Roasting small coffee beans

#1: Post by **Kmmm** » April 28th, 2016, 6:17 am

I recently got a shipment of some Brazil Cerrado 14/18 beans. I have big problems roasting these without baking them in my Quest M3.
I also have problems hearing first crack. There are some faint pops but that's it. Could any body give me some pointers on roasting small beans like this in general? (The beans should be newest crop 15/16 - packed in grain pro bags)

Cheers!

#2: Post by **turtle** » April 28th, 2016, 6:47 am

A little bit about your roast profile would help such as charge, eod, 1c, 2c, and drop times and temps.

April 29th, 2016, 6:20 am

I have tried some different profiles
The last one goes like this:
180g
CH: 206C
TP:115C Time: 1:28
EOD:150C Time 4:20
1C: 197C? Time 9:56
1Ce 212? Time 12:08
Drop 213C Time 12:13

Cheers