Author Topic: Huky Roast Share & Learn w/ SM's Majirani Espresso Blend  (Read 28880 times)

Offline easygene

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Re: Huky Roast Share & Learn w/ SM's Majirani Espresso Blend
« Reply #75 on: October 01, 2016, 11:02:58 PM »
Have perforated.   Since last October have opened and closed grate with various combinations.  Great tasting roasts for pour over and espresso.
Starting perhaps a month ago began leaving the grate closed.  So far great tasting roasts both for pour over and espresso.

In a few months plan to leave grate open for a stretch of time and experiment with taste.
I just don't know if you can do a bad roast with the Huky.

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Re: Huky Roast Share & Learn w/ SM's Majirani Espresso Blend
« Reply #76 on: October 02, 2016, 07:10:47 AM »
I look forward to the results of your continuing experiments.

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Re: Huky Roast Share & Learn w/ SM's Majirani Espresso Blend
« Reply #77 on: October 09, 2016, 12:37:06 PM »
I roasted 303g of Majirani Espresso Blend. I'm still struggling with controlling my temperature profile with the Huky. This roast ended in a pronounced crash and flick with a final temp a little higher than I would have liked.

I use the Roastmaster roaster app on my iPad which may not be clear to some some since most everyone here seems to use Artisan. To make my attached profile clearer, I annotated the gas and fan settings.

Drying: 4:49 (41.5%)
Ramp: 3:43 (31%)
Development: 3:18 (27.5%)

Charge: 402°
Initial Gas setting: as low as possible, nominally .5 kPa
Initial Fan: 25%, the lowest setting (except for off :)
Maximize gas at 1 minute, I'm trying to hit drying end at 5 minutes
Start increasing fan at drying end and begin lowering gas to keep ramp phase to about 35° of total. I think increasing the fan is maintaining too high a RoR so I probably need to lower gas more aggressively but while still going into 1C at a bit higher rate. I don't usually bump up the gas as I did here. I panicked that I the RoR was going to stall as it did with a previous roast.

I welcome any suggestions for improving my profile. I'll probably try my roast tomorrow morning.
« Last Edit: October 11, 2016, 11:12:05 AM by korkiley »

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Re: Huky Roast Share & Learn w/ SM's Majirani Espresso Blend
« Reply #78 on: October 09, 2016, 12:54:48 PM »
I roast on a solid drum; so maybe EasyGene can chime in with tweeks.

One thing that would help, if you could explain how to read the Roastmaster graph; and some of us could learn something new. ;D The Roastmaster integration is really cool.  8)

Based on your total roast time, finish roasting temperature, and roast development time; you should have a nicely developed espresso blend.
« Last Edit: October 09, 2016, 12:57:12 PM by hankua »

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Re: Huky Roast Share & Learn w/ SM's Majirani Espresso Blend
« Reply #79 on: October 09, 2016, 03:20:44 PM »
I roast on a solid drum; so maybe EasyGene can chime in with tweeks.

One thing that would help, if you could explain how to read the Roastmaster graph; and some of us could learn something new. ;D The Roastmaster integration is really cool.  8)

Based on your total roast time, finish roasting temperature, and roast development time; you should have a nicely developed espresso blend.

Thanks. I realize that the solid drum practically makes the Huky a different roaster from the perforated version so it's difficult to translate from the solid to the perforated.

I would be happy to explain anything about the Roastmaster display that isn't clear. I can probably achieve a better synchrony between the various display parameters. As it is now, if you highlight the BT as I have in this screen shot, then the Y axis doesn't work for Fan or Power. That's why I specifically labeled Fan and Power--but I won't be doing it again soon--it was way to time consuming : )

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Re: Huky Roast Share & Learn w/ SM's Majirani Espresso Blend
« Reply #80 on: October 09, 2016, 03:26:47 PM »
the solid drum practically makes the Huky a different roaster from the perforated version so it's difficult to translate from the solid to the perforated.

The understatement of the life span of this forum. ;)
« Last Edit: October 09, 2016, 05:17:53 PM by SusanJoM »
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Re: Huky Roast Share & Learn w/ SM's Majirani Espresso Blend
« Reply #81 on: October 16, 2016, 12:43:37 PM »
It's been 8 days since I roasted 303g of the Majirani. I posted my profile for that roast a few messages up from here. I've refrained from providing feedback on my "cupping" since I've been really unimpressed and I've been hoping for it to improve with age since that has been the experience of many. That has been my experience too:

Day 2: ** . . . 85.5 -- Pretty bad. No body--very acidic, aroma is weak
Day 4: ** . . . 89.5 -- Better than the first try but still not very good
Day 4: *** . . 95.5 -- My second shot of that day. I seemed to like it a lot better. Almonds consumed while sipping seemed to improve the taste appreciably!
Day 6: *** . . 91.0 -- I didn't seem to like it quite as much that day.
Day 8: **** . 93.0 -- Body is improving markedly. Acidity is borderline for me (I have a low tolerance). Taste was not bad and the Aroma of the freshly pulled shot is improving
Day 8: **** . 93.0 -- My second shot today. I liked it better than the first shot but ended up giving it the same total score. With correction I think I would give it another half to one point.

I would like to another roast soon but I have to wait for the weather to cooperate. I'm roasting outside on my back lawn due to condo restrictions. When the weather is warmer, the wind is stronger which might be more harmful than lower temps.

 

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