Roasting decaf
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 9:09 am
I bought some CO2 decaf beans to roast in my super-high-tec wok ( ), and found that they behaved in a strange way compared to my normal caff beans.
1) No chaff? Where did it all go? It was really odd to open the lid to dump them and see no chaff at all.
2) They seemed to go a bit apeshit after 1st crack. I heard the last pop of 1st, and 20 seconds later WHAM! 2nd started with a vengeance! I dumped them as quickly as I could, but they were already darker than I wanted, with more oils showing than I like. They aren't ruined, but I could do better next time. Maybe I should turn the burner down for these between 1st and 2nd? I normally drop it quite low during 1st, then up high to get from 1st to 2nd.
1) No chaff? Where did it all go? It was really odd to open the lid to dump them and see no chaff at all.
2) They seemed to go a bit apeshit after 1st crack. I heard the last pop of 1st, and 20 seconds later WHAM! 2nd started with a vengeance! I dumped them as quickly as I could, but they were already darker than I wanted, with more oils showing than I like. They aren't ruined, but I could do better next time. Maybe I should turn the burner down for these between 1st and 2nd? I normally drop it quite low during 1st, then up high to get from 1st to 2nd.