Roasting John Wilmer Cellar Pacamara: 3 Home Roasts and How Each Tasted

The journey

• Tasted good
• Had a fault
• Not tasted yet

What the roasts show

1. Roast 1: Bright Filter at level 2.2, 100 g. 1 good.
2. Then level 2.2 → 2.1: roast 2. 1 good.
3. Then level 2.1 → 2.2, load 100 g → 200 g: roast 3. 1 not tasted.

• Time in the hot zone: good roasts 2:42–2:45.
• End temperature: good roasts 222 °C–224 °C.
• Good cups were tasted after 10–11 days of rest (2 tastings).

This shows what differed in the roast. It does not say why the cup tasted different.

Recipes tried

• Bright Filter

  Still dialling in · 3 roasts · Hot zone 2:42–2:45

  • 2.1 · 100 g · 1 roast, Tasted good
  • 2.2 · 100 g · 1 roast, Tasted good
  • 2.2 · 200 g · 1 roast, Not tasted yet

Compare two recipes

Nothing differed by more than normal roast-to-roast variation.

• Weight lost about the same (14.5% vs 14.3%)

No usable roast log for Bright Filter at level 2.2, 200 g, so hot zone and end temperature are not compared.

This shows what differed in the roast. It does not say why the cup tasted different.