Profile Drum Roasting: Â
The profile I used for this is 12:40/14:40/19:10 @ 258 F. Â You are welcomed to take a strong hand on this roast. The abundant chocolate will benefit. Â 2 minutes in the development phase to bring out the chocolate and fruit flavors. Â After that, you want to turn the roast down a little, only slowing it as you note non-vinegar sharpness in the nose. Â Feel free to stretch out the Finishing phase to 5 minutes. Â If you are a fan of brightness, the upper 240s and lower 250s are really going to sing sing more as the sweetness will be lower.
Behmor:
Due to the cold start of the the Behmor, you can just set it on the 1 lb setting with 2.5 lb of cocoa and go. Â When you begin getting aromatic notes, somewhere around 4 minutes left (14 minutes elapsed of the 18 minute start) drop the power to P4 (75% power) and continue roasting for about another 6-8 minutes, waiting for the aroma to either decrease or get sharp. Â This is all of course if you don't have a thermocouple in the beans (Modifying your Behmor) If you have that you can follow the profiles above.
Oven Roasting:
You will need an IR thermometer. Â Roast 2 lb of beans. Â Preheat your over to 325-350 F. Â Place your cocoa beans in a single layer on a baking sheet and into the oven. Stir the beans at 5 minutes and check the temperature. Â Continue roasting until the surface temperature reads 205-215 F (it may well vary across the beans). Â At that point, turn your oven down 10-15 F above your target EOR, in this case 260 + ~15 = 275 and continue to roast, stirring every 5 minutes until approximately 260 F. There will be variation but the beauty of this method is having turned the oven down it is difficult to over roast. Â The important part here is to get good momentum going in a hot oven and then basically coasting to finish. Â You may not get much chocolate or brownie aroma with this one.