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  • benris
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    Sounds a lot like my first roasting efforts.

    Worth the perseverence though, when everything gets sorted and your drinking great coffee.

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  • hugz
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    Fine ladies and gentlemen of CS, I have just enjoyed my first few cups of coffee from my home roast.

    I used this spreadsheet as a temperature guide:
    http://coffeesnobs.com.au/YaBB.pl?num=1228795908

    I had already burnt 2 roasts to a crisp so I erred on the side of caution this time and pulled it probably a minute early. My lovely roasting partner (girlfriend) was having trouble keeping the temp stable and had the temp a bit low for a while, so it came out a bit light. Im still counting it as a major success Roast #2 today.

    I had all number of problems. First overheated the machine (as mentioned above), sigh, burnt roast.

    then spent about a day wiring it direct.
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    Then the basket was rattling itself loose and the paddle stopped turning. Sigh, burnt roast.

    and when securing it, I managed to kill the machine (turned out I was using the wrong screws, so the screws were working their way into the wiring.

    Fixed that and did a roast.. but the paddle stopped turning half way. It seems that the Bakelite bit of the paddle that connects to the D-shaft had MELTED. Sigh. Burnt roast.

    Bought an aluminium D-shaft bracket which now has a mechano paddle attached. I might make a better paddle someday, but it actually works better than the original one.

    Did a roast, but being my first proper roast I had NO IDEA when to stop. We couldnt hear second-crack so we just kept going until we could. We never heard it so eventually the garage was filled with smoke and I had a bowl of charcoal. I did some reading and learned that second crack can be hard to hear on a corretto.


    Since my first current roast is a bit underdone it tastes suitably acidic.
    /\/Next roast- today!


    hugz

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  • hugz
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    After much screwing around, my machine is fixed It now just runs 240v, everything else bypassed

    Now Ill just do some careful research on how to do a good roast and try again

    hugz

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  • trentski
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    Shouldnt there be a parrot there somewhere? ;D

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  • hugz
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    Ok, total failure.

    I was aiming around 200c to first crack at around 10ish mins, but I got cracking at 5 mins.

    Then at 10 mins the break-maker went into overheat operational failure and stopped operating. (apparently happens when it goes about 40c (wherever the internal sensor is

    Do I just bypass most of the internals so all it does is spin? It would also go into intermittent spin occasionally which I think caused burning.

    hellllppp

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  • Bean_Bear
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    Mmmm, I can see an unintended Rube Goldberg event here ;D.

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  • trentski
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    Originally posted by 64796B760C0 link=1309152829/14#14 date=1309312364
    hopefully the heat adjustment function will be enough to control it

    Have you considered putting the breadmaker on a car jack? Then you could raise and lower it as required ;D

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  • Mono
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    Yep, that certainly gets full marks for dodgyness and also for thinking outside of the square

    Steve

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  • hugz
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    Originally posted by 0D2A2E21100D2A2E3D4F0 link=1309152829/13#13 date=1309263985
    Originally posted by 2835273A400 link=1309152829/12#12 date=1309255856
    Ill just have to deal with a sore arm until I build a stand 

    Have you got a camera tripod? and some duct tape?
    Sorted Its just clamped to a table hopefully the heat adjustment function will be enough to control it

    I think we can all agree that the setup is dodgy enough to be a legit corretto rig

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  • Bean_Bear
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    Originally posted by 2835273A400 link=1309152829/12#12 date=1309255856
    Ill just have to deal with a sore arm until I build a stand

    Have you got a camera tripod? and some duct tape?

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  • hugz
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    Peru is on its way Just picked up a heat gun now. Bread maker and temp-sensor are on standby and Ill just have to deal with a sore arm until I build a stand

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  • sidewayss
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    Peru and PNG beans are easy to roast and tastes great.
    Usually i would suggest a batch of Brazilian for those trying out roasting for first time as they are affordable, but if you feel like you can trust your own instinct, and corettos are easy enough to get the hang of it, then go for the Peru and PNG.

    Enjoy your joys of roasting. Theres nothing like coffee brewed from beans you have roasted yourself.

    Gary at G

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  • Dimal
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    All of the Papua New Guinea beans that Andy sources are good, straight forward roasters too...

    Costa Rica Tarrazu is a goodn as are most of our Central American beans except perhaps the Strictly Hard Bean (SHB) or Strictly High Grown (SHG) as they can demand a bit more attention.

    Good quality South American beans are pretty straight forward too (such as the Peru referred to above). My favourites are good quality Colombian and Bolivian beans.

    Well graded and processed Ethiopian Yirgacheffe is probably the pick of African beans where ease of roasting is concerned and terrific quality in the cup. If you can source some high quality Rwanda or Uganda beans, these are not too difficult to get great results from.

    Lots of options.... 8-)

    Mal.

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  • phrostyboi
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    Ill put in another vote for the peru, could almost roast it with your eyes closed

    Any Nicaraguan bean ive always found very easy to get a nice roast out of, should also mention the mexico and vietnam currently available in beanbay as well

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  • Bean_Bear
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    +1 for the Peru, its an excellent bean to start with (great one to drink as well).

    There are likely to be lots of CSers out there who would love to share their roasting passion with you. May be worth updating your profile with your location, Im sure there will be lots of Brisbanians who will be happy to help you.

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