Hi,
Would you be able to share with me the wiring diagram of this SSR? I see you shorted the SSR.

Thanks

recently saw a lot of ppl using gemilai brand. is it good and cheap? or is it just average and cheap? what are your thoughts? worth investing?

Where to buy Lelit Bianca & how much is it selling for ?

quote=raist86,Jan 25 2021, 09:25 AM]
Was looking at Mara X initially after Zellleonhart recommended it, ended up going for Bianca.. just now trying to see if can slot in to the current order slot by supplier. It has all the bells and whistles and a rather complete package.. Looks good too on the counter. Am starting own bean roasting so having flow control would give me more manual adjustments to play around.

Did a lot of reading past couple days comparing the Bianca vs Profitec Pro 600, 700, ECM Synchronika, Rocket Cinquantotto. The Bianca is the best value of the bunch and i do see alot of user support in forums. As what Zellleonhart says, flow control, bottomless PF, option to direct plumb in water and rotary pump in one complete package is a steal. The only pain point i see is there's no official distri here in Malaysia except for a few importers. But they do tell me that they can service and repair the machines here with parts provided by Lelit. It's also a PITA to order the stock, so patience is required. Profitec and Rocket are supported by more established distributors.

I decided to go with E61 group dual boiler because of the established design and ease of repair (relatively, because most of the parts are off the shelf commercial items). I'm abit of a handy person, so as long there's user guide & manuals, i can do minor repairs / service on my own. This is my 2nd machine as i started off with Breville Barista Express almost 6 years ago and after much thought, the HX E61 is not that big a jump of an upgrade. I want to get something that will allow me to explore further without limitation and have manual controls on hand to play around.

Oh yea, make sure u also set aside a budget to get a reasonably good grinder otherwise you'll not be able to fully utilize a high end machine.. i currently already have a breville SGP and plan to get a Niche Zero (when it is available to order)... Such a pain to get equipments nowadays... Got money buy also cannot get.. hahaha.. i realized that the Covid siituation has made alot of ppl start to explore home brewing and machines are flying off the shelves..

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It was quite seamless. Ordered it directly from Mr Kuanho Li in Taiwan. just send him an email @ kuanho.li@gmail.com and he'll reply you with the roaster costing and options list.

Gone my base set with extras such as the IR burner, exhaust hood, exhaust fan, sieve tray, 3 digital probes and the Center 304 device for the probes.. Total bill came up to around 1800 usd with shipping... shipping is damm ex as he uses DHL.. cost about 150 usd on shipping... On the upside, shipping is very fast and efficient. No issues with kastam. I got my roaster 10 days after making payment via paypal.

one thing to note if anyone wants to get the roaster with the IR burner... The max capacity of the stove is about 6kpa (based on Kuanho's specification).. our normal home gas regulator only runs up to 2.5 kpa which is insufficient to supply the necessary gas pressure. We had issues on thermal side which limited us to max 300g batch only in the beginning as there's just not enough heat to roast higher load.

I got fed up and against advice, i switched to the high pressure gas regulator (which they use for tai chow style stove burner). it goes to 2bar pressure (which is 200kpa)... The trick is to slowly turn the gas knob on the cylinder side and use the gauge to regulate the gas pressure... have to be careful because if too much it'll basically blow the gas regulator (it runs to max 10kpa). It's abit of a hassle but a necessary workaround as i couldn't find a gas regulator that runs at the recommended pressure. With the high pressure reg, we can hit 6kpa on max output.

The roaster is rated to 700g but we only roast up to 500g maximum. above that, the results are not consistent. You'll also need to get a Variable AC controller to regulate the fan speed. kinda hard to do with just the damper.. I'd also recommend to get a full solid drum instead of the perforated drum as it's really messy with chaff dropping all over the place while roasting.

I find the roaster good for someone who's trying out roasting and want to learn the mechanics of it without costing too much or being too complicated. It is very well built and beautiful. However it also has it quirks which we've learn to work around it such as beans getting jammed in the loading chute due to chaff blocking the pathway... have to clear the exhaust pipe after 2-3 batch if doing continuous roast.

I'm planning to go for a bigger 2.5kg roaster once we work out the kinks and get the production running smoothly.

hi all, do we all have similar thing in klang valley?

where the coffee drinking n tasting is experiential

good info here thank you.

i was thinking getting the burner too but maybe i will just use whatever i have at home

as for the drum maybe will go as your advice.

300g batch is enough for home use, if want to sell need at least 500g so that can get 400g roasted beans

let me know if you are letting go the huky

get the burner from Huky as the size it's just ngam ngam fit the roaster. Also because he has modded it with additional needle valve with pressure gauge so u can have a finer heat control on the burner.

Probably down the road 2-3 months time will look into bigger roaster if business maintains the same response. it's a big pain to roast in 500g batch...

Got tax?

Yah kena 550 in tax

On hindsight it is better to get from the seller in shopee.

WHAT? 550 for tax?! Wow

20% import duty plus 10% sales tax

Ouch. How is the robot btw?What colour did you get and did you get any add ons?

https://www.cafelatstore.com/collections/fr...otpowdercoating

Mine is the regular version without pressure gauge, creamy white, with levelling tamper upgrade

After tax around 2.3k

Nine plus coffee @ Beanshipper i think double the price this month.

https://beanshipper.com/collections/ninety-plus

Last month

Kembara
500g for RM235
now going for RM490

Hi any idea where I can buy Lelit Bianca without having to prepaid & wait for a few months for the machine ? Thanks

Hi does ALL Hario servers fit ALL V60 dripper size?


i.e. Hario V02 600 ml to Hario dripper V01 glass.

buying online. TQ

worried if incorrect size the dripper might just fall right through

This post has been edited by alvinfks78: Mar 2 2021, 12:16 PM

saw this in jaya grocer so i bought n tried. and to my surprise, it is very good.. at least to me

u guys shld give it a try.



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AFAIK, bianca needs to pre-order due to hot demand.. so far haven't seen anyone sell ready stock here. even 2nd hand snapped up super fast.. I'm one of the ones waiting for march stock to arrive.. ordered in January..

Your other alternative is for fast availability for dual boiler machine is the Breville DB. Other alternative is the Profitec Pro 600 (lamarsacoffee), Crem One (from dankoff)

This post has been edited by raist86: Mar 3 2021, 04:49 PM

Espresso from the Cafalet Robot
Okay or not?

https://streamable.com/yfdcjt

This post has been edited by CoffeeDude: Mar 8 2021, 11:02 AM