If anyone interested I have a video of home roasting coffee with a bread machine.
COFFEE ROAST with BREAD MACHINE.wmv - YouTube
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If anyone interested I have a video of home roasting coffee with a bread machine.
COFFEE ROAST with BREAD MACHINE.wmv - YouTube
this was interesting... at the end he talks to the color not being as black as they look. I cannot see any oil as they looked dried out... and I now want to know how it tastes. Seems to be a little bit of a tease.
Very cool! I use a Whirley Pop on the stove-top or a Poppery II electric pop corn popper
I use a HotTop D that I refitted with the B electronic pack so I have control over the heater/fan controls and added a type K thermocouple in the bean mass so I can data lot the roasts on my Fluke. How long was that roast form start to end?
I did not pay specific attention to the time, however it was approx. 15 - 18 minutes.Quote:
Originally Posted by cannonfodder
I went more by sound, temp., and color. I've found color, sound, and temp. comparisons
with the particular thermometer i'm using and 450 -455 degrees usually gets this particular bean to where i want it.
That seems like a good idea. How hot does a bread machine normally get without any modification? What does it use to produce the heat with? I had an i roast 2 at one point and I remember that it would make for a relatively clean and bright cup of coffee. I think that some of that had to do with how well it vented the smoke away from the beans. How much chaff are you having to deal with? Does any make it out through the top with the heat gun where it is?
PM me if you want to try this methodQuote:
Originally Posted by crazycliff200843
Is the bread machine providing any heat at the same time as the heat gun? Does it have a built in heating element? Maybe you could force cool air across the beans while they are being agitated in the machine to cool them off a little quicker. And if you put some kind of filter/screen on an exhaust vent, that might catch the chaff if you are doing it in your garage.
[QUOTE=crazycliff200843;863899]Is the bread machine providing any heat at the same time as the heat gun?
The heat gun is the only source of heat.
The bread machine is used basically only to agitate the beans and contain the heat. Before i had the bread machine I just used the heat gun, metal mixing bowl, and wooden spoon to agitate. People in camp grounds came from all around when thye roast started giving off that great roasted coffee aromas. Does it have a built in heating element?
Maybe you could force cool air across the beans while they are being agitated in the machine to cool them off a little quicker.
Just dumping the beans cools it quickly enough to stop the roast.
And if you put some kind of filter/screen on an exhaust vent, that might catch the chaff if you are doing it in your garage.
It's not that much i just vacuum up after.
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?Quote:
Originally Posted by bman40
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.
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Originally Posted by bman40
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.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uNXxunsGKo&noredirect=1
I am also a mokapot nutjob.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-ISSFtxI6U
+1 on the Poppery IIQuote:
Originally Posted by rodb