Thread: Coffee Enthusiasts

Originally Posted by Dlb1963

What type of roaster do you use? I would guess a propane roaster for that type of volume.

Yup. It's gas. Though it's probably smaller than what we expected to need. Anyone roasting coffee in any commercial setting buy a bigger roaster than you need. Baltimore spent baby days in charm city.

They're far worse things in life than being a coffee snob!

Ive been going by the basic rules of 15mg water to 1mg bean and brew for 4 minutes but its a bit much so ive been cutting back on the brew time and bean weight. It is getting very enjoyable now. Although i was out of beans yesterday morn so i had a cup of the folgers the wife makes. It had next to no flavor and was closer to warn water with a hint of coffee. Thats what i used to drink. Huh. Crazy.

Not crazy at all, you should try some fresh roasted beans, they're the best.

Yeah, after going to the good stuff Jerry it's tuff to go back.
As to your measurements, to each their own. You adjust to what you like and enjoy!!!
I find my favorite Espresso is a bit light, according to what is "Recommended" as the optimum amount. But then again, I don't use a dark Espresso roast either.

So find what works for you, and go with it

Well, it is with a heavy heart that I announce the sad passing of my Freshroast roaster.

After five years of excellent and diligent service, the leaky roof-induced soaking proved a calamity too far. It recovered for long enough to do a couple of good roasts, but then was just unable to generate enough heat to do a proper roast. It's a sad, sad day chez Cangooner.

Thanks to a couple unexpected expenses, $$ is tight these days, so running out and getting the Gene Cafe that I really would like to get is out of the question. So now I need to decide whether to just get another Freshroast, save for a fairly short while to get a Behmor, or save for quite a while to get a Gene Cafe.

In the meantime, please join me and raise a cup of your favourite brew in memory of a fine tool. It served me well and owes me nothing. RIP Freshie.

I have a Behmor 1600+, and a friend of mine has a Gene Cafe. Fairly, I like mine more: the larger batch, preprogrammed profiles as well as fully manual option, different type of heat transfer leading to a less dried-out roasts holding for almost twice as long afterwards - it's all speaks for the Behmor.

I have a Behmor, as far as home roasters go, they are certainly worth the money.

Spot on, unless you get a small commercial propane roaster the Behmor is the way to go. You might be able to find a refurbished one out there for less money.

I have the Gene Cafe and I disagree.

First the Gene Cafe is totally manual you can alter temp and time on the fly and stop the roast when you want. It cools to the 200 degree range in a couple of minutes. It heats with hot air which is how most drum units operate. If you are getting dried out beans you are doing something very wrong. It's a unit that was designed from the ground up for a particular purpose. On the other hand the Behmoor is a re-purposed toaster oven the same way the basic roasters are re purposed pop corn poppers.

I'm not knocking the Behmoor. For the money it's a high value unit.

Second the Gene Cafe has been well reviewed and you can get professional results with the thing if you are careful. You can't get the same results with the behmoor.

It's a far better machine than the behmoor. Yes you can roast more with the behmoor but you can hold more cargo in a Ford econoline but it's not a better vehicle than a BMW.

The next step after that is a drum unit like the hot top.