CR-120 cooling
Short time ago, we got our CR-120 Caffe Rosto home roaster and like it.  I
tried to roast either 4.2 oz. Or 4.0 oz. By weight and slightly prefer the
4.0 oz batch. Either 4.0 or 4.2 oz. of green coffee are good amounts for our
drinking habits.
 As freshly roasted coffee should be quickly and rapidly cooled, I tried to
dump the coffee out as soon as the "automatic cooling cycle" begins.  That
way, the just roasted beans touch the cold metal of the two stainless steel
sieves rather than staying in the hot roasting chamber and being cooled by
cool air. I cool by moving the beans from one sieve to the other. I do not
use any water quenching.
Roasting (and automatic cooling) outside on the deck, manual cooling inside
in air-conditioned home.
It seems that coffee made from the rapidly cooled beans tastes slightly
better as compared to coffee made from beans cooled by the automatic cooling
cycle. Or is it my imagination? We didn't do any "blind testing."
Any comments?
Regards, Lubos in the Texas Hill Country part of Austin
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