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500 is plenty hot! don't know if you'd have issues.
Looking for me is to see how the beans are moving, not color. They start to move a certain way, when they are just to FC. I weigh my roasts and do almost exactly the same everytime, so you get to know.

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El Salvador Finca Montanita Bourbon
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7045/6...ebc3d912_z.jpg

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Looks good, Shane! I had a different varietal from El Salvador and it's been my favorite so far.

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Nice, can't wait to try this one. I will likely try it on Friday.

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Sumatra Bodhi Leaf Grade A Mandheling roasted to FC+
From Klatch

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Shane, that El Salvador is a good one. I liked it alot too.

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Here comes another slippery slope. Just ordered this from The Peoples Roast website.

Popaire 2 Popper and 2 lbs. of green coffee: Colombia Asociacion Los Naranjos San Agustin, Huila

Not bad for $30 shipped. Cheap investment to get me started.

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Awesome Bob, can't wait to see your results! Welcome to the home roast society!!!

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:wo :we :gl I don't know anything about "The People's Roast." The name worries me a little, just sounds to communist :eek: :r

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Good luck Bob!

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:tu

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:tu +1
Did the popcorn popper roasting thing and here's the thread, might help, might not.
http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/showth...oasting&page=2

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Thanks Ken. I figure the $30 investement was cheap enough to get me started. Then if I find I don't like it, I'm not out much. Plus the 2lbs of beans will help get me going. I've had that Naranjos before and liked it, so that's a bonus.

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Moka Kadir Blend
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7194/6...4ae47145_z.jpg

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Just got notification from the place I'm buying the roaster. They can send me three different beans as part of the package. Burundi Gacokwe, Mexico Chiapas and Colombia Los Naranjos. 12oz of each. Excellent!

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I had a Mexican roast a couple months ago at a B&M and was surprised with how good it was.

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Just placed another SM order:
Papua New Guinea Baroida Estate
Ethiopia Illubabor -Camp Cooperative
Bolivia Beneficio Buenaventura Lot 45
Costa Rica Finca San Francisco

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:tu

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Did 2 small batches of Ethiopia Pulp Natural Process Limu, this morning.
Breaking out the big roaster and I'll be doing 5 pounds, later today.

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Saturday was:
Blend of 2/3 Costa Fica Finca Bella Vista at City +
and 1/3 Papua New Guniea Baorida Estate at Full City +

also Guatamala Acatenango Finca La Solidad at Full City

also another French Roast Blend of:
1/3 Sumatra Tarbarita Peaberry
1/3 Ethiopia DP Sidama Aleta Wondo
1/3 El Salvador Majahual Tablon La Montana

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Roasted a double small batch of El salvador Finca La Montanita Bourbon. Warming the garage up to fire up the big roaster. gonna do 6 pounds for friends.

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Awesome!

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Oh thats a good one :tu

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Ya, I'm looking forward to it.

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Roasted some SM Espresso Workshop blend #21 - The Satpura Fold last night. Roasted to Full City (I think). I should be able to try it wednesday moring.

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I made some labels for my coffee bean bags.

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13 pounds, 5 of BSB's Special Blend, Gautemala, Sumatra, El Salvador, Brazil, good day.

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Are you using Avery Labels? How well are they sticking?

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:tu

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Just using some label sheets. Works great.
http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/...s/12dc1923.jpg

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They look awesome!

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Yesterday I roasted some Colombia Tolima Felix Guzman Microlot. My daughter is helping at a wedding show, we are doing tomorrow, and asked for something good from South America. This oughta do the trick :cf1

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How bad is it roasting indoor with a popper? I just got my stuff and going to give it a shot, but going to need to roast inside. Too cold out to do in the garage. Also, my range hood doesn't vent outside, so I'm thinking an open window or two if it gets too bad.

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I'm thinking, you are gonna have smoke issues. Might wanna turn off your smoke alarms, before you start :D

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Too cold to roast in the garage, but you are gonna open some windows?? :confused:

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Will a small couple ounce roast produce any smoke? Obviously iy depends on how dark of roast i go. That's what I'm concerned about. Opening the windows will just be to clear it out. I think in the garage it won't be able to get hot enough with the ambient temp being so low.

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I roast in the garage all the time. But, I'm not using a popper.

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Well I got a heater on in here, probably in the mid 40's. Going to give it a go!

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Put it by a window with a fan blowing out?

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Did my first two roasts out in the garage. Easy peasy lemon squeezy. I'll continue to explore this and see the different results I get.
First roast was 2.2oz of a Mexican Chiapas

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/pictur...pictureid=6818

I'm guessing since the popper was cold, it took longer for first crack, about 7-8 minutes. I kept it going until the 12 min mark and achieved this color. I"m using a Popaire 2 popper. I don't think this has the wattage of the Poppery II's. Combine that with the cooler ambient temp and I think that's why it took so long to reach this stage. The color is actually a bit darker than what it shows in the pic.

Did another batch, 2.3oz of Burundi Gacokwe. This one hit first crack at just over 5 minutes probably due to the popper being warmed up. I took this one to 9 min total.

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/pictur...pictureid=6817

We'll see how they taste tomorrow, then start tweaking the roasting times. If the taste of the beans themselves is any indication, I'm going to like them both.

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They look good. Extended roasting times can lead to "baked" rather than roasted beans, not a good thing. I always pre-heat my roaster, when it is cold.

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Thanks, I'll definitely do that next time. I just tried another batch of some Columbian Los Naranjos to see if I could get it darker. Took it to the 15 minute mark and it wasn't getting anywhere. Maybe as the outside temps increase it'll work better. But still impressed how easy it is for such little investment. I'm hooked, but then I knew I would be.

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Ohh, another slippery slope I slide...

Just placed an order with SM's. 1lb of the Monkey Blend, the 4lb sampler, and then about 30 bags of various sizes. I can see passing out some of this to friends/family.

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I have been waiting to pull the trigger on some of those as well.:gary

What am I waiting for? No clue. I need to just order them.

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http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/...s/98dbfdf6.jpg
Roasted the Popua New Ginuea and the Costa Rica today.

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Got a couple of half bags of El Salvador de Santa Rita and Ethiopia FTO Sidama that need to be roasted. Guess I need to get my butt in gear!

Those are nice looking color on both varieties Bob. I generally use about 3.5 oz of green beans per batch. Depending on the variety, I usually obtain a first crack around 2:44 min, and usually pull the plug on the roasting cycle at 7:00 min for the cool down. Roasting on the patio out back, air temp is usually around 60*-80* during the roast cycle...

Nice bean. You should enjoy the Monkey Blend...

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Thanks Mark, I'm reading right now about how much to roast each batch. Next time I'm going it increase the bean weight and see how it performs. The videos on SM's talk about just under half a cup, which is what my weights were at. But everything I'm reading says use 2/3 to 3/4 cup, or up to 4oz.

Temps are still low here, in the mid 30's to low 40's. Even with the propane heater going in the garage, it still doesn't get that warm. Guess I should do something about all those gaps in the walls. :r

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We had the roaster out tonight... My wife roasted her first batch of beans on the Behmor & they came out very well. She stopped a 1/2lb batch of Ethiopia Natural Sidamo Ardi right at City+. Very strong chocolate and 'blueberry' aromas... I can't wait to try them tomorrow.