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  • Dimal
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    Way to go shifter... [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

    Sounds like your quest is definitely on its way, with the proof of the quality of your roasts, well and truly underlined. You might become a very busy home-roaster once the word gets out....

    Mal.

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  • shapeshifter
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    We realised today that one, the Bourbon, that we thought was a not so good roast is actually something that my OH loves, its not bitter or burnt, but it was roasted to C10 easily.  His view was a long chocolately taste.  I was amazed it actually turned out alright to drink and it made a lier of me that we only like the lighter roasts.

    Oh and he now wants to try black coffee, how about that for converting someone.  He also wants to invite his mother over to have her taste some real coffee.  ;D

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  • shapeshifter
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    Latest roast was 15 minutes, I did the Gambella, and although it turned out a little on the toasty side, it wasnt overly dark so popped it away and OH tried it today, he said it wasnt half bad, we do like the Ethiopians though

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  • shapeshifter
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    ROFL I tell you what if anyone can do that at home my OH can, bit scary some of the ideas he has

    WM it was originally just a separation of heat and fan with their own controls but it wasnt consistent enough, I got a few 12 minute roasts but majority were still in the four to six minute range.

    Once its in its box Ill have a full thread up on it, weve now done four test roasts, two turned out great the other two not so great but that was us playing with settings, just working on a power supply to put within the box

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  • emckissock
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    Re: Is a 22 minute roast too long from a popper?

    Originally posted by 58434A5B4E5843424D5F4E592B0 link=1302747980/15#15 date=1302865545
    Not just modified Mal, it has its own computer 
    Not a HAL9000 I hope.

    Would be interested to know all the details of your set up. I seem to remember you had a thread a while back for the mods and it used to be fairly straightforward heat and fan power control, but dont remember any mention of a computer.

    I just got hold of a multi tap transformer, so have added more popper mods to my ever growing list of projects. Im always interested in others ideas.

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  • shapeshifter
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    ;D ummm Mal that was part of the name we came up with originally for it but changed it to something else ;D

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  • Dimal
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    Sounds like it is a Franken-Popper if there ever was one.... ;D

    Mal.

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  • shapeshifter
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    Not just modified Mal, it has its own computer 

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  • Dimal
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    shifter has a modified popper by the way....

    Mal.

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  • emckissock
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    You are unlikely to manage these kind of roast times, unless you have a modified popper.
    There are several threads on tweaking poppers to provide more control, but a recent one is at:
    http://coffeesnobs.com.au/YaBB.pl?num=1292323422

    I have had quite good results just adding a triac based power controller on the input cable, but the best solution is to have separate heat and fan control.

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  • Steffen
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    Wow, 22 minutes! The longest I got with my Crazy Popper was 6 minutes, when it was really windy outside. Most times I cant even tell 1st from 2nd crack.

    I need to cool that thing down somehow...
    Cheers
    Steffen.

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  • hazbean
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    22 minutes is definitely on the long side, but could well be interesting. Ive had roasts of that length from the baby roaster, and from a steamer / wooden spoon combination that we used camping, which have turned out very well. One had a very pronounced honey-like aroma during grinding that was quite intriguing; it didnt carry over to the cup though. I think there is much different chemistry during these longer roasts that can sometimes work.

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  • shapeshifter
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    Time between first and second was 4 minutes.

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  • emckissock
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    Id be more concerned about time between first and second crack than total duration.
    Have had some sh#t 22.min roasts, but first crack ran straight into second. As long as you get a good gap between first and second, you should be ok, but you might want to shorten it a bit by ramping more quickly to first. I usually pull my popper roasts just before second at the moment, but that is just experimenting with flavours and brew methods.

    Russell - thanks for that info on linux. As my old
    laptop runs ubuntu, that will come in useful when I finally do get a datalogger.

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  • shapeshifter
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    Thanks Russell Ill have a look

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