So who is roasting and on what?

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So who is roasting and on what?

Postby CakeBoy » Sun Jun 14, 2015 7:59 am

With the recent talk of roasting gadgetry, motoman with his Huky 500 arriving this week, the new Behmors coming before Christmas and the merits or otherwise of simple pan roasting, I began wondering how many here are roasting these days and what everyone is using now to do so. There is certainly a fair bit of choice in terms if hardware about. So come on then, what's roasting your coffee (and I don't mean the ginger one :D)? Photos would be nice too. Why not show everyone your roastery!

I'll start, we have the Pinhalense sample roaster and a rather decrepit early Gene Cafe, but we are currently enjoying subscription coffees, so both are resting! :)
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Re: So who is roasting and on what?

Postby GreenBean » Sun Jun 14, 2015 10:43 am

I am still roasting on my two trusty computer controlled Hottops. They are both seven years old but are still going strong 8) The RoastLogger thread contains loads of photos of them set up with various devices for temperature input and control so I won’t bore you with them here.
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Re: So who is roasting and on what?

Postby Steve » Sun Jun 14, 2015 1:14 pm

ohhhh I could go crazy here, but I wont ;)
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Re: So who is roasting and on what?

Postby CakeBoy » Sun Jun 14, 2015 2:05 pm

Steve wrote:ohhhh I could go crazy here, but I wont ;)


Not you! We'll use up all your bandwidth by the time you finish ............
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Re: So who is roasting and on what?

Postby Tongle » Sun Jun 14, 2015 6:24 pm

Well as I said in the Pan Roasting thread I'm currently on the look out for a cheap home roaster. I will be interested to see what others use.
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Re: So who is roasting and on what?

Postby frcn » Sun Jun 14, 2015 6:43 pm

You have to ask...?!
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Re: So who is roasting and on what?

Postby grib » Sun Jun 14, 2015 6:57 pm

I'm using a Gene Cafe, I used to have to have it modded with an Arduino board, but I've restored it back to normal. I'm not much of an electrician.
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Re: So who is roasting and on what?

Postby Gouezeri » Sun Jun 14, 2015 7:34 pm

Still on the mark 1 Behmor here... I don't even know where my Iroast is... :roll:
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Re: So who is roasting and on what?

Postby Tongle » Sun Jun 14, 2015 7:57 pm

Nuvo Eco Ceramic Handy Coffee Bean Roaster

Anyone seen this little doohicky before?
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Re: So who is roasting and on what?

Postby Jasonscheltus » Mon Jun 15, 2015 3:38 am

Hello all,
Back in Australia we're roasting on an old UG15, not too many modifications, just some safety stuff and a variable gas valve.
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Re: So who is roasting and on what?

Postby Steve » Mon Jun 15, 2015 5:37 am

Hey Jason good to see you here !!
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Re: So who is roasting and on what?

Postby Jasonscheltus » Mon Jun 15, 2015 9:03 am

Hey Steve, yes it's been a while since posts, but I've checked in every now and again. Great to see TMC with a little facelift!
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Re: So who is roasting and on what?

Postby CakeBoy » Mon Jun 15, 2015 9:54 am

Great to see you Jason. Now that's what I call a roaster!
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Re: So who is roasting and on what?

Postby grib » Mon Jun 15, 2015 1:41 pm

Guess I better polish my Gene Cafe a little more before I take a photo...
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Re: So who is roasting and on what?

Postby GreenBean » Mon Jun 15, 2015 4:33 pm

Jasonscheltus wrote:.... Great to see TMC with a little facelift!

And great to see you around here, Jason :D

grib wrote:Guess I better polish my Gene Cafe a little more before I take a photo...

I know what you mean, grib. Difficult for us humble home roasters to compete with the mighty UG15 8) I expect that will prompt Steve to give us at least one photo of his favourite roaster :wink:
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