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HUKY 500 (T, J, SOLID, PERF) => Roasting => Topic started by: noahbrinker on October 17, 2016, 06:31:10 AM
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Hey all,
I bought a Huky back in January and roasted a few times until April/May.
I haven't made very much time to roast lately, and seem to have forgot most of what profiles to start with. Can you guys post a few of your basic instructions/recipes so I can get back into it?
Thanks!
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There's an excellent and well written guide for getting started with a perforated drum written by Kenneroast. It's in the RESOURCES section under ROASTING GUIDES.
The only thing I'd add to it is my usual advice, to charge at an even lower temp than what most guides recommend. :) Even though I use a solid drum at the moment, I'd recommend this approach for any Huky user.
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Although I do not use Kenneroast's methods to roast on my perforated drum HUKY, I suggest that you use them to learn. Follow them exactly, and THEN when you have mastered them try adapting them to the suggestions that you will read here.
Edbjton will encourage you to charge lower. I will encourage you to charge as high or higher. Kenneroast says wait until TP to crank up the gas. I do it on charge.
But for starters....Don't do ANY of that until you have followed the directions multiple times and learned what your roaster will do when you do. After that start experimenting until you find what works for you.
Edit: So, I just re-read your starting post and maybe you're not such a rank beginner and you are looking for profiles rather than directions? If so, you might start by searching this very board will probably show you everything that has been uploaded here so far. You could also look at JavaBuzz's profile site:
https://www.artisancoffeealliance.com/
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Thanks guys. Susan- I have been on the site for a bit, but I haven't roasted very recently, so it's going to take some time to get back into it and learn more. I appreciate the help.
I'll start with Kenneroast's methods and go from there.
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Get yourself some cheap beans to learn with. That's what I did.
Lots of good advice here, but take it as just that. Listen to what your ears tell you. Pay attention to what you smell. Watch the beans roasting, pull out the trier, see what it's telling you. Learn to correlate your senses to your results.
Burn some beans, it's ok. Just don't catch them on fire. Maybe you'll roast a batch too light. That's ok too, white coffee is hipster cool in some areas still.
When I learned what not to do, what to do made all the more sense to me.
Not everyone likes to learn the way I do, so it's cool if you decide to take a more calculated/structured path. This community is amazing and has all the info you need.
-Mike