Roaster upgrade in transit

My Gene Cafe went south on me a while ago and I haven't been able to bring it back up to snuff. This is winging its way to me :

Woo-Hoo!

Ooooh Synchronicity...

Mine went out on me, but luckily Walgreen's still had their $10 popcorn popper.

Here's a Sweet Maria's report on some roasting fun.
Roger

Nice! I'm happily roasting with a Behmor but it doesn't like dark roasts. I'm hoping for one of these as my next purchase when the time comes.

Congrats! I've been really happy with my Behmor. It's great because I'm forced to roast indoors. Eventually when I move somewhere with some ventilation or an outside area in which to roast I'm for sure picking up one of these beauties. Let us know how your first roast goes!
Ben

I spoke to the Genie rep and he told me he found the reason why your old unit crapped out.

Did you take advantage of the Hottop "deal" on SM? I'd like to have one, but they are just too expensive.

Nice!

That looks like one serious piece of equipment.

Hey scotto,
Nice looking decompression chamber. I didn't know you were into scuba diving Serious looking bean burner. Nice tool to help you in your pursuit of coffee Nirvana. Congrats!

I really debated hard with myself over this one. The price gave me serious pause, of course. The Behmor is 1/2 the price, but I just knew I wouldn't be happy with it. I am a guy who likes to really tweak roast profiles, and the flexibility just wasn't there. Plus the Hottop has a long history of solid builds, great modularity, and customer service. As an espresso guy, I wanted a really good drum roaster that could do decent dark roasts as well as lighter ones.

We shall see next week when it arrives.

Sweet looking roaster!
May have to think seriously about one of those if my current one ever craps out.
Congrats!

I whipped out my abacus and did some quick calculations. I took the sum of what Scotto has invested in roasters, venting, grinders, green beans, coffee makers, and accessories, and divided it by the number of cups of coffee he's made in the past few years, and it comes to roughly fourteen bucks a cup.

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I whipped out my abacus and did some quick calculations. I took the sum of what Scotto has invested in roasters, venting, grinders, green beans, coffee makers, and accessories, and divided it by the number of cups of coffee he's made in the past few years, and it comes to roughly fourteen bucks a cup.

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And worth every penny.

Scotto said:

And worth every penny.

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I'm sure it is.

Seriously, if you love something, you do it irrespective of price. I know for a fact we're not saving anything on shaving.

Awesome!

Please let us know how this beast works.

Nice - the best I could hope for is a hand roaster and bunson burner

. . .or - matches, a can of beans, and pull my finger.

Begging for a custom title won't get you one.

Is it here, is it here, is it here???

How about now?
Now?
Will that Hot Top EVER arrive?

Let us know how it works for you. I'm intrigued.

So far, every purpose-built roaster I've considered seemed to be...not quite...it...so I've stayed at the elegantly simple, MacGuyver end of things. But maybe, just maybe I need to step up to where the big boys play.

Roger

Rughi said:

Is it here, is it here, is it here???

How about now?
Now?
Will that Hot Top EVER arrive?

Let us know how it works for you. I'm intrigued.

So far, every purpose-built roaster I've considered seemed to be...not quite...it...so I've stayed at the elegantly simple, MacGuyver end of things. But maybe, just maybe I need to step up to where the big boys play.

Roger

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Roaster MacGuyvers ARE the big boys. Don't let the shiny toys fool you into believing otherwise.