Roasting for Siphon?

Lacehim

hiphipharar wrote:

This is a brief list but anything CoE deserves a go in a syphon. The biggest caveat is not just the bean but how you roast them. I have a KKTO as well and my method is to pre-heat to about 125 drop temp, add the beans and let it rebuild to about 100 degrees at a ramp of less than 10 deg per min - it should reach 100 in no less than 5 mins and then full blast until start of FC, knock the temp control back to 200 and burp then when the reading gets to about 2 degrees, turn up the temp again and maintain at no more than 5 degrees until the start of 2C. But this is for my KKTo roaster. Yours probably has different thermodynamics to mine.

I just sold my datalogger, mainly because it never worked well for me. I went back to roasting old skool and use the TO timer to time the roast! 🙂 I've also roasted 100gms in my KKTO which worked well with a few basic mods.

hiphipharar

Lacehim wrote:

I just sold my datalogger, mainly because it never worked well for me. I went back to roasting old skool and use the TO timer to time the roast! 🙂 I've also roasted 100gms in my KKTO which worked well with a few basic mods.

As my hearing is pretty poor, I rely mostly on my datalogger. It shows about 25+ degrees below actual temp so 2C appears at around 190 degrees. I lift the lid at this stage and usually I will hear the first snips of 2C. I get great roasts from the KKT0 and have roasted as little as 300 grams without any mods. My point was that I have not had as good a roast for syphon use as I have had from the Baby, and I have more control over the roast profile for the Baby (

beanflying

To get back to your inner roaster quite seriously get out the Spoon, Bowl and heatgun and use just a stopwatch or drop the logger in if you have one. For smaller batches i still much prefer this to using the Hottop as it gives me complete and nearly instant control over the roast. You will also learn heaps about colour and roast development due to the visible and audible nature of the process. Some of the best roasts I have come from this and not the Hottop, in part because of what beans I use for this too 😉 Roast, Brew, Drink then retweak the process.

askthecoffeeguy

Dry bean. wrote:

I've owned a Bodum Santos siphon for about 8 years, never have enjoyed the coffee it produces, so before I advertise it one last try. I'm told beans need to be roasted lighter for siphon, the question is how much lighter? some suggestions re bean type suited to this style of brewing would also be helpful. One more attempt then it hasta la vista Mr Bodum. 😉

I'm happy to take it off your hand I accidentally 'blew up' my hario syphon at work the other day (ok so I didn't actually blow it up I used it and then cleaned it straight away and was talking like an Italian madly gesticulating with my hands when I accidentally tapped the cone against the sink and viola bob's your aunty!) FYI when I roast for syphon or filter I take my roast to the first signs of second crack and then pull it straight away - so Its quite a bit lighter than espresso (in my book anyway) and the flavour profile reflects this with oily, sweet, and stewed fruit flavours at the forefront )for syphon anyway)

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