LeroyC wrote:
The fact that the weight loss percentage on two particular roasts doesn’t actually mean that the roasts were the same as it’s only one variable. If you achieved it in exactly the same time at exactly the same temperatures along the whole length of the roast and the result was also the same roast depth when measured against a standard like Agtron then you could possibly say they were a match. Weight loss alone isn’t enough.
Thanks Leroy, yeah that's true, in this case even the timing of when everything happened (FC, end of FC) was spot on the same but am sure there might be other variables that may differ. The only thing is I have limited ways I can measure roast consistency, so tend to use moisture loss as a semidecent one, and am thinking of what I can do to alter subsequent roasts when the timing occurs differently.. Am gonna experiment and if the second roast occurs faster it obviously means things in the bean are happening faster, so I'll pull it a bit shorter compared to the first roast and see how we go. Obviously it can't be replicated down to a T, but it's something
