Hi All,
Joined a few weeks ago but this is my first post. Bought a La Spaziale grinder from Chris at Talk Coffee last week and it does a fantastic job. Will make a post in the relevant forum about it when I have used it a bit more. Today I purchased a Crazy Popper from RetraVision and had a go at roasting. It seems to work extremely well. The whole process only lasted about 5 mins 30 sec and there was alot of cracking between the 3 min 10 sec and the 4 min 10 sec mark though I didnt detect the 2nd crack stage (went by colour). I started with 78 g of green beans which is one scoop full (the scoop that comes with it) and the dry weight at the end was 66 g - a 15% moisture loss which seems consistent with what others here have reported. Will try a chimney modification next time and see how that goes.
We also have a Panasonic breadmaker (which we do use for making bread) and I have a Ryobi heat gun so was thinking I might also try the Coretto method. Most of the posts I have read seem to indicate people obtain a 2nd-hand bread machine dedicated for roasting but some pictures show the heat gun clamped directly over the bread tin (no hole drilled in side) so I was wondering if it is safe to use the good household breadmaker or is the heat gun likely to do some damage that might render it unsuitable for baking bread ??
Thanks
Chris
Joined a few weeks ago but this is my first post. Bought a La Spaziale grinder from Chris at Talk Coffee last week and it does a fantastic job. Will make a post in the relevant forum about it when I have used it a bit more. Today I purchased a Crazy Popper from RetraVision and had a go at roasting. It seems to work extremely well. The whole process only lasted about 5 mins 30 sec and there was alot of cracking between the 3 min 10 sec and the 4 min 10 sec mark though I didnt detect the 2nd crack stage (went by colour). I started with 78 g of green beans which is one scoop full (the scoop that comes with it) and the dry weight at the end was 66 g - a 15% moisture loss which seems consistent with what others here have reported. Will try a chimney modification next time and see how that goes.
We also have a Panasonic breadmaker (which we do use for making bread) and I have a Ryobi heat gun so was thinking I might also try the Coretto method. Most of the posts I have read seem to indicate people obtain a 2nd-hand bread machine dedicated for roasting but some pictures show the heat gun clamped directly over the bread tin (no hole drilled in side) so I was wondering if it is safe to use the good household breadmaker or is the heat gun likely to do some damage that might render it unsuitable for baking bread ??
Thanks
Chris


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