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| Theresa Angeletti |
Posted on 12/10/2019 3:18 PM
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Hello! I am new here- I have a question..... what on earth causes roasting your green beans not come to first crack? Old beans? Temp problems? I am flummoxed.... I have had a cpouple trials that just didnt get there.... once in a cast iron skillet and once in my Behmor.So far I have just been experimenting with my new Behmor and CoffeebeanCorral samples..... what on earth am I doing wrong? I did get a lot of chaff in the skillet one last night, and it got very nicely brown but never a crack- help!!! |
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| BobbyS |
Posted on 12/10/2019 4:05 PM
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Maybe not enough heat fast enough. I have on two occasions with my drum roaster had this happen and it was not enough heat fast enough. The beans then become baked beans. |
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| Koffee Kosmo |
Posted on 12/10/2019 4:31 PM
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Heat Note temps are in Celsius First crack - depending on bean type - will always come at in the range of 195 deg to 205 deg C Time Ideally between 9 min and 14 min Note 14 min for the slow traditional roast method KK I home roast and I like it. Designer of the KKTO
Roaster Build information https://forum.hom...ad_id=1142 https://docs.goog...lide=id.i0 Blog - http://koffeekosm...gspot.com/ Bezzera Strega, Mazzer Robur Grinder, Pullman Tamper Convex, (KKTO) Turbo Oven Home Roaster. |
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| renatoa |
Posted on 12/11/2019 3:20 AM
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Administrator Posts: 1698 Location: Europe Joined: September 30, 2016 |
... or too much beans for the roaster capacity... or not enough agitation... A popular rule to find an approximate load is the 1:6 rule, i.e. 100 grams of greens in 600 ml of roast chamber volume. Or 166 grams for one litre. If you have constant 250 C degrees of (air) heat in such volume, good agitation, and FC don't occur between 8 and 12 minutes, decrease beans load next time. Good agitation means really good agitation... most beans permanently in the air, touching walls only sporadically. |
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| Theresa Angeletti |
Posted on 12/11/2019 12:53 PM
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Newbie Posts: 2 Location: Joined: October 22, 2019 |
Thank you so much! It can be tricky for a new roaster (just 3 months). I love my roaster but it had a learning curve. I havent ventured to the manual settings yet :0)!!!! I know I will be visiting here for expert advice many times!!! |
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