#3

So, round 3. I've learned a couple of things from the first two runs so time to try for a better roast.

1 thing that I did differently was I 'jimmyed up' a tinfoil 'hood' for the popcorn machine so that the chaff would go in to the bowl and not fly around everywhere. As it turns out this was not the best idea since I covered up some air vents on the top and those ended up bending a little because of the heat that was retained.

First crack came a bit later for some odd reason - not until nearly 5 minutes. Having said that I think everything else happened a little sooner and I may or may not have got a 2nd crack at around 8.5 minutes. I stopped the roast at 9 minutes total. Through this roast the smell was much stronger than previous attempts.

Overall these are the darkest looking beans I have produced. I've noticed that after a few hours the beans look a fair bit darker than they do coming out of the roast. I knew they would continue to roast after coming out of the popper but the change happens over more time than I expected.

Took some better pics of all 3 rounds, will upload later. Hopefully it will give a better idea of what I am doing.