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  • greenman
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    Congrats on first roast forneva I guarantee once you taste your home roasted beans and the satisfaction of knowing that you roasted these babies you will be hooked like the rest of us CSers who home roast.
    I started on a popper but one day I decided to do 5 roasts on-end and I killed the poor little B&D so Corretto came on the scene for me.
    Good luck with your roasting and coffee journey....................................gm

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  • Remy
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    Oh no!... youre hooked now! ;D

    Looks like a nice even roast youve done too forneva,..well done ! aaaaand..welcome to the forum!!!!!

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  • forneva
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    Originally posted by Thundergod link=1206440404/0#4 date=1206446396
    Good job!

    Even though first cracks a bit fast (to be expected), second crack was a good 6 minutes away.

    You dont need any holes in the chimney; the few you have wont hurt I suppose.

    Your popper seems to sit flush with the table.
    Where was the air originally trying to get in from?
    I suggest raising the popper if it will get more air in from underneath.
    This will slow down first crack.
    If second crack takes longer than 6 minutes after that youll have to partially block the chimney a bit, temporarily, to ramp up the heat and induce second crack.
    A piece of would over the top usually works.
    I had the popper sitting on an upside-down bowl, but yeah it draws air in from underneath so I thought that might help the intake airflow... And thanks for the advice about ramping up the heat to second crack, will have to give it a go!

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  • Thundergod
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    Good job!

    Even though first cracks a bit fast (to be expected), second crack was a good 6 minutes away.

    You dont need any holes in the chimney; the few you have wont hurt I suppose.

    Your popper seems to sit flush with the table.
    Where was the air originally trying to get in from?
    I suggest raising the popper if it will get more air in from underneath.
    This will slow down first crack.
    If second crack takes longer than 6 minutes after that youll have to partially block the chimney a bit, temporarily, to ramp up the heat and induce second crack.
    A piece of would over the top usually works.

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  • martybean
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    Great first up effort forneva.
    Now the fun begins,working out the flavours and what you can do different to make it better etc,etc,etc........

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  • scooter
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    Looks good forneva, nice even roast.

    Its a buzz, isnt it !


    Cheers..................Sean

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  • forneva
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    And heres the end result:

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  • forneva
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    My First Roast, #519373

    Hi everyone, Ive been a reasonably long-time reader of CoffeeSnobs, and have decided its time to make my first post!

    I have a sunbeam em6910 and until now recently thought that roasting my own beans was just too hard, too much effort. But reading through dozens of threads about home roasting here on CS has whet by appetite, and it wasnt long before I found myself off to buy a Cascade Popcorn Popper from the Warehouse and a can of pineapple juice for a chimney, and to get myself a CS starter pack!

    Even before my first roast Id read about all the mods you can do to poppers to help slow the roasts, so I managed to remove the top section of the body from my machine. And I also reasoned that the more airflow through the machine while roasting the better, so out with the drill to make holes in the body of the popper and the chimney!

    My first roast was 100g of Panama Corsa beans, with 1st crack occurring at 4:30 and roasted to start of rolling 2nd crack at 10:30 (hehe, feels weird to use the lingo for the first time!) It looked good, so into some one-way valve bags it was for a seven day wait! And upon tasting I must say I was surprised how good it tasted, for a simple popcorn popper roasting! I think Im gonna have some fun with the whole roasting experience in the future!

    Cheers,
    forneva

    Oh and heres a pic of my holey roaster, I took some pics and felt like I should share them with someone :


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