see from the pictures below, I did not get a very even roast - Im thinking that I may need to reduce the quantity of beans in the machine.
The other thing is that I dont think I roasted them long enough. I pulled the second roast at 2:30 as I was getting a bit freaked out by the colour of some of the beans, and I got a few that were fairly black and two that seemed to have a slight oily sheen.
I may also have to get up really early and do it during the cool morning (until winter returns) just to get a lower ambient temperature and that will helpfully slow down the process.
Started by measuring out two 80gm lots of the Peru Ceja de Selva Estate

Got my little roasting area all set up.

Cooling down one of the batches (after the colander warmed up)

The finished product
Roast 1:


Roast 2:


Larger pics available at http://mallie.smugmug.com/Food/Coffee/First-Coffee-Pop/




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