Not content with the knowledge that you can only sucessfully roast about 1/2cup of green beans in a popper (what I learned from watching a YouTube vid :
),. I just had to challenge that recommended amount didnt I?..(like as if folk hadnt already tried larger amounts and there wasnt good reason for the limit phrrrt) In my defence,.. I never read or heard why such a small amount was recommended,..erm though in hindsight...
Anyway,. Im trying to establish a good roast-for-consumption balance because of an extreme fear of running out of roasted beans yet again
,...I decided to do two larger roasts this morning (I didnt learn from the first roast, and had to make the mistake twice for it to sink in).
I like to live dangerously *snort*,..and thought, if Im going to increase the amount per roast,..why waste time adding just a few extra beans,.. I might as well double it and tossed a full cup of CS Blend into the popper.
Here are the reasons you should not roast a full cup of grean beans in the popper.
1. The beans will not rotate on their own and the beans at the bottom will burn quickly
2. The beans will expand to overflowing and push the chimney out.
3. Hot beans will come to the top of the popper where there is plastic.
4. Roasts will be very uneven.
5. Because they are roasting so unevenly,..second crack begins for some beens while 1st crack is still happening for others which makes the whole roast and time to pull confusing.
Even though I was somewhat stupid in doing this,. I was a little prepared. I had a long handled SS utensil that I used to stir the beans continually, however the first roast was still very uneven despite this,.with the variation in bean colour after roast ranging from one or two beans at CS3 right up to about 15 beans at CS12,..not good. I picked out the oily looking CS12 and some CS11 as well as the CS3-4 and tossed them. Overall,.. what I have left looks more even-ish but I think that I will see quite a bit of oil coming out of a good percentage of these beens in a few days time.
Next roast was PNG peaberry. I cup again,.and a more concentrated effort in stirring resulted in a slightly more even roast, however I almost lost it as the roast darkened so quickly, and I needed to toss out about a tablespoon of dark oily beans before I was happy with the look of the roast. Even then I think it may be too dark overall. How oily is too oily?,.. if oil is present on some of the beans right after roast,.. are they still drinkable or already gone too far and should be tossed? What I have left in this roast is mostly CS8 to CS10,.with a sprinkle of CS11.
So,..it took me until the second roast to see that although the overflowing thing and pushing out the chimney was annoying (originally thought I could mod something to fix that little problem),.. it also meant I could possible melt the top plastic section of the popper *sigh* so reason enough not to do this amount again.
Oh well,.. some of us have to learn by doing,.. and at least I have almost two full cups of roasted beans, albeit probably end up a little more oily than I would like.
),. I just had to challenge that recommended amount didnt I?..(like as if folk hadnt already tried larger amounts and there wasnt good reason for the limit phrrrt) In my defence,.. I never read or heard why such a small amount was recommended,..erm though in hindsight...Anyway,. Im trying to establish a good roast-for-consumption balance because of an extreme fear of running out of roasted beans yet again
,...I decided to do two larger roasts this morning (I didnt learn from the first roast, and had to make the mistake twice for it to sink in). I like to live dangerously *snort*,..and thought, if Im going to increase the amount per roast,..why waste time adding just a few extra beans,.. I might as well double it and tossed a full cup of CS Blend into the popper.

Here are the reasons you should not roast a full cup of grean beans in the popper.
1. The beans will not rotate on their own and the beans at the bottom will burn quickly
2. The beans will expand to overflowing and push the chimney out.
3. Hot beans will come to the top of the popper where there is plastic.
4. Roasts will be very uneven.
5. Because they are roasting so unevenly,..second crack begins for some beens while 1st crack is still happening for others which makes the whole roast and time to pull confusing.
Even though I was somewhat stupid in doing this,. I was a little prepared. I had a long handled SS utensil that I used to stir the beans continually, however the first roast was still very uneven despite this,.with the variation in bean colour after roast ranging from one or two beans at CS3 right up to about 15 beans at CS12,..not good. I picked out the oily looking CS12 and some CS11 as well as the CS3-4 and tossed them. Overall,.. what I have left looks more even-ish but I think that I will see quite a bit of oil coming out of a good percentage of these beens in a few days time.
Next roast was PNG peaberry. I cup again,.and a more concentrated effort in stirring resulted in a slightly more even roast, however I almost lost it as the roast darkened so quickly, and I needed to toss out about a tablespoon of dark oily beans before I was happy with the look of the roast. Even then I think it may be too dark overall. How oily is too oily?,.. if oil is present on some of the beans right after roast,.. are they still drinkable or already gone too far and should be tossed? What I have left in this roast is mostly CS8 to CS10,.with a sprinkle of CS11.
So,..it took me until the second roast to see that although the overflowing thing and pushing out the chimney was annoying (originally thought I could mod something to fix that little problem),.. it also meant I could possible melt the top plastic section of the popper *sigh* so reason enough not to do this amount again.

Oh well,.. some of us have to learn by doing,.. and at least I have almost two full cups of roasted beans, albeit probably end up a little more oily than I would like.

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