Discuss roast levels and profiles for espresso, equipment for roasting coffee.
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FAQs and Favorites
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HB » Nov 20, 2014, 8:57 pm
Below is a collection of this forum's most popular topics. To nominate a thread for inclusion in this list, please post a reply to this message. Remember to check the Resources page for other references. If you are just beginning to home roast, check the Sweet Maria's website...
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Nov 20, 2014, 8:57 pm
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Tips for roasting an Ethiopian natural
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drgary » Oct 21, 2019, 10:42 am
I'm starting this thread as its own topic and to keep the Greens Alert topic from going off track. TomC replied to Rickpatbrown about how to roast a dense Ethiopian natural in a heat gun/bread machine roaster. Here's how the discussion proceeded.
Thanks, Tom. You've...
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Today, 6:55 pm
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Fresh Roast SR800 - 1/2 lb Air Roaster
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greggers89 » Oct 21, 2019, 12:36 am
The Fresh Roast line of roasters has mostly been limited to batch sizes of ~1/4 lb. I was excited a couple months ago when I heard they were working on a 1/2 lb roaster, and they finally released it a day or two ago.
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Today, 6:46 pm
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Roast curve management - balancing airflow and heat
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fransg » Today, 6:51 am
Perforated
My Coffee-Tech FZ94 roaster has a perforated drum which makes the airflow very effective, enabling me to blow out any excessive heat while ensuring that enough heat remains inside the drum area to navigate the planned roast profile.
Airflow control
Until recently...
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Today, 11:08 am
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Great roasts from heat gun / bread machine?
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STG » Oct 21, 2019, 10:25 pm
I've roasting on and off for six years now with my modified bread machine and heat gun setup. For the first 5.75 years I pretty much free style roasted and got whatever I got: roast to 2C at around the 10-12 minute mark and dump, usually with passable but varied results. But...
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Roast curve management question
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objective1 » Yesterday, 8:20 am
For folks with a good palette, good roasting skills and equipment, has their experience been that bumps in the roast curve ROR actually does affect their coffees taste profile?
i ask because i am having a heck of time managing spikes at the drying phase, and at the end of 1st...
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Does Artisan 2.0 work on Mac OS13?
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edwa » Oct 21, 2019, 8:35 pm
Has anyone taken the plunge and updated their OS and then been able to run Artisan? I'm not feeling lucky my new Variac didn't even last 2 months!
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Yesterday, 1:17 am
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Greens Alert
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farmroast » Dec 09, 2011, 1:30 pm
Since hunting down exceptional greens can be a challenge nowadays maybe heads up are in order.
here are a few recent listed lots I just ordered that should have exceptional potential for espresso and/or brewed.
SM Kenya Nyeri Ngunguru
SM Aida Batlle El Salvador Finca...
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Oct 21, 2019, 10:10 pm
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Standalone cooling solutions
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false1001 » Oct 12, 2019, 8:16 pm
When roasting large batches I've found that the Bullet's cooling tray can take up to 6-8 minutes to bring beans to room temp. Does anyone know of some standalone cooling trays that would be appropriate for ~700-800 grams? Most that I can find on alibaba/aliexpress are much too...
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Oct 21, 2019, 9:55 pm
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