I want some coffee!

...but it was 5 lbs of some really nice organic coffee from the Chiapas region of Mexico. I just posted a map of the Chiapas region a few posts back so I'll insert a chart of the roast instead. This is the first of 4 roasts and is representative of how they all went. I've been using Drum speed to manage the Rate of Rise curve (RoR) and that seems to be working pretty well. The plan is to get RoR to fall steadily to something below 10F° from first crack to the end of the roast without stalling the roast. I did a fairly good job on this one but I can't *really* say I did great till I get to taste it in about a week. But at least I have coffee to pass out tomorrow that I don't have to worry about since this is the variety we're enjoying right now. Sweet and chocolatey which is my main criteria. And this is pretty much the look of the new software as development for RoasTime 3.0 starts winding down. The changes aren't dramatic but it just feels a lot better. It'...

No update yet from the Code Warrior. He had said either Friday or Saturday for the next version so it's looking like Saturday. And that's fine. The more bugs he kills before we see it the better the testers will like it. In the meantime, the Admiral and I are enjoying more of the Costa Rica don Oscar Limones . It's a batch I roasted on 29 Aug. The delay in trying it was as much intentional as happenstance. Last time out this coffee took a week or more for the really nice flavors to appear. That seems to be the case with this batch as well- 2 weeks later and we're really enjoying it. As part of the software testing I was doing I roasted some coffee from Mexico from the Chiapas region. That's sitting in the fridge waiting for its place on the countertop. It's from a new supplier (Home Roast Coffee in Wisconsin) that will probably not see another order from me. Their largest offering is 5# bags and at that quantity the price was about $13 per kg or about $5.86 per ...

Been testing a new version of RoasTime software. It's still a beta version (a little better than preliminary) and it seems to be working pretty well.  I had provided some feedback about the first version and when the programmer asked for more details I realized I didn't have my facts right. So I did another roast today with a just-compiled version that had a few fixes incorporated. Wow! What an improvement. Looking good Matt! Still not moving data to the Aillio server, but I'm getting charts now and I can edit the information for the roast to include notes, bean weight before & after the roast, ambient temperature and humidity, which bean. There are still a few issues- Prediction runs out to the end of the roast... which is GREAT! Don't recall it did that in Roast-only display. the Time Scale for events on the previous roast are plotted later than they occurred Time Scale for current events was off even more, e.g. a power change at 5:00 was plotted 40 sec late. ...

It's been about 8 months since the roaster mfr (Aillio) has updated the software they provide for managing the owners roaster. Lots of whining among users, but (as I understood it) the project was to be a major re-design. I'm committed to the development of the software and had volunteered to participate in testing. The wait is over and I got to fly RoasTime 3.0.56 briefly on Friday nite (no roaster connected) and again on Saturday morning to do some actual roasting. No one but me cares, but this is a good place to keep track of what's changing or what needs changing. Screen Preferences (especially selection of color choices) have changed but V2-similar flexibility will be provided later. The Roast History isn't getting properly updated yet (alpha limitation) Roast History is currently limited to 100 roasts while server changes are being done. My 2nd & 3rd roasts seem to have been deleted but I eventually was able to edit the 1st & last roast. We now get Notific...