Thanks for the info.

So anywhere to find small quantity green beans? Maybe we should organize a trip to a local roaster haha

You can try cloudcatcher.com as well
Cloud Catcher

i have Breville smartgrinder for 2 yrs and never had issue for cinnamon roast when roasted properly  . had issue when i used whirley pop roaster  long time ago,  so far non with my current drum roaster even when bean drop immediately just after few FC sound , even for high density beans. maybe i have not try many high density beans. the grinder is no where durable compared to semipro model. Thinking to get Sette 270w for espresso grinder and the breville for filter coffee. what do u think?

Sorry to butt into this conversation (as you had directed it to kucau ), but very excited to find another home roaster!

You might want to check out the Kaldi Wide stove top drum roaster, which I recently acquired a few months ago. I got this Korean-made roaster through Qoo10.my for just over RM 2k with free courier service, which is amazing as the Korean online sales site GMarket actually sells it for more. Just checked and it's still available.

I've roasted over 15 times and must say the experience has been great! The control over development is orders of magnitude better than my previous setup, being a heat gun. There's no control of airflow, but the passive convection airflow seems to be sufficient.

anybody here roast their own beans? If yes, where can i get micro lot specialty coffee beans?

Where did you all bought single origin coffee bean ? From website??

Wanna ask here if anyone can point me in the right direction to get a good coffee grinder?

Was previously using manual portable grinder for my beans but few days ago the plastic holding the burr got too loose and now it can't grind beans anymore as it will just rotate in the same position.

Did a little research on the Baratza Encore and the Breville BCG600sil. Was wandering if there is any other grinder that is slightly cheaper that will perform almost the same as I'll be mainly using with my v60.

Is Akira Grinder any good in terms of grind consistency and for espresso? I can hardly research the brand and mostly because I can't read Chinese 
But will check it out as I saw online some local stores are selling them

Interesting. Sorry but I can't read Chinese; does this come with any form of air flow control? From the design it looks like it's controlled by the chaff collector (which has a cool cyclonic design). If so I wouldn't consider it without the chaff collector.

Fully concur about the chaff, especially for some beans (like the Kintamani batch I just got).

I would also have concerns about baking the beans without adequate forced airflow, because this roaster uses a solid glass drum. The Kaldi I'm using has a perforated drum and lots of vents, and even then I have a feeling roasts can be better with even more airflow.

.... however I get the feeling this blows your expected budget...

Found this on facebook,

Single origin Sumatera Coffee. Worth the try.

Alam Sari Coffee

Anyone here into cold brew?

What's the ratio that you're using?

I find that 70g of beans to 1 L of water gives a good brew. 16hrs brewing gives a rather concentrated brew so 1L can be dliuted down to about 6-7 250ml cups.

On this thread, lots of people. In fact, would be willing to bet most have multiple coffee brewing apparatus. Not just espresso machine (with a huge range in quality & price), but Syphon, moka pot, Aeropress, numerous drip-based like v60, Chemex, clever dripper, even cezve for Turkish coffee!

Always a matter of personal preference tempered with economics & practicality.

that is expensive.

maybe this?
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/niche-ze...offee-grinder#/

https://www.home-barista.com/grinders/niche...der-t48287.html

Normal 63mm conical burr that’s has zero retention can be found lower than usd$500? Can share the product?

let's talk manual grinders. 
what grinder are you using and your opinion is...?

i am using a hario skerton (not the plus). it holds up to
100g. while this grinder is value for the marnee, there
is still room for improvement on burr structure design.
and hario did just that. they added a stabilizing plate
and name it as skerton plus. the stabilizing plate min
the wriggling of the inner burr substantially.  do NOT
buy the old model. skerton is one of the recommended
grinders for entry level. price is RM160-170.

i am now looking for a second grinder and will modify
the skerton  thereafter...