"A couple of questions if I may... Do you folks wait for any amount of time before grinding the beans?..If so, roughly how much time and, what does waiting do to the flavour?"
Lol, good on you getting stuck into it like you did, there is only one way to learn and thats your way.
To answer your question, I usually wait 4 to 5 days before grinding/drinking, but the beans will continue to improve with age, some better at 10 days others at day 21. The flavour can start off bitter, very weak, grassy, etc. with time the body develops and other flavours begin to appear. Unless you run out of beans early like I do, try to start grinding after a few days at least. And roasting 80 grams in the popper is going to be easier than 12 grams, do 2 or more larger roasts then you can afford to leave some to sit and mature for longer.
Every roast will be somewhat different to the one before, even using the same beans, and as others will no doubt drop in and offer advice that is far more useful, I will just add that roasting with the popper is a great way to learn about coffee.
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Another newbie to coffee roasting using a popcorn machine.
Hi everyone,
Declaration : I have NFI (No Frigg'n Idea) of what I'm doing, like usual, but as usual, I'll have a go..
I have got me a...OK I stole the kids....Breville Crazy popcorn popper, took the lid with a chute off and put the lid aside...Got an old 500ml paint tin, and cleaned it up...Cut the bottom out of it with a can opener left the top and lid alone...but separated...I then pinched the bosses hand held flour sifter, when she wasn't looking.... I also have her pizza tray with the holes in the bottom of it set to one side....I use that for cooling the beans later...A glass cutting board, set up on top of the stove with the popper on top, under the extraction fan...The paint tin, I use as a chimney on top of the popper and flour sift fits nicely on top(upside down) of the chimney, to stop the husks flying around the stove area....I measured out about 12 grams of green Guatemalan coffee beans out and put into popper...Put paint tin chimney and sifter on...Turned the popper on and set the kitchen timer going...Extraction fan on and away we went...About 7 mins I heard the first crack and about 8 mins 30 second the second crack just started... So I think anyhow...Popper off...Oven gloves on....Chimney and sift off...Pizza tray ready....Coffee beans onto tray.... I move the beans around for a couple of minutes until cool....
I hand ground the beans as soon as they were at ambient temp and made a syphon coffee with it straight away...
I thought the coffee was a touch bitter but still nice sweet and smooth....
A couple of questions if I may...
Do you folks wait for any amount of time before grinding the beans?..If so, roughly how much time and, what does waiting do to the flavour?
Cheers.
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