Advise Please: Experimenting with different roasting strategies

[scottishscott]

Hey all, I'm new on this forum but, have been testing out roasting a little while. What would be the ideal minimum that you should use to test different roasting strategies?

 

[Musicphan]

Minimum what? Charge weight? If so, it all depends on the capacity of your roaster...

 

[scottishscott]

Minimum what? Charge weight? If so, it all depends on the capacity of your roaster...

Sorry for that. I should have been clearer on it. What I meant to say was, instead of say roasting 1 pound and finding it distasteful, would say enough beans to make a cup give the same results as a pound? Will the same timing of the smaller batch translate to the largerer batches?

 

[PinkRose]

Sorry for that. I should have been clearer on it. What I meant to say was, instead of say roasting 1 pound and finding it distasteful, would say enough beans to make a cup give the same results as a pound? Will the same timing of the smaller batch translate to the largerer batches?

Are you thinking of trying to roast just enough beans to make a single cup of coffee??

 

[scottishscott]

That or less than a pound batches to experiment with without wasting a bunch.

 

[PinkRose]

That or less than a pound batches to experiment with without wasting a bunch.

What kind of roaster are you using?

I don't recall anyone on this Forum writing about roasting less than a pound at a time, (unless they're using a pop corn maker), but maybe someone has given it a try and they will share their experience with you.

However it works out, you still need to plan on "wasting" a lot of coffee beans as you go through the process of learning how to roast coffee. There is no getting around it.

~Rose

 

[scottishscott]

Iron skillet and propane.

 

[PinkRose]

Iron skillet and propane.

Wow! Good luck with that.

From what I've read, there is a whole lot of skill (and luck) that's needed in order to successfully roast coffee beans using an iron skillet.

 

[Musicphan]

With that setup its going to be hard to replicate anything... just use what your willing to toss.

 

[scottishscott]

���� Thank you. I'll continue as usual.

 

[PinkRose]

���� Thank you. I'll continue as usual.

If you do a Google search using the words How to roast coffee with a skillet, you will see a lot of information and videos that may be helpful.

 

[scottishscott]

Thank you.