First Roast efforts: How do you know if mediocre flavor is roasting
technique or mediocre bean crop?
1. Third batch on my First Popcorn popper roast attempt
- Lions Gate Farms Kona green beans from their website
- first crack at 3m30s, finished at 5m10s
- first sound of second crack at 8m10s; immediately cooled beans
- probably Full City roast
- set aside 27 hours
- ground beans in new Costco Capresso burr grinder; make 4 cups to taste.
Id describe the taste as mild and flat, unexciting, no bitterness.
Wife said she detected an after-taste.
Q1: How do I know whether this disappointing experience is due to current
crop quality or my popcorn popper roasting Inexperience?
Q2: Advice for me as a NEWBIE roaster?
Q3. Advice for roasting KONA coffee?
Its been suggested I try to extend the time to first crack considerably
by modulating the heater coils power.
Jim
technique or mediocre bean crop?
1. Third batch on my First Popcorn popper roast attempt
- Lions Gate Farms Kona green beans from their website
- first crack at 3m30s, finished at 5m10s
- first sound of second crack at 8m10s; immediately cooled beans
- probably Full City roast
- set aside 27 hours
- ground beans in new Costco Capresso burr grinder; make 4 cups to taste.
Id describe the taste as mild and flat, unexciting, no bitterness.
Wife said she detected an after-taste.
Q1: How do I know whether this disappointing experience is due to current
crop quality or my popcorn popper roasting Inexperience?
Q2: Advice for me as a NEWBIE roaster?
Q3. Advice for roasting KONA coffee?
Its been suggested I try to extend the time to first crack considerably
by modulating the heater coils power.
Jim

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