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After a week of gathering various bits and pieces I finally completed my first roast today using my new Corretto. 270g of Peru Grace Villa Rica Estate. The setup still needs a bit of fine tuning but appears to have done the job. I live in a unit and although spacious it isnt very conducive to a permanent roasting setup with a work bench, etc. I needed to come up with something where I could easily take all of the gear and throw in a box when not in use. The little fan works quite well as it can quickly be turned horizontal to cool the beans after roasting. Beans took approximately 3>4 minutes to reach outdoor temperature of 26 degrees (I threw my DMM copper pipe insulated bead probe in the beans as they were cooling). Lost a few beans along the way (jumpy little suckers...), final weight 212 g. The roast was off to a slow start, see below.
5 minutes > 100 degrees (decided to lower gun because I probably had it positioned for 500g, not 270.)
9 minutes >140 (lowered gun a bit more)
14:45 minutes > 186 (FC)
18 minutes > 200
21:30 > 200 (SC)
23 > 200 (Decided to pull the pin, beans still crackling away when poured into colander).
98% mess free.
5 minutes > 100 degrees (decided to lower gun because I probably had it positioned for 500g, not 270.)
9 minutes >140 (lowered gun a bit more)
14:45 minutes > 186 (FC)
18 minutes > 200
21:30 > 200 (SC)
23 > 200 (Decided to pull the pin, beans still crackling away when poured into colander).
98% mess free.
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