Opportunity
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- Feb 24, 2005
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I'm new to roasting and just got a Hearthware iRoast that seem to work fine.
I've tried a number of different green coffee samples from SweetMaria's, around 5 different coffees, some roasted to a City, some to a Full City, and some roasted to a Vienna (mostly telling by color), but everything I've roasted and brewed comes out with a sweet syrupy bitter aftertaste.
I've tried varying the amount of grounds in the brewer way down to see if
it was a too much coffee problem, but then I just end up with very weak coffee with a syrupy aftertaste.
Anyone have any advice? Am I roasting too fast so that the beans aren't cooked all the way through (I hear first crack, but not sure about second) or too slow? Is the coffee not sitting long enough after roasting? Is it a roast problem where it's too slow or too fast at first? Am I roasting too much or not enough?
The Hearthware roast profile I'm using is:
350 for 2:30
400 for 3:00
460 for 5:00, but usually stopping before the cycle finishes to get the roast I want.
Thanks for any advice or pointers anyone might have!
I've tried a number of different green coffee samples from SweetMaria's, around 5 different coffees, some roasted to a City, some to a Full City, and some roasted to a Vienna (mostly telling by color), but everything I've roasted and brewed comes out with a sweet syrupy bitter aftertaste.
I've tried varying the amount of grounds in the brewer way down to see if
it was a too much coffee problem, but then I just end up with very weak coffee with a syrupy aftertaste.
Anyone have any advice? Am I roasting too fast so that the beans aren't cooked all the way through (I hear first crack, but not sure about second) or too slow? Is the coffee not sitting long enough after roasting? Is it a roast problem where it's too slow or too fast at first? Am I roasting too much or not enough?
The Hearthware roast profile I'm using is:
350 for 2:30
400 for 3:00
460 for 5:00, but usually stopping before the cycle finishes to get the roast I want.
Thanks for any advice or pointers anyone might have!