Thread: Coffee roasting video

Originally Posted by bman40

I just started using this method after 4 plus years of Poppery I roasting, and I can seriously say (as our English brethren are wont to) that this method is the dog's bollocks!

i can roast 500 grams of green coffee in about 17 minutes. The roast is a little less bright than a popper, and the extra capacity is very much appreciated. I can roast nearly a weeks worth of press pot coffee for my wife and espresso for me in about 35 minutes (two batches back to back) so less time hunched over a popcorn popper and more time pursuing the finer things - like collecting straight razors!

Barry

Glad to hear it's working for you. How did you setup your machine? Did you have the problem of having to get around the overheating shutoff of the bread machine?
What type of espresso machine you using?

paco -

I use a Charlescraft bread machine - and dsconnected everything and dicarded the heating element in the bread machine and the circuit board. All I have is the shell of the machine, and the motor is direct wired (for now) so that when its plugged in, it runs. I hope tio add a switch one of these days - maybe after the holidays.

I drilled a hole in the top of the lid of the machine - with a hole saw - and thats it. I dont use a thermocouple or thermometer, but go by sound, smell and colour of the beans.

I have a Rancilio Silvia - V3 - which I control with an auber PID - the PID is about 4 years old, so its not the new, shiny, silver metal, steam and brew control version - its in an old plastic projecty box from radio shack, velcroed to the side of the machine - it controls the boiler temp only, but it works like a charm. Its ugly, but it works. I have and old rancilio rocky grinder - a $75 score of craigslist, that is also a bit ugly, but works.

How about you???

Right now i have a Saeco Vienna Plus superauto, I never could get results getting a good shot with the manuals guess i can't tamp very well or grind. The grinder in the machine broke and cannot be adjusted anymore, however i must have hit the spot while varing the setting because it's giving me the best i've had so far.

Originally Posted by bman40

paco -

I use a Charlescraft bread machine - and dsconnected everything and dicarded the heating element in the bread machine and the circuit board. All I have is the shell of the machine, and the motor is direct wired (for now) so that when its plugged in, it runs. I hope tio add a switch one of these days - maybe after the holidays.

I drilled a hole in the top of the lid of the machine - with a hole saw - and thats it. I dont use a thermocouple or thermometer, but go by sound, smell and colour of the beans.

I have a Rancilio Silvia - V3 - which I control with an auber PID - the PID is about 4 years old, so its not the new, shiny, silver metal, steam and brew control version - its in an old plastic projecty box from radio shack, velcroed to the side of the machine - it controls the boiler temp only, but it works like a charm. Its ugly, but it works. I have and old rancilio rocky grinder - a $75 score of craigslist, that is also a bit ugly, but works.

How about you???

I feel like a dirty necro-poster. Where are the roasters?

After building a couple of small ones I moved to a BBQ gas grill plus rotisserie - a 2-pounder. It's been pretty good for a couple of years now.



I am also a mokapot nutjob.

Originally Posted by rodb

Very cool! I use a Whirley Pop on the stove-top or a Poppery II electric pop corn popper

+1 on the Poppery II