For the ones curious about what I was roasting :D
Damn, and I thought I loved coffee. Love your setup and I can almost smell this picture mm~
You DO love coffee. You're just not as far down the rabbit hole as I am :D
I wish i could smell pictures ;–; This looks so fine ❤️
The smell is heavenly and lingers for days ❤️
What's your typical "baseline" roast process look like with the Gene? I have one too but I haven't spent a ton of time messing with it, living in a big city with access to a ton of great roasters makes it hard for me to justify the time in dialing in just to get inferior coffee in the cup. I'd love any tips or tricks that you've learned along the way!
My "baseline" nowadays is:
- 180 for 3 minutes
- 235 to 245 until the beginning of first crack
- 220 until drop.
As a rule of thumb, I found that fruitier coffees benefit from a higher temp and therefore a quicker roast.
I drop anywhere from 30s to 1 min after the beginning of 1C.
Do find that you get better results roasting yourself?
Compared to supermarket and most small scale roasters I've tried, orders of magnitude better. At least I can roast everything in my preferred light-to-medium range instead of finding that those "filter roast" beans are acrid charcoal. Nowadays I can even pull off a fruity acidic citrusy bean most of the time.
However I'm lucky to know a great, if slightly expensive and sometimes inconsistent, roaster a few towns over. So better... Maybe not. Cheaper, hell yes.
So how do you even get into home roasting to start?
Because why not? "it's gonna be a fun hobby", "my local roaster is too expensive, it will pay for itself in 3 years", "I wanna try beans I can't find at my local roaster's"...
How’d you recommend starting to roast? I’m really considering it and I think your set up speaks to experience
Truth is, I went straight for the Gene. The Behmor is also a popular option in entry-level coffee roasters.
Most places seem to recommend to start with a cheap popcorn machine or a heat gun and a dog bowl as a low-cost way to get you feet wet.
