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I'm going to have to start numbering these posts as I search for the perfect roasting profile for my green beans and iRoast 2.

The last roast actually turned out too light. The color of the ground beans was slightly lighter than the exterior color, and we're aiming at getting the same color inside and out for a start. Also, not so much crema was produced. But the taste is pretty good though. The profile, using green "Dolce" blend from Vivace in Seattle was:

• 6 minutes at 385F
• 3.5 minutes at 450F
• 2.5 minutes at 465F

My latest roast is actually something quite different altogether. For a start, it's a blend of half a cup of the Dolce beans and half a cup of green Timor Maubesse beans from Seven Bridges Cooperative. The Timorese beans are a lot smaller than the beans in the Dolce blend. They have quite a musty smell. They are shade grown fair trade certified beans, and the label recommends them for light to espresso roast. Obviously since I've blended them with the Dolce beans, it will be a few days before I try a pure roast of the Timor Maubesse beans by themselves. The roasting profile for this blend that I just completed was:

• 7 minutes at 385F
• 3.5 minutes at 450F
• 2.5 minutes at 465

The color of the roasted beans is fairly dark, perhaps somewhere between the medium-brown color of a "full city" roast and the dark brown of a French/espresso roast.

Sometime soon I will do a post on recording and storing a roasting profile with the i-Roast 2. I have to say it has taken a while for me to master it. It's not hard once you know how, but it's not easy when you don't since there are just two buttons on the front of the machine that are used for all the functions delivered with the roaster!

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