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Topic: Do some beans have no crack? (6 msgs / 134 lines)
1) From: Diyer999
Hello, I am fairly new to roasting.  The other day, as I was watching this 
crack process you all speak of frequently, it seemed as if some beans did 
nothing.  So, I was wondering do all beans crack, maybe some more pronounced 
than others, or do some just lay there lifeless?  (Jeez, some of these babies 
are like Mexican jumping beans).  I have a HHI roaster, but I was not using 
it, I put some beans on a thin aluminum pie plate and watched the process 
thru the glass door.  I was waiting for ALL of them to pop but when they 
didn't I realized the roast was getting too dark for my tastes.  So, the 
important question is whether I should even be concerned about the crack 
thing at all, or just go entirely by color and then pull those babies out of 
the oven/roaster when they are how I like em?  
diyer

2) From: Steve Shank
what is an HHI roaster?
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On 04/09/2002 at 5:12 PM Diyer999 wrote:
Hello, I am fairly new to roasting.  The other day, as I was watching this=
 crack process you all speak of frequently, it seemed as if some beans did=
 nothing.  So, I was wondering do all beans crack, maybe some more=
 pronounced than others, or do some just lay there lifeless?  (Jeez, some=
 of these babies are like Mexican jumping beans).  I have a HHI roaster,=
 but I was not using it, I put some beans on a thin aluminum pie plate and=
 watched the process thru the glass door.  I was waiting for ALL of them to=
 pop but when they didn't I realized the roast was getting too dark for my=
 tastes.  So, the important question is whether I should even be concerned=
 about the crack thing at all, or just go entirely by color and then pull=
 those babies out of the oven/roaster when they are how I like em?  
diyer
Steve Shank
Oregon Computer Solutionshttp://www.steveshank.com

3) From: Kenneth S.
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-Kenneth S.
SF, CA
(still doesn't know what a J35 is)
At 01:56 PM 4/10/02 -0700, you wrote:
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4) From: John - In Deep Southern Texas
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5) From: Tom & Maria
Yemen's normally have a VERY soft crack -very difficult to hear 
sometimes. There's so many variables with coffee it is hard to 
generalize, but I would say that coffees with higher moisture 
contents have a delayed or muted crack, very dense coffee seeds 
(Yemen) do too, and old dried-out coffee has a loud crack  and has a 
particluar sound I cant quite describe ... somehow its a bit 
obnoxious (foreshadowing the baggy tastes in the cup?) Oh geez, I 
can't explain myself today...
Tom
Hello, I am fairly new to roasting.  The other day, as I was watching 
this crack process you all speak of frequently, it seemed as if some 
beans did nothing.  So, I was wondering do all beans crack, maybe 
some more pronounced than others, or do some just lay there lifeless? 
(Jeez, some of these babies are like Mexican jumping beans).  I have 
a HHI roaster, but I was not using it, I put some beans on a thin 
aluminum pie plate and watched the process thru the glass door.  I 
was waiting for ALL of them to pop but when they didn't I realized 
the roast was getting too dark for my tastes.  So, the important 
question is whether I should even be concerned about the crack thing 
at all, or just go entirely by color and then pull those babies out 
of the oven/roaster when they are how I like em? 
diyer
Steve Shank
Oregon Computer Solutionshttp://www.steveshank.com--
                   "Great coffee comes from tiny roasters"
            Sweet Maria's Home Coffee Roasting  -  Tom & Maria
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6) From: TFisher511
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steveshank writes:
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