I burnt the beans!

What city+ roast should look like (image courtesy of Sweet Maria's)

What my first roast in my modified popper looked like

Well, after letting the beans rest 24 hours I have to say I was disappointed with my first roasting with my modified Air Crazy popper.

Here is a beautiful city+ roast from the Sweet Maria's website; below is the much darker bean I produced. Not horrible tasting but a little too Starbucks bite for my liking.

Everything happens so quickly after the four minute mark and the beans really do roast quite a bit between when you take them out of the roaster and when they cool down.

I have roasted a couple of batches since this first try and have even braved my first batch of Gesha.

YAY

I am much happier now. Here is a Panama Organic Duncan Estate bean roasted very close to a perfect city+.

Guatemala Acatenango Gesha

The Guatemala Acatenango Gesha also came out very nicely although it took a little longer to get there (around 4.5 minutes). In fact, the Gesha turned out so nicely I decided to roast a second batch. I can't wait to give it a try (probably not until Saturday - so I guess I can wait).