Where you at? I can help you out

am looking for green beans too.
pls let me know what beans you can offer.
thanks.

I am a coffee lover all my life! I want these so bad.

At the current moment, what I can offer is just the following
Colombia Tolima Bambucho Washed - RM50/kg
Costa Rica Tarazzu Jaguar Honey - RM60/kg

February I will have
Brazil - RM60/kg
Ethiopian Yirgacheffe Red Cherry Natural - RM75/kg

Where you at? I can help you out

Hi all, silent reader here. I'm looking for ~1kg inexpensive Brazilians as sacrificial input for my self-learning shenanigans. Will be starting off with a pop corn popper for now.

Does anyone have a stash that you're willing to share? By share i mean sell

I stay in Sri Petaling, work in KL.
Nice to see a lot of people from Klang Valley.
How do you trade? By mail or COD?

What pop corn popper are you planning to use to roast the coffee?

I was previously using a stovetop Whirley Pop popcorn popper.
Was just relying on sound, sight and smell for roasting.

Not bad actually, there's a lot of Youtube video for guidance using Whirley Pop.

Hi Squall, this will be my first baby step to roasting. I'm planning to use the RM70 China-made popper for a start.
Since I'm staying in condo venting out smoke is quickly a growing concern, something I need to address ASAP if I intent to make this a long term hobby.

Hi Squall, this will be my first baby step to roasting. I'm planning to use the RM70 China-made popper for a start.
Since I'm staying in condo venting out smoke is quickly a growing concern, something I need to address ASAP if I intent to make this a long term hobby.

Let's talk a little about light roasts.... So far the lightest I've done successfully is around 15c above 1C. I feel uncomfortable doing anything lighter because 1C would be still going.

Any suggestions?

15C is interesting
My light roasts are around 5-6C above 1C

Wow! That's really light!

What is your RoR going into 1C?
What is your RoR on drop?
Roughly how long and % development (if you use this metric at all)
1C not over, right?

nobody talks about coffee anymore?

Nope....too busy roasting and brewing and drinking.

:-D

I guess most discussions happen in the Coffee Lover's thread.

Will get the chance to roast 2kg of Ethiopian Worka Wuri WBC Berg Competition customized.
1kg Natural and 1kg Washed. Can't wait for the green beans to reach me by January.

Hi guys,

I was going through the Coffee Lover thread and I realized not much of discussion on roasting coffee. Occasionally some sifu would talk about roasting but conversation would somehow sidetracked to other aspects of coffee. I am starting this thread so that we can discuss in depth with regards to coffee roasting. 

Any home/micro roasters sifu in the club? Would like to ask opinion on choice of roasting machine. I'm currently roasting with popcorn popper but think is time to take the plunge and get a proper machine.

I have short-listed three machines

1. Aillio Bullet R1

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Pros:
- Looks. Really nice looking and small form factor
- All electric. Can use anywhere
- 1 kg capacity. Just nice for sample roasting and even small scale production
- Fully interactive with software for roast profiling

Cons:
- Expensive. 2624 USD
- New product. Just passed early release. Sorted out main problems but basically still a new product. No expert reviews yet

2. Hottop KN-8828B-2K+

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Pros:
- Small form factor
- All electric
- Uses software as well for profiling
-Reliable, established brand
- Cheaper 1600USD

Cons
- Only 300g capacity

3 Sonofresco 600g/1.2kg roasters

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Pros
- Simple operation.
- Easy maintenance. Only one moving part which is the fan. Since warranty would be difficult for import item, this is a plus point
- ?Air roaster (maybe cons to some people who prefer drum-roasting)
- Cheaper cost of running. Uses gas - just connect to cooking gas tank and electric for the fan
- Essentially a commercial machine, built to last
- Large capacity

Cons
- Large form factor. the 600g version is smaller but of course less capacity
- Expensive 600g 2595usd and 1.2kg 3595 usd
- Software need to add another 750 usd and also less robust compared to previous two.
Any sifus here have experience with these machines? Would really appreciate if can provide input. Of course there are other more professional sampler roasters options such as Quest M3, Huky 500, North Roasters but those are too big/bulky and the Wife says nono cos its ugly. Haha.

It will be great if can discuss on roasting experience and profiles here, too