roast log, behmor 1600, 24th march 2010

Bean:: coffee snob, "Decaf Wow"
Weight: 437gm
Weight roasted:: 373gm
Ambient temp :: 17.1c
Weight Profile ::1 pound
Profile :: P2 "c"
Time :: 21.30s
First Crack:: 8.38s
Rolling Crack::7.48s
Second crack 5.10s
Cool down:: 2.06 Happening into the cool down.
Grading, sweet maria:: 11 cs
Notes: Little lighter in weight than I would have liked, but that was all the beans left. Great smell after finishing. No oils coming through on the beans, though close! Suspect the roast never got to the cooler part of the profile so probably roasted a bit quicker than I would have liked.

Coffee Roasting Log, Behmor 1600, 15th March, 2010

Bean:: coffee snob, "Peru Cejade Selva"
Weight: 500gm
Weight roasted:: 420gm
Ambient temp :: 19.7c
Weight Profile ::1 pound
Profile :: P2 "c"
Time :: 21.30s
First Crack:: 5.2s
Rolling Crack::4.3s
Second crack 2.08s
Cool down:: 2.08 Happening into the cool down.
Grading, sweet maria:: 10-11 City+
Notes: consistently comes out a lighter looking roast. Especially compared to the brazilian pulp. Will probably turn this into a blend.

Coffee Roasting Log. behmor 1600, 11th March, 2010

Bean:: coffee snob, "Hondurus los Bancos"
Weight: 500gm
Weight roasted:: 408gm
Ambient temp :: 15.7c
Weight Profile ::1 pound
Profile :: P2 "c"
Time :: 21.30s
First Crack:: 6.02s
Rolling Crack::5.32s
Second crack 1.55s
Cool down:: 2.00 Happening into the cool down.

Grading, sweet maria:: 12 City++ Has come out very dark
Notes:: Very similar to the last roast. Although the 1st Crack came around a bit quicker.

The notes from coffee snobs green bay::

Honduras Los Bancos. This coffee is high grown, well processed, clean and washed without polishing. It produces a fair amount of chaff during roasting and the cracks are quite pronounced. In the cup it produces a clean, front palate coffee and is a good example of a quality Central American bean.

Taste will tell...

Roasting log, behmor 1600, 3rd of Feb 2010

 

Bean:: coffee snob, "Brazil Pulped Natural"
Weight: 500gm
Weight roasted:: 262gm
Ambient temp :: 21.1c
Weight Profile ::1 pound
Profile :: P2 "c"
Time :: 21.30s
First Crack:: 5.01s
Rolling Crack::4.32s
Second crack 2.00s
Cool down:: 2.00 Happening into the cool down.

Grading, sweet maria:: 12 City++ Has come out very dark
Notes:: First Time with this roast. Coffee Snobs notes

Sun dried and screened to 17/18 this is the perfect Brazilian base to your favourite traditional blend.  It roasts evenly and produces good body and balance in the cup.  Great value in a rising market and we bought plenty of it to give CS’rs some consistency in their blends

Looks like it is more suited to blending but we will give it a crack!
Got to the second crack with about 2 minutes to spare. Was still cracking definitely on cool down. Very reminiscent of the coffee which we used to purchase at Ranges coffee for their decaf.

Roast log, Behmor 1600, 23rd Feb 2010

Bean:: coffee snob, "Ethiopian Gamella Naturals"
Weight: 250gm
Weight roasted:: 211gm
Ambient temp :: 19.9C
Profile :: P2 "a"
Time :: 1200
First Crack:: 1.22
Rolling Crack:: .57s
Second Crack:: 5s
Cool down:: 0.00
Grading, sweet maria:: 11 full city
Notes:: Tasting wise Christina reckons that the last roast was the best we have done. Tasting wise. So I decided to copy the profile exactly. The only thing differnt was the temperature. The unfortunate thing there are no more for sale on 'Bean Bay'.

Roast Log, Behmor 1600, 12th Feb 2010

Bean:: coffee snob, "Ethiopian Gamella Naturals"
Weight: 250gm
Weight roasted:: 215gm
Ambient temp :: 18.1C
Profile :: P2 "a"
Time :: 1200
First Crack:: 1.38
Rolling Crack:: 1.17
Second Crack:: 5s
Cool down:: 0.00
Grading, sweet maria:: 11 full city
Notes:: In a difficult situation here because I've only 500gm of this one so I'm going to half it in case a dud roast. So looking for between. 4.50s and 1.15 entering the 2nd profile. Well I blew that. Next time I'll do profile 'b'.
A lot more chaff than usuall. Also a lot more variety in bean size.

Taste will tell...

Roast Log, Behmor 1600, 8th Feb 2010

 

Bean:: coffee snob, "Peru Ceja de Selva Estate"
Weight: 450gm
Weight roasted:: 262gm
Ambient temp :: 21.1c
Weight Profile ::1 pound
Profile :: P2 "c"
Time :: 21.30s
First Crack:: 7.38s
Rolling Crack::7.15
Second crack 3.30s
Cool down:: Happened into the cool down.
Grading, sweet maria:: 12 City+ A bit darker than the last batch that I did.
Notes:: Put the weight of the beans to l pound setting on the profile. Calculated roughly that entering the 2nd profile would happen 8.40 seconds in and end 2.20s to go. Probably the most pronounced gap between 1C and 2C. Very easy to tell the difference.

 

(This photo was taken with the Cannon SLR alot more detailed)

Roast Log, Behmor 1600, 7th of February

Bean:: coffee snob, "Decaf Wow"
Weight: 300gm
Weight roasted:: 262gm
Ambient temp :: 20.1c
Weight Profile ::1/2 pound
Profile :: P2 "c"
Time :: 1400
First Crack:: 4.18s
Rolling Crack::??
Second crack 3.30s
Cool down:: 3.30s
Grading, sweet maria:: 11-12 full city+
Notes:: Even though 1C and 2C happened in the first profile I wanted to move it a little bit sooner. So it started closer to the commencement of the 2nd profile!
Once again the times we are aiming at are :: 5.35secs and then ramps back up at 1.25 where things cool a bit in the 2nd profile.
The result, beans appeared a bit lighter. The 1C and 2C happened roughly in the middle of the second profile.

Coffee roast log, Behmor 1600, 26th Jan, 2010

Bean:: coffee snob, "Decaf Wow"
Weight: 250gm
Weight roasted:: 215gm
Ambient temp :: 17.2C
Profile :: P2 "c"
Time :: 1400
First Crack:: 5.05s
Rolling Crack:: 4.52s
Cool down:: 4.03s
Grading, sweet maria:: 12 full city+
Notes:: this time Im trying to get the time to extent between 1st and 2nd crack. So using 'p2'. Calculated. 'p2' to eneter 2nd profile at 5.35secs and then ramps back up at 1.25.
So what happened. Entered first crack at 5.05s went to Rolling Crack at 4.52s then 2nd Crack 4.03s
The look of the roast looks great. But I would like to hear first crack about when the Behmor starts to cool on the the 2nd pofile.
The Behmor wont let me extend the profile to 'd', so for my next roast the only option is to extend the weight. Will try this latter in the day.

Roast log, Behmor 1600, 20th Jan 2010

Bean:: coffee snob, "Decaf Wow"
Weight: 250gm
Weight roasted:: 220gm
Ambient temp :: 10.6C
Profile :: P2 "b"
Time :: 1300
First Crack:: 5.20
Rolling Crack:: ??
Cool down:: 3.3s
Grading, sweet maria:: 12 full city+
Notes:: Added a few new variables this time. Increased the weight as well as extended the time using 'b'. Also discovered on the coffee snobs web site that using the + or - does not extend the time of the roast proportionally! It appears to be a mistake in the manual. The other thing was I tried to mimic "Crazy Roasters" bean log. It was pretty similar. My first crack was a bit sooner. Also importantly different beans. I've found like the smaller roast it very hard to distinguish 1st crack to 2nd crack. When the smoke just started I hit cool.