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  • Dimal
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    Re: Which crack???

    Hi Steve,

    Have you installed the Chimney on your popper as yet? If so, you might have to give consideration to reducing your batch sizes a bit. Try just 10 grams at a time until you can hear a distinct quiet period between the finish of 1st and the start of 2nd. If you are set on getting a new popper, those Breville "Crazy Poppers" seem to be pretty good..... another member has been roasting upwards of 250 grams per batch in his . All the best,

    Mal.

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  • steve
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    Which crack???

    Ive been roasting quite a few batches now and I thought I was getting used to the roast times in the popper.
    Tonight I roasted two different beans from the latest poll, the Sumatran Mandheling and the Peru Chanchamayo and I couldnt tell whether I was at first or second crack...

    My roasts normally take about 6 minutes, but this time from 4 minutes the beans continually cracked for a minute and started looking quite dark. When I stopped the roast I had some dark and some light beans. This happened for both roasts.
    I am wondering if it is due to too many beans in the popper (150g)? I have been doing 120-150 and not had the problem before.

    I ground a blend of the two up along with some panamarian & mogiana I had and it tasted good. I could taste that at least some of the beans were probably just after first crack.

    I might go looking for a cooler popper so my roasts actually pass the 5 minute mark.
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