This is the companion to the Philos review thread . Please posts your thoughts here.

I am searching for an affordable roaster (less than $1000) that will do a 1 lb batch (or close to it since Behmor does not do well with 16 oz of greens). My 15-year-old Behmor (original 1600 model) stopped rotating the drum. I can try replacing the drum motor for $30 in parts...

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I just got my Weber EG-1 today.
As a first try, I headed to dial in my espresso. I started with locking in my core burrs against each other to get to the absolute zero point. Then I adjusted as the Weber support rep suggested, by changing the grind size 4-6 full numbers...

If it lives up to the specs it seems pretty cool with room for advanced options in the future. Any takers of the pre-order? Any naysayers have some naysaying to do?

I have revised this post over the years with updates as I felt necessary. Those updates, in italics and dated, have been moved to the bottom of this post. Dan/HB said something about how it plays better with Google searches that way. So my revision notes are still here. Just at...

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Quick question for you all... I've learned a ton from many previous threads here talking about roast profiles and everyone's different approaches to try to squeeze the best from their roasters... When I was doing a few roasts on my Quest M3 this past weekend,...

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I've never used an espresso maker of any kind before! :D But I'm helping a family member get a 1985 Olympia Cremina back into operation, which seemed to be in excellent condition except that water would force itself out of the group before the machine fully came up to...

I've found some of the information I'll ask below via search, but not all, and not consolidated. My goal - keep my new, expensive (to me) machine running well, no scale, no corrosion for 10-15 years.

1) 1st Line where I've purchased my machine recommends against any special...

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This is a continuation to the modification I did on an IKAWA Home roaster. I post it in a separate post as the data capture could be helpful on other roasters.

I have added a humidity sensor to the Ikawa exhaust, still lots of work to do but it captures well the FC. The...

Hi everyone! I've been using a Yosan roaster for half a year now, and I almost always get tipping on the beans (always on natural processing). I understand the nature of tipping. I've tried changing the batch size from 400-1500g, the loading temperature from 140-210, the drum...