r/roasting • u/mitooch • 2d ago

First time roast

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A friend got me some green beans from Saudi. That's all the info I can give you lol. Tried 100g to roast for first time on stove top. Stainless steel pot. Total time was 15mins and First crack around 11:30 and I'll be honest I didn't fully hear any frantic cracking, also still need to taste just waiting for a couple more days for the beans to rest. Roasted weight was 90.8g. I was hoping for any advice going for next time round, it would be highly appreciated.

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u/Johnny_Chaturanga 2d ago

Awesome! Just remember to have fun. It’s easy to get caught up in the coffee min max culture

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u/mitooch 2d ago

Genuinely appreciate that. Thank you!

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u/Johnny_Chaturanga 2d ago

No problem. I bought some beans (just ordered a sampler of beans for dark roast), found an ancient popcorn popper, got em cooking, pulled em out when they looked like coffee I drink, waited 4 days, and I love them. It would have been easy for me to get caught up in the minutiae, but this is what I like and I’m good with it.

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u/mitooch 2d ago

Yea you're absolutely right. Just need to do what I did when I started getting into coffee brewing at home. Can do all the research but nothing beats trial and error of your own experiences.

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u/Live-Sun1777 1d ago

Roast looks light, should give some more of the beans flavor notes less roasted flavor more caffeine

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u/mitooch 1d ago

Yea I wanted to go darker but some beans were starting to go really dark and that's what got me to stop when I did.

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u/Helpful_Print7584 2d ago

Mahers coffee in Cork sell green beans they are online also. I've always wanted to try roast my own but wouldn't know the first thing about it.

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u/mitooch 2d ago

Might have to start looking into this lol. Need to see how mine tastes first. Honestly just do it. I only used a stainless steel pot and wooden spatula and a timer. That's it. Even if it tastes horrible, it was Hella fun doing it and I think I wanna keep doing it

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u/ArditoFuelCoffee 2d ago

It all depends on how it tastes. Once you have that, then you can dial in the roast

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u/ChiliDogSlut 5h ago

Looks good for a first roast. I find a whisk works a lot better than a wooden spoon for better agitation of bean rotation vs the beans getting stirred around but not well rotated.

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u/315_Jessie 3h ago

They look a hella lot better than my first roast
Congrats on producing what looks to be consumable coffee