I did a 400 gram roast today in the BM. My own Costalumbian I pre blend.
All went well, although under trying circumstances.
At the end of the day I decided to weigh the lovely coffee beans after taking in their delectable aroma and proudly staring at them for a while, as one does. Well a CS anyway 8-)
Shock horror! [smiley=evil.gif]
They now weighed only 336 grams!! [smiley=huh.gif] which equals a 16% loss to chaff/smoke/steam? etc
Now in all the roasts I have done previously I knew they lost weight, but never thought to weigh them post roast. And I thought Id been going through great quantities of beans in the last few weeks. Apparently not quite so much.
So there ya go ...........
Belinda
All went well, although under trying circumstances.
At the end of the day I decided to weigh the lovely coffee beans after taking in their delectable aroma and proudly staring at them for a while, as one does. Well a CS anyway 8-)
Shock horror! [smiley=evil.gif]
They now weighed only 336 grams!! [smiley=huh.gif] which equals a 16% loss to chaff/smoke/steam? etc
Now in all the roasts I have done previously I knew they lost weight, but never thought to weigh them post roast. And I thought Id been going through great quantities of beans in the last few weeks. Apparently not quite so much.

So there ya go ...........
Belinda


Im getting better with that now though, with a 400g roast of the PNG peaberry from the last poll coming out around 330g.
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