Visit to Green Beanery

I made my way to downtown Toronto this morning to visit Green Beanery.

I ended up with 4lbs of green beans. Here is a rundown of what I picked up:

2lbs Sumatra - fair trade organic
1lb Costa Rican Tarrazu - free trade
0.5lb Choco - custom blend espresso
0.5lb Ethiopian Harrar - free trade

While I was there I had a cup of their Sumatra and it was quite good.

I got home from there about 2.5 hours ago. I've done 3 roast attempts since then. Standard roasting, no warming up the machine or anything like that.

Here is the breakdown:
Half Cup of Ethiopian Harrar
7:00 minutes total roasting time
The coloring of the beans looks a little uneven. I am suspicious that maybe the popcorn popper can't handle half a cup. Overall the roast looks promising though and the beans do appear to be showing some signs of light oiliness.

One Third a Cup of Ethiopian Harrar
7 minutes total roasting time
Looks basically the same as the first go'round with this bean, meaning there is some uneven coloring. Maybe its not the popper but the bean?

Half Cup Costa Rican Tarrazu
6.5 minutes total roasting time
Heard a distinct first crack right around 3 minutes. This is the first time so far I've really noticed it so early. Usually it seems to be around 4 minutes. Overall the coloring of the roast seems more consistent than previous attempts which could mean it is the beans. Overall this batch looks the most promising.

Will be trying these tomorrow and following up with results.