Behmor

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some results using the Behmor home roster

Ok Thought I would post some results using the Behmor home roster.. Ok I’m no Expert just got the machine just wanted to let you know what I’ve learnt as I have put this little baby through some serious action..
Things to be aware of ! The roast drum is flimsy I have had it welded where you open as it just fell off no biggy just be gentle think I got a little excited.
I have now experimented with all setting and the results are interesting. P2 with added time has given me the best results with ½ pound roasts. P3, use 1 pound on ungraded beans like the Ethiopians turned out ok. Trick is to focus on the roaster carefully, especially in the later part of the roast or else shizzles start to happen !

I learnt that the coffee continues to roast itself after the air cooling cycle starts. So You dont stop a roast on a time the coffee stays inside the drum for the cooling cycle You need to learn to anticipate this, and stop your roasts before your desired degree of roast. This is why the instructions with the Behmor is, "Dont exceed 10 seconds into 2nd crack."
Roasts will still have a bit of roast or heating time which you can shorten by opening the door and letting some air in and some heat out. Little tweaking is needed to cool the bean as its cooling system rather disappointing so I used a Vacuum and tweaked that little baby so she blows rather than sucks :P .. Attach it to one side it works fine..


Beans used and best results with the setting
PERU CEJA DE SELVA ESTATE ( 1 pound P2 with added time as its a nicely even graded bean results are superb ) results this little baby is a great blender.

BRAZIL PULPED NATURAL ( 1 Pound p2 with added time ..smaller been pretty evenly graded so result are great I am hitting it at the 21 min mark ) results sweet with light body

SUMATRA MANDHELING 2009 ( ½ Pound p2 with added time this little bean is all over the place with grading always a rule to check your green before roast and after as I received a free rock all the way from Sumatra in the bag lol Results where defiantly smooth with some serious body)

PNG WAHGI AA (p2 1 pound with added time this bean is evenly graded and probably 1 of my favourite so far dam good results hit at around the 20.20

UGANDAN MASABA AA ½ Pound roasts with added time P2 as its a little tricky anticipating the second crack so keep an eye though big bold flavours when hit right good bean lots of character hit around the 12..

ETHIOPIA GAMBELLA SUNDRIED best to last ! ½ pound roasts added time p2 this little ugly looking bean turned out remarkably well and has some massive bold chocolate over tones with what I believe is high acidity love it having some good fun extracting that little baby as a single ..

Summery is I dont know how I lived so long with out this Behmor roaster… does a dam good job

[kofeyh]

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Wow, already starting to get a feel for the process.

Roast Nº5, 446gm PNG Wahgi on P2, B, ++ [extra time added at before start, one extra + at 00:05 mark] to adjust, this allowed the beans to hit 1st snap of second crack at 00:05 (time adjusted) on the clock. Which meant 2nd crack only just started as the cooling cycle checked progress.

End result? Initial munch (I actually chomp on a few beans, gives a good idea of early flavours, texture and whether any burning has occurred) suggests this might just be a darn fine roast.

The Behmor is fantastic, as long as you watch it like a hawk¹ as the 2nd crack can catch you out if not vigilant.

¹Ive been logging efforts and key changes so eventually I have an idea of what keys can help give repeatable results - of course OCD manual data mining and watching the roast is a bit of a juggling act.

Looks ok, I guess?

[Andy]

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Looks ok, I guess?

Looks EXCELLENT. Nice work!

[kofeyh]

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Looks EXCELLENT.  Nice work!

Its been a great learning experience so far. Both the PNG and Peru beans look like theyll give pretty consistent results.

Once Ive got those mostly worked out, I can see a few orders of other beans to try out. CPR for wallet, stat! :]

[nathang28]

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I am one happy camper as I managed to snag the last Behmor from beanbay (for this current batch).

Got it delivered yesterday and am heading home early to burn it in and get it fired up tonight... just drooled over it for a bit last night as Id had a few beers, so didnt want to tempt fate

Got some great tips from the posts here, I think the greatest tip is start simple and keep lots of notes.

The missus is doing the barista training at the Coffee Academy so this will give her a good source of beans to churn through while practicing (she already makes a better coffee than me most times... eek!), perfect excuse to roast often!

[phrostyboi]

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Had myself some of my PNG from last week this morning combined with some of the Indian robusta from about 2 weeks ago

clearly the PNG needs about a week before it is appealing to me, the robusta added a bit of needed kick

ratio was around 70/30 PNG/robusta respectively

Anyone tried the Nicaraguan CoE in the Behmor at all? Ive only got 1 bag which ive already used a bit of and dont want to stuff the roast up for obvious reasons... I imagine it would roast similarly to the Dipilto estate Nic, or are these 2 beans vastly different roasting wise?

[galumay]

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Ok, my first roast with my Behmor, 225g of the Peru C de S Estate, used Kofeyhs setting of P2, B, + ... with quite different result! First crack at about 30 secs to go, kept pressing + a few times to get me to the end, didnt really notice a distinct second crack, hit eject when it started smoking gently.

Definitely a dark roast, C8-9 but the beans taste fine - not scorched.

Being in the tropics with high humidity may be a factor?

[nathang28]

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Just completed my first roast, after the impatient cool down time after burn-in

Coffesnobs Peru Estate beans, 250g.  Behmor settings: 1/2, P2, C

1st crack began at 3:05.  Hit the cool button at 1:30 (I wanted to avoid the 100% ramp up completely).  Second crack just started at 12:00 left on cool, cracked open the door at 11:30 and left the door open until the cool cycle finished.

Very happy with the result, was what I wanted at around CS8.  Will take some time for the flavours to develop I expect with the milder roast, but will be fun to find out.

[Gra]

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Just completed my first roast, after the impatient cool down time after burn-in Smiley

Coffesnobs Peru Estate beans, 250g.Behmor settings: 1/2, P2, C

1st crack began at 3:05.Hit the cool button at 1:30 (I wanted to avoid the 100% ramp up completely).Second crack just started at 12:00 left on cool, cracked open the door at 11:30 and left the door open until the cool cycle finished.

Ok, my first roast with my Behmor, 225g of the Peru C de S Estate, used Kofeyhs setting of P2, B, +... with quite different result! First crack at about 30 secs to go, kept pressing + a few times to get me to the end, didnt really notice a distinct second crack, hit eject when it started smoking gently.

Definitely a dark roast, C8-9 but the beans taste fine - not scorched.

Being in the tropics with high humidity may be a factor?

Very happy with the result, was what I wanted at around CS8.Will take some time for the flavours to develop I expect with the milder roast, but will be fun to find out.

Great looking roast Guys now the hard part the waiting for the DE-gassing ;D ;D ;D ;D Good work...

Cheers Gra.

[galumay]

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Great looking roast Guys now the hard part the waiting for the DE-gassing Good work...

Cheers Gra.  

Thanks mate, the beans certainly taste fine! Eating them will have to do until they de-gas.

I ended up doing 3 roasts today, all 225gm, the 3rd one I stopped a little sooner, more like Nathans.

I still havent been able to detect 2 distinct cracks, but hey they look fine and taste great so I dont think I am too far off the mark.

[Gra]

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Thanks mate, the beans certainly taste fine! Eating them will have to do until they de-gas.

I ended up doing 3 roasts today, all 225gm, the 3rd one I stopped a little sooner, more like Nathans.

I still havent been able to detect 2 distinct cracks, but hey they look fine and taste great so I dont think I am too far off the mark.

Right on its whats in the cup that counts..

Gra.

[Ash]

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Being in the tropics with high humidity may be a factor?

It may be. I certainly know that the high humidty and warmer temps can play merry hell with bagpipes!

Today I did a roast of PNG Wahgi Peaberry, (400g 1lb P3 C with 1 min pre-heat) that turned out nice looking. It really didnt have much sound with it at 1C, and I stopped the roast after 17:30 or so of roasting. It bucketed down last night and it was quite muggy this morning when I roasted it, and this may have had an effect on it. Not to sure though as I havent roasted a lot of this bean and Im yet to get to know its characteristics.

[nathang28]

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Couldnt wait and reserved some beans to make an espresso, at least I let them de-gas for 2 hours ;D

Flavour was amazing, reminded me a lot of a Nicaragua COE I had at St Ali, full of lemon, citrus and background caramel. Definately had the "rough around the edges" taste of a (very) new bean, but no bitterness at all, so am very pleased with the result. Will be interesting to see how the flavour develops over time.

[Gra]

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Couldnt wait and reserved some beans to make an espresso, at least I let them de-gas for 2 hoursGrin

Flavour was amazing, reminded me a lot of a Nicaragua COE I had at St Ali, full of lemon, citrus and background caramel.Definately had the "rough around the edges" taste of a (very) new bean, but no bitterness at all, so am very pleased with the result.Will be interesting to see how the flavour develops over time.

Your making my mouth water now :P :P :P Have to go and turn on the machine ;D ;D

Gra.

[phrostyboi]

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didnt really notice a distinct second crack, hit eject when it started smoking gently.

Definitely a dark roast, C8-9 but the beans taste fine - not scorched.

Being in the tropics with high humidity may be a factor?

Dark roast - ha

my first roast ended up nudging what would be cs12 if you include the 2 green bean shades... still just drinkable

did 250g of Nicaraguan CoE tonight - P2, B +15 seconds just at the end, went into SC *just* in the cooling cycle, wound up around CS9 where I like things, lovely even roast and the beans smell awesome

Im loving this roaster so far, havnt smoked the house out since my fateful first roast and its nice to come home after work and roast up some beans