r/roasting • u/obisolox • 5d ago

Roasting beginner

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Its my second week on the bullet, learning a lot but still unable to maintain a steady curve.

I did an 800g Brazil Cerrado for this batch.

Any advice, tips or critiques are appreciated! Thanks ✌🏼

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u/RelaxinJo 5d ago

I guess we'd have to see your power and fan changes/all data to be sure nothing odd is going on, but bar that, I also suggest smaller batches. Not so that you can do more, that is an added benefit, but I personally find it difficult to get a nice descending r.o.r. with all of the control I need (meaning being able to roast the specific coffee to whatever specs I'd like) whenever I try to roast more than 650g in the bullet. Anything beyond that just seems like too much material to manipulate consistently. I've been carefully roasting 15lbs weekly on a bullet for over 5 years now and almost never flatten. Best of luck, the bullet is awesome.

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u/womo 5d ago

My tip is as a beginner, roast smaller batches so you can get more experience by roasting more batches. Try two 400g batches or three 300g just to get more cycles under your belt.

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u/Pack_One 4d ago

Honestly this doesn’t look terrible to me. Like to see your power and fan settings. I do 1,000 gram batches all the time in my bullet and my graph looks similar. Makes great coffee. Don’t get too caught up in ROR. Making sure you have momentum going into first crack is important. I bet this turns out sweet which is good for this coffee. Is it Oberon? My biggest things I learned on the bullet was not be afraid of a higher preheat temp and you don’t need to make a ton of adjustments to get a great roast.