Jun 24 2009
beany, behmor, and curve tweaking
Wink wink nudge nudge
Beany is getting quite big. I am soon going to have to repot her into something a little bigger. I might do this later today if she seems dry enough to ensure a easy transfer. I also need to buy a better lamp, perhaps one of those florescent jobs that has one of those plant spectrum bulbs. These being Oaksterdam, I am sure I can find one some where….
Behmor stuff
Aside from tending to Beany, I have am still messing around with my Behmor . Lately, I have been toying with the various profiles, seeing what I can do to coax the beans to a darker roast without setting my kitchen on fire. Toying with P3, I found that I can get to that elusive second crack before the time runs out by starting the beans at 13 minutes and then tacking on the additional two and half minutes after I started it up. This lengthens the final and hottest cycle pushing the the inner temperature of the beans up to the breaking point.
I have been trying my best to wrap my noggin around the roasting curves and have even started penning my own rudimentary curves into my roast log to better understand them. I know if I keep it up, it will eventually come together.
Eventually
This is oaksterdam aftrall
I will be sure to post a pic of my hand drawn roast curves in my next entry….
Beans for sale
My attempt to sell freshly roasted Rwandan G-N beans via ebay has been a wash. I sold only one pound this month and have decided to go back to the drawing board. Oh well, it was a fun experiment. On the other hand, I am still glad I invested in a ten pound bag of this bean. I see that it is no longer for sale and I now have a little stash that can last me a while.
These beans have also enabled me to learn how to better tweak my Behmor curves. While I did , for the most point, enjoy the 8 different pounders that came free with the Behmor, I found having a surplus of one type allowed me to keep adjusting my roasts until I found exactly what I wanted. This is something I am going to consider next time I place an order.
Although, variety is also the spice of life.
this is Oaksterdam after all
