The beans arrived this morning so it was with extreme excited nervousness I set everything up ready to go.

First up, which bean to try. I got 4 kilos of green a kilo each of Sumatran, Columbian Excelso, Yirgacheffe and Harrar. Opted for the Columbian (I just couldnt bring myself to risk ruining any of the Ethiopian first up).
Set up and weighed out 250gr of the Columbian. I was quite surprised how small the bean looked yet how big the pile of 250gr looked in the bowl

Next shot is about 3 - 4 minutes into the roast. The breadmaker stopped for a few seconds every minute or so for the first few minutes, then just kept going full steam ahead.

Heard the first crack at 5.40 with a few snaps every second or 2, then it really got cranking at around 7.15. I backed the heat off the heat gun for the next minute or so, then cranked it back up. Smoke started to appear at 9.25 so I pulled the beans, as I was getting the pan out of the BM, I heard what I guess was 2nd crack just starting (like rice bubbles crackling)
Cooling the beans just tipping them from one seive to the colander and back again infront of the fan. Seemed to work well enough, dropping them down to luke warm fairly quickly.

250gr of green turned into around 220g or so of Brown, so weight loss seems to be within norms (I guess).

And finally, the end product. I spotted a few "lighter" beans in the mix, but overall they seemed to be pretty uniform. No oily sheen or anything like that. I dont know what roast it would be classed as

Off to try the Sumartran now. Cant believe I didnt try this earlier. I dont have temp probe or really, any real clue as to what the beans "should be" like or if I am totally ballsing it up, but its extremely fun.
Sen

First up, which bean to try. I got 4 kilos of green a kilo each of Sumatran, Columbian Excelso, Yirgacheffe and Harrar. Opted for the Columbian (I just couldnt bring myself to risk ruining any of the Ethiopian first up).
Set up and weighed out 250gr of the Columbian. I was quite surprised how small the bean looked yet how big the pile of 250gr looked in the bowl

Next shot is about 3 - 4 minutes into the roast. The breadmaker stopped for a few seconds every minute or so for the first few minutes, then just kept going full steam ahead.

Heard the first crack at 5.40 with a few snaps every second or 2, then it really got cranking at around 7.15. I backed the heat off the heat gun for the next minute or so, then cranked it back up. Smoke started to appear at 9.25 so I pulled the beans, as I was getting the pan out of the BM, I heard what I guess was 2nd crack just starting (like rice bubbles crackling)
Cooling the beans just tipping them from one seive to the colander and back again infront of the fan. Seemed to work well enough, dropping them down to luke warm fairly quickly.

250gr of green turned into around 220g or so of Brown, so weight loss seems to be within norms (I guess).

And finally, the end product. I spotted a few "lighter" beans in the mix, but overall they seemed to be pretty uniform. No oily sheen or anything like that. I dont know what roast it would be classed as

Off to try the Sumartran now. Cant believe I didnt try this earlier. I dont have temp probe or really, any real clue as to what the beans "should be" like or if I am totally ballsing it up, but its extremely fun.
Sen







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