I wanted to help my wife by roasting up some good Costa Rican decaffe I got
from SM.  I've not roasted decaffe before.  Shortly after first crack,
second started and the smoke production was prodigious, set off the smoke
alarms scaring little granddaughter half to death.
By the time this had happened, I had already put the HWG into cooldown, but
even with less than 15 seconds into second crack, the beans were nearly
charcoal.
I'd appreciate some roasting hints for decaffe, it is obvious my usual
methods that work perfectly need modification.
I also noted there was absolutely no chaff in the collector, seems odd, is
this normal?
Thanks folks,
Dan
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Roast it til' the stink's gone.  ;)
Failing that, try this -- in your next decaf batch add two or three
non-decaf beans [if it's the same variety, more better]. These beans will
provide visual cues [they stand out quite a lot against the darker decaf
beans] and will also crack at their normal intervals [something that your
decaf beans may *not* do.] Just a very few beans of regular coffee will be
pretty inconsequential in the cup, so far as caffeine goes.
No chaff is normal -- decaf beans are "polished" as the last step in the
process.
-deCadmus
 ~brewed fresh daily~
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