My home roasts!

[froggystyle]

Thought i would share with you all my three roasts i did yesterday at home on my Gene.

First roast was Sumatra Mandheling.

Have not roasted these before and upon opening the bag i was not looking forward to the roast.

Very ugly beans, lots of chaff and i knew i was not going to get a great looking bean out the roaster

Before.


After.




Next roast was actually done by my wife, Columbian Saurez, roasted at 238c for 13.30 minutes. I think i would have dropped a minute earlier as they are just a little to dark, but still a nice roast, even and should be good for most brewing methods.



I then fired off a blend, 200g of Columbian suarez with 50g of Monsooned Malibar.
Roasted at 237c for 13 minutes.

i love the MM and Saurez beans, very large, little chaff and as long as you pay attention, very easy to get a nice roast from them.

Hoping these will be a nice dark chocolate taste when brewed as latte.

 

[ensoluna]

very nice.
thanks for sharing with us.
and regards to Gene Roaster, have you run into any problems or difficulties using it?
or is it near perfect home roaster?

 

[froggystyle]

No problems with the roaster, its very well built and easy to use.

The issues you face will be with the beans, certain beans that are chaffy can be tricky to roast and get a nice even colour.

A little harder this time of the year also with the warmer weather, it makes it a bit more tricky to get the even colouring.

But all good fun!