Roasting with the Gene Cafe-CBR 101

My experience roasting coffee beans with the Gene Cafe. If you are interested in the roasting profile I used or the website I got it from, check out the link below. I also will leave a link for the website that I order my beans from.

[sekboi]

I’m kinda curious about removing the beans and fan cooling them during the dehydration stage. I’ve never heard of that before.

[jimkadel]

Ok, so I too am just starting to "play around" with home roasting using a Gene Cafe roaster. There are so many different coffee beans and roasting programs possible it may be of interest to join a home roaster's forum as found here:


I'd also point out that leaving the beans outgas for several days (2-3) before use is recommended for best tasting coffee. There's controversy in doing this since most new roasters want to taste what they've done right away. So I took a fresh roast and vacuum packed it tight as soon as beans were cool. The idea was to see if the CO2 outgas would cause the bag to become inflated and how long this would take. After 12 hours bag remained tightly squeezed but after 24 hrs and more so, after 48 hrs, the bag was w/o any sign of vacuum. It didn't burst but was definitely partially filled with gas after 2 days. Beyond 2 days bag didn't appreciably expand further.

[american]

Thanks for the information. Very helpful.

[arnoldacerimmer]

I have the same scale as you. We call it the Jupiter 2.

[mantislucky]

Hlaao bro, want ask, can you hear the first crack ? I've little problem to hear that, any advice ??

[seanfaulk]

I just realized you gave the info for the roast profile at roast rebels. Thanks again.

[adamd]

My $5 Goodwill cast Iron skillet works great for one mug of coffee everyday.. takes only 5-7min.. wow the difference is amazing when you roast yourself.

[HoonsCoffee]

I have been using Whirley pop sometimes. Can you tell the difference in whirley pop vs. Gene?

[Presso]

saw one of the users who was melted on some part of the machine due to it was made with plastic.

[ThePsychophant]

Hi, just curious what was he using before? :) Thanks

[jacobsack]

did you remove the beans after heating them? if you did then what is your reasoning?

[coreytappan]

How well can you hear the first and second crack?

[stillsearching]

Hey Nomad, I love the music! Who is that? Lol!

[seanfaulk]

That's pretty wild. I've never seen a roast profile where you remove the beans, cool them down, and then continue the roast. Just curious where you found those profile instructions. I love my Gene Cafe and have been roasting with it for about 2 years. I would be interested to try this to see if I can tell the difference. Thanks for the video.