As soon as I can I'll go get some coffees that have the production date printed on the package. I am going to update this debate. Thank you all!

Congrats on the machine!! How was assembling it? Any advice you would give to have a smooth installation?

They are all silicone. SuperLube is a great alternative to 111

The switch has three positions; off, electronics on, and heating elements on. Did the pop and smoke happen in position 1 or 2? You wouldn't hear a pop from a burnt out heating element

I would advise roasting further and backing off in subsequent roasts, rather than going for a roast this light on a new coffee first thing. This is especially ture if you are not used to the smells of a roast ready to drop -- sniff the beans in the tryer before dropping -- they should smell sweet, not vinegary or

Welcome to HB John! what was your charge weight for this roast? Are we talking about a solid drum or perforated drum? if you like light roasts and you're spending 1+ minute post first crack, then id hesitate to say that you might want to adjust your settings to spend more time in the middle phase of the roast

I have dial indicators, how did you set it up? I also am thinking about throwing it on a CMM machine at work so I can also check coaxiality of lower burr in relation to carrier threads but seems a little too complex for me I also wonder it it really matters because of the design of

Hey guys I'm new to roasting and have a question about my coffee roasting technique. I have only roasted a handful of times but each roast I do tastes underdeveloped and grassy. I prefer light roasted coffee. Here is a picture of my last roast. The beans are from Brazil. I have a 1.5 kg drum roaster. Do you think

Hey Alex, Welcome to HB! Have you verified there is still power on the outlet? If it's plugged into a GFCI/RCD, it is possible the outlet tripped and it simply needs to be reset. Do you have any indicators on the machine at all? Standby should be a slow blinking red light. If the outlet is good and the

Ok, so upon further investigation, I decided to bypass the HX by using the tube that goes from the water tap to the outlet spigot (as it was the longest tube) to connect the pump/opv outlet directly to the brew boiler. Gurgling and bubbles completely gone. Immediate water flows through the group head as soon as I press either