Hi All
Just finished my first roast ever in a brand new crazy popper. Very very cool. Would love some feedback on it.
A couple of questions:
1. Is the profile below typical?
2. I am pretty unsure if I heard the second crack, but the beans looked about right and I was getting some smoke. Does the timing / temp look about right?
3. The temperature started dropping when I at about 6.40. Is that a limitation of the roaster?
4. I melted the probe of the DMM (from the Coffeesnobs bean bay) - Is that normal. I had it suspended right into the bean, but not touching the sides. It had suspended with some wire which was obviously very hot as it also melted the lead. Where / How do you suspend it?
I have put the info below:
Ambient Temp 24.6
Minute Temp
1 91
2 173
3 198
4 215
5 227
6 234
FC 3.11
SC 6.55 (I Think!!!)
Thanks for any feedback
I have attached a pic of the roast. It was about 8/9 on the coffeesnobs card. I would be aiming at a espresso roast.
Rgds
Ben

Just finished my first roast ever in a brand new crazy popper. Very very cool. Would love some feedback on it.
A couple of questions:
1. Is the profile below typical?
2. I am pretty unsure if I heard the second crack, but the beans looked about right and I was getting some smoke. Does the timing / temp look about right?
3. The temperature started dropping when I at about 6.40. Is that a limitation of the roaster?
4. I melted the probe of the DMM (from the Coffeesnobs bean bay) - Is that normal. I had it suspended right into the bean, but not touching the sides. It had suspended with some wire which was obviously very hot as it also melted the lead. Where / How do you suspend it?
I have put the info below:
Ambient Temp 24.6
Minute Temp
1 91
2 173
3 198
4 215
5 227
6 234
FC 3.11
SC 6.55 (I Think!!!)
Thanks for any feedback
I have attached a pic of the roast. It was about 8/9 on the coffeesnobs card. I would be aiming at a espresso roast.
Rgds
Ben


Give it a day or two then make a few brews and see how they taste. If theyre a bit too bright then you could leave them go a bit longer to about a CS9-10, if not bright enough then aim for CS7-8 but I wouldnt go any lighter than that unless you are going to brew with a Plunger or Drip, etc.
. Woh! Stick it through the side cracks in the tin can, not too far down.
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