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  • Tiger Mountain in the Gene

    Hi all,

    Roasted up some Indian Tiger Mountain for the first time the other day - 223 on the Gene as per my normal starting point. Interesting thing was that it took 21 minutes to get to a CS9 roast level, rather than the roughly 17 minutes that would take me for most other beans in the past. A second batch for someone else confirmed that this was repeatable. First crack was not that much later than normal, the roast just seemed to progress much more slowly beyond that point.

    Is this the general experience with these beans? I guess Ill know when I next roast a different bean whether something else is at work, but I was curious about others experiences.

    Ciao,

    Dennis

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    Re: Tiger Mountain in the Gene

    Hiya,

    Fwiw in my BM/TO the ITM took longer to SC (12min) than Rwandan Cyangugu (10.30 or so), and shorter than Brazil Peaberry (14min or so).

    This was just blasting at full temp (250C, measured at around 240C when empty) from a preheat setting of 200C I think.

    -Paul

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    • #3
      Re: Tiger Mountain in the Gene

      Thanks Paul, at least theres one other data point indicating it may be slower than some!

      Cheers,

      Dennis

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      • #4
        Re: Tiger Mountain in the Gene

        In my GC I didnt notice any real difference with this bean.
        I have been doing 300g roasts set at maximum temperature (really only gets to around 232C though).
        A roast is finished in around 17 minutes. I really like the Tiger mountain.

        The only bean I have noticed something different with has been the Peru Segundu, which was all over very quickly in 14mins ... I have only done one roast of that - so to be confirmed.

        I have sinced changed my roasting technique and now setting temperature at 230C which seems to give a little longer between first and second crack ... rather than have the machine run flat out not achieving set point. Have yet to try the ITM with this technique.

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