Hi all
have been reading many a thread over the last couple of weeks here. Just thought i would say hi and share my first few ventures into home roasting.
From the age of 12 to 18 (currently 30) had a family small food business that included coffee. We generally got fresh beans every couple of weeks. I always remember it being pretty good.
I dont drink that much coffee these days, 2 - 4 cups a week. I got sick of the same same flavour associated with the supermarket stuff, i just use a small plunger, with a fairly course grind.
Bought 500g of beans to try from somewhere in melb, New Guinea A organic. Will prob try CS sampler sometime soon.
The following pics are of the few roasts i have done so far.
First 2 are 100g each roasted in small milk saucepan over gas flame. These were both around 4 - 5min first crack, pulled the first one at 7min, a little light, second one i let go till i heard the start of second crack around 8min.
First roast had a real light and zesty flavour, fair bit of acid that mellowed a little over a week. The second roast was a lot better, a bit more roast, less acid, so i ended up mixing these two together and it tastes ok, more interesting that bought beans and you can taste the freshness.
I scored a popper off ebay for $9, seems similiar to the kmart ones, 1200W. These 3 roasts were all 50g
Had a ceramic thermostat around the roasting/popping chamber for 180 degrees, i did not know this till i tried my first roast in it - 3rd pic, it stalled 3 times for way too long but i kept going anyway, first crack was at 1.30s though!!
So knowing this i drilled a million holes in the top and bottom cover, removed the thermostat and had another go.
This thing is an animal, black oily mess in 3.30s!
A bit disappointing...so i removed the top altogether and got the soldering iron out and melted holes all around the sides. Stopped where i did because the structural integrity was starting to decrease. I then added a pineapple juice tin for chimney, had to cut this up to get it fit, but used the old thermostat ring to hold it in place.
So the last pic is my most recent roast today, 6m in total, just starting to get into a rolling second crack. Pretty happy with how it looks, took a lot of work though, shaking the whole time on an angle and a few 1 - 2 sec on/offs while still shaking prior to first crack and after first crack.
Anyway going to taste the first 2 popper roasts, just to see, i think the best way to learn is to taste the stuff ups.
I am wishing i had just spent the extra $ on the crazy popper, this may still happen yet, but i am limited in the $ department.
Cheers





have been reading many a thread over the last couple of weeks here. Just thought i would say hi and share my first few ventures into home roasting.
From the age of 12 to 18 (currently 30) had a family small food business that included coffee. We generally got fresh beans every couple of weeks. I always remember it being pretty good.
I dont drink that much coffee these days, 2 - 4 cups a week. I got sick of the same same flavour associated with the supermarket stuff, i just use a small plunger, with a fairly course grind.
Bought 500g of beans to try from somewhere in melb, New Guinea A organic. Will prob try CS sampler sometime soon.
The following pics are of the few roasts i have done so far.
First 2 are 100g each roasted in small milk saucepan over gas flame. These were both around 4 - 5min first crack, pulled the first one at 7min, a little light, second one i let go till i heard the start of second crack around 8min.
First roast had a real light and zesty flavour, fair bit of acid that mellowed a little over a week. The second roast was a lot better, a bit more roast, less acid, so i ended up mixing these two together and it tastes ok, more interesting that bought beans and you can taste the freshness.
I scored a popper off ebay for $9, seems similiar to the kmart ones, 1200W. These 3 roasts were all 50g
Had a ceramic thermostat around the roasting/popping chamber for 180 degrees, i did not know this till i tried my first roast in it - 3rd pic, it stalled 3 times for way too long but i kept going anyway, first crack was at 1.30s though!!
So knowing this i drilled a million holes in the top and bottom cover, removed the thermostat and had another go.
This thing is an animal, black oily mess in 3.30s!
A bit disappointing...so i removed the top altogether and got the soldering iron out and melted holes all around the sides. Stopped where i did because the structural integrity was starting to decrease. I then added a pineapple juice tin for chimney, had to cut this up to get it fit, but used the old thermostat ring to hold it in place.
So the last pic is my most recent roast today, 6m in total, just starting to get into a rolling second crack. Pretty happy with how it looks, took a lot of work though, shaking the whole time on an angle and a few 1 - 2 sec on/offs while still shaking prior to first crack and after first crack.
Anyway going to taste the first 2 popper roasts, just to see, i think the best way to learn is to taste the stuff ups.
I am wishing i had just spent the extra $ on the crazy popper, this may still happen yet, but i am limited in the $ department.
Cheers







is the coretto. Plenty of those in your classified newspaper from your newsagency/supermarket counter. I bought a second breadmaker for only $25 from a circulation called "Quokka" here in Perth, and she looks like hardly being used.
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