001 — Brazil Machado Recanto do Engenho

Bean-specific notes

Note — wrong model: The playbook for this roast was built for the Behmor 1600 Plus. The machine used was the Behmor 2000 AB Plus. P5 was run throughout including post-FC, which the 2000AB manual flags as not recommended after first crack. Roast data is as logged; the playbook is a historical record of what was planned, not a recommendation.

• First of four — most forgiving bean, ordered first to season the drum.
• Flavor goal beyond the level-default: chocolate / nutty / sweet — pull development long enough to round out, but don’t push into roasty.

Today's playbook

Ambient ~91°F, sunny — expect FC 30–60s earlier than cool-day baseline.

1. Weigh 227 g green into drum. Empty chaff tray.
2. Preheat (first roast only): with drum OUT, select 1 lb + any profile, press START. Run 1:30, then cancel. Machine is now warm.
3. Insert loaded drum. Select P5 / ½ lb, press START. Start phone timer.
4. Chopstick in door slot for FC audio around the 7 min mark.
5. 75% shutoff — critical: at ~75% through the cycle the display counts down 0:30. Press START to continue or it auto-cools. Stay near the machine.
6. Listen for FC — likely 10–12 min today. Mark time-to-FC the moment it starts.
7. Drop trigger: end of first crack into the first snaps of second crack (~1:30–2:30 after FC starts). Hit C to cool.
8. Cool cycle ~10 min, door cracked at end.
9. Weigh roasted. Page computes loss %.
10. Before Guatemala: let drum cool 7 min with door open.

Live notes

Color at FC

Light tan

Smell at FC

Lightly sweet baked cookies

Why dropped

Second crack at 19:30

Anything weird

We should have been on P3 per tha handbook. P5 is manual mode and we didn’t have the right instructions.