As usual, I try something once and end up taking it more seriously than I should! After buying some greens by accident, I wok roasted them and ended up with something actually rather good, so I decided to buy some more greens and really try to figure it out.
I just roasted a large mugfull ( ) of beans and am curious as to my timings.
8:30 - 1st started
10:30 - 1st finished
13:50 - first pops of second heard, dumped onto aluminium baking tray and dashed to the front door to cool, losing chaff as I go.
I can get a little more heat in from start to 1st, as the gas wasn't on full. Also, I reduced the heat right back to low when 1st started for about 30 seconds to a minute, then brought it back to about 50% power, then back to full at the end of 1st.
The beans are pretty evenly roasted, and cracking one open shows nice even colour throughout the bean.
Any comments? Does my 1st crack last too long? I am curious to know if this is reasonable. The beans smell -wonderful- at the moment, but I can't call it valve sniffing, more like tupperware-lid sniffing. No bacon so far!