just roasted these out the back for a try, never tried bowl and spoon method before.
beans Ethiopian Yirgacheffe from beanbay
estimate 250-300 grams (i dont have scales)
roast took around 15 mins 1st crack i think around 10ish
to make it easy i used my old homebrew bottle capper as a HG stand.
ryobi heat gun from tool box, 1800 watt two settings high and low
i used high for the whole roast, apart from right at the end to just take them into 2nd crack a bit
seemed very easy easy to hear 1st and 2nd crack, 2nd was "pre-empted" by a fair amount of smoke started coming off.
will ad a fan to blow chaff away a bit for next roast as the odd bit blew into the gun for a tracer effect
pics
set up

post roast cooled

beans close up, 1 flash 1 no flash pic


here is a compasision of the same beans roasted at Saturdays Sydney meet up in Hazchems Gene cafe, beans on left from gene cafe, notice 2 beans on right (todays) in the middle section about 6 beans down have little "pot holes" i picked these out to show them but could not see many in the fresh roast.

they look good to me (not much experience home roasting)
best part was this was so easy...... hope they taste good
Leeham
beans Ethiopian Yirgacheffe from beanbay
estimate 250-300 grams (i dont have scales)
roast took around 15 mins 1st crack i think around 10ish
to make it easy i used my old homebrew bottle capper as a HG stand.
ryobi heat gun from tool box, 1800 watt two settings high and low
i used high for the whole roast, apart from right at the end to just take them into 2nd crack a bit
seemed very easy easy to hear 1st and 2nd crack, 2nd was "pre-empted" by a fair amount of smoke started coming off.
will ad a fan to blow chaff away a bit for next roast as the odd bit blew into the gun for a tracer effect

pics
set up

post roast cooled

beans close up, 1 flash 1 no flash pic


here is a compasision of the same beans roasted at Saturdays Sydney meet up in Hazchems Gene cafe, beans on left from gene cafe, notice 2 beans on right (todays) in the middle section about 6 beans down have little "pot holes" i picked these out to show them but could not see many in the fresh roast.

they look good to me (not much experience home roasting)
best part was this was so easy...... hope they taste good

Leeham









the video heads are interesting but, the electromagnetic drive system and magnets have been kept as they might prove interesting.
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