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I have done 3 decaf roasts and they are harder to roast IMHO (different animal altogether) they are already a different colour to start with so visually its harder to spot the stages, they also seem to roast alot quicker.
Personally and I am a newbie I find Brazil seems to roast evenly and without too much trouble even in the Popper.
Decaf beans behave totally differently to normal beans and require a lot of attention to roast properly and I would also recommend against starting out with these. Any of the good Central Americans except the really high grown stuff, are fairly good to learn on; same with some of the Indian varieties such as Tiger Mountain or Mysore Nuggets, etc; several PNG varieties too. Id leave the softer beans such as the better Brazil and Colombians out of the picture for the time being as these also require more attention in order to get the best out of them.
Answer is no just more hands on however
I suggest the heat gun and stainless steel bowl method
But start with a standard bean first up, and when confident give the decaf a try ( I have not roasted decaf ) so cant comment
P.S. I trust Mals recommendation
I dont ask any questions on roasting myself because I get most of my info from other posts and Mals recommendations are spot on
KK
Ive been pan roasting for a couple of years now; Im way too lazy to bother setting up a heatgun setup (but mostly I just dont like the idea of the kids running around and getting burnt); I am sure Id get a better quality roast but pan roasting is easy, quick and cheap.
All I have is one of those $15 butane burners, an old stockpot (about say 20cm diameter), a good sized yet very comfortable whisk (a tuperware one actually haha).. and thats it!
The trick is to keep the temp REAL low, very low flame, for the first 10 minutes or so.. youll be thinking that youre getting no where and its taking forever, but its really important because if you have too much heat youll sear the outside of the beans and your roast will end up tasting a bit burnt.
Ive done a big post on it somewhere before, so you should try some searches..
I usually roast about 350grams, some times more some times less. The most Ive done is about 600.. most of the time I have first crack at around 18 minutes, and wrap the roast up not long after first crack to prevent any burning.
I can take a photo of my roasts some time if itll help you; otherwise, let us know how you go ay!
Cheers!
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