The can that the green coffees come packaged in becomes the roaster's drum (100% conduction) ... and yes, it is the same Fuji-Royal that makes grinders and shop/industrial roasters - many of which have been copied elsewhere in the far east.

Cute website/videos (in Japanese): https://kurukurucancan.jp/

Plagiate, they stole that setup from me

I started roasting with an Illy can on a cordless drill over an Iwatani stove...

The double-walled drum is the neat feature, tho.

The old-school Fuji-Royal manual roasters like Daibo famously used had a copper drum for even conduction. I have a copper stove top drum roaster (Coffee-Tech FZ-RR-700) in the basement somewhere ... conduction roasters are supposed to be great for roasting into second crack.

it is, and if this gets folks into roasting I'm all for it!
It's tricky though...so whether most users will rop out or continue their journey remains to be seen.



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Some of the roasts from that Illy can were the best I ever tasted, some were the worst...(except for my 'black hole' roast recently)

at 33$ for 125g it's a bit steep even by Japanese standards.

I'm used to 10$ / 100g of exceptional coffee, this is up there.

Squeezin' Beans wrote:at 33$ for 125g it's a bit steep even by Japanese standards.

I see 3300Yen ($23USD) for a can of three 125g packs - so $6.13/100g (tax in, but plus shipping)

Also:
$251 for the stand and a can of three 125g packs of green.
$327 for the stand, can, and the stove

Still expensive, though. Sweet Maria's stovetop starter set is just under $100, the Popper starter set is about $120, and a FreshRoast starter kit around $250 - and those come with 8 lbs of green coffee.

Squeezin' Beans wrote:I'm used to 10$ / 100g of exceptional coffee, this is up there.

Sample sets for the upcoming "Gesha Village Coffee Estate" auction worked out to $16.80/100g, but that included air shipping worldwide - and a tote bag .

Is there a reason to replace the roasting drum every ~1lb of coffee? You'd never get a seasoned drum! Kind of cute, but way too expensive to get fence sitters in the game compared to other alternatives.

My cost for the setup were;

empty Illy can for free, or 7 or so euro if it's full
Cordless drill, free (already in the inventory), i fneed be a 40 buck drill will do as long as you can adjust its RPM slow enough
Iwatani-ish stove; 35 bucks
Some threaded stainless, a bolt and some steel to make vanes; free but 5 bucks at best

DIYers eat your heart out...buy greens per kilo and have a go at it.

Milligan wrote:Is there a reason to replace the roasting drum every ~1lb of coffee? You'd never get a seasoned drum! Kind of cute, but way too expensive to get fence sitters in the game compared to other alternatives.

Coffee costs more in Japan than in the USA - shipping distance, (included) tax rates, etc.

FWIW, I don't believe in seasoning drums unless one is always roasting deep into second crack all the time.
I want a clean drum, even with cast iron.