I dunno how you *can* wait! From the specs, it's a great deal (although I'm still very satisfied with the Kaldi I got which cost more than twice as much!).

Seriously, doubtful there can be a massive price change for this type of product.

One question to those already using it: how do you drop/discharge the roast when done? For the Kaldi I remove the hopper unit then tilt the entire roaster. I used to remove the heat diffusion screen but burnt myself (twice!) so now just clear out the ash along with the chaff.

Congrats and have fun!, remember to wash it before using for the first time as instructed by the seller..

not about the price.
wait till the warehouse and shipping activities ease up from yesterday big sales at Taobao.

from the picture, i guess... remove the hood, lift the entire drum and pour the roasted coffee out.

This post has been edited by built: Nov 13 2017, 01:58 PM

Yes to discharge the roast, wear oven gloves and remove the whole drum and pour the beans out... Takes less than ten seconds for the whole procedure.

Used to tilt the entire unit, but its slower and cumbersome/dangerous, especially when its hot, not a good idea.

Please be mindful of the smoke discharge especially in larger batches. Health first

Small non-commercial units like these doesn't have venting for the cooling tray to take the smoke away from the room so when you dump, a huge amount is released into the surrounding.
Wear mask please and keep the area ventilated if you're roasting inside

On the other hand, roasting outdoors is mighty uncomfortable (sweat, lots of sweating haha) and not to mention, you are getting challenged with difference ambient temp each time so you have to surf the charge temp for each time.

I've given up roasting indoors; even with the cooking ventilator at full blast the house still smells of smoke for hours, and the chaff gets everywhere (as I used to cool by pouring the beans from colander to colander in front of a fan).

Roasting outdoors can get very warm, but I got an exhaust fan hooked up for cooling the beans so when it's not cooling beans it's blowing on me.

Speaking of which, while the fan cools the beans down in less than 3 minutes flat, the chaff it kicks up into the air covers me & makes for a most unpleasant experience. Anyone has a home-baked cooling/chaff removal solution to share?

I was using the kitchen cooker hood too and the smoke was really bad even with extremely strong fans and ventilation. I am guessing your cooker hood is similar to mine whereby the smoke is filtered thru the cooker hood and the "clean" air is expelled back into the kitchen, which honestly to me is really pointless.

Starting out i was getting really shortness of breath lasting a few days after roasting. It was only after i bought a ventilator fan connected to air ducts positioned near the roaster which really improved things.. Using a series of air ducts i am able to suck the smoke directly out and push away out thru the windows..

For cooling, i am using a vaccum cleaner connected to a plastic pail, with metal colander, on top the vacuum is strong enough to pull cool air thru the beans, while the chaff is collected into the vacuum cleaner. Cools within minutes too..

Yeah, I saw the notice by Taoabao about the delivery might be delayed or something.
Anyway it is cheaper by Yuan 80 (about MYR 50 I think?) since I bought it on Single day.

Thanks bro! will do.

saw on youtube that they "season" the new roaster.

I thought seasoning a roaster was to roast a batch until totally hangus, to understand its "behaviour"/characteristics, eg. RoR based on different heat/airflow settings, 1C/2C temperatures.

It's green bean restocking time! Anyone want to join to do a group buy?

NAME PROCESS
Brazil Cerrado Dulce 17/18 FC Natural
Brazil Extra Fine 17/18 Natural
Brazil Pulped Nat. Fazenda Pedra Redonda Pulped Natural
Brazil Sul de Minas, ICATU Natural
Brazil Sul de Minas, OBATA Natural
Brazil Yellow Bourbon Pulped Natural
Brazil Yellow Catuai Pulped Natural
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Cuba Altura Lavado Washed
El Salvador Finca Santa Adelaida Washed
Ethiopia Djimmah Jasmine Washed
Ethiopia Sidamo Guji G2 Washed
Ethiopia Washed Yirgacheffe Gr. 1 Kochere Washed
Ethiopia Washed Yirgacheffe Gr. 2 Washed
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Guatemala Antigua Los Volcanes Washed
Guatemala Atitlán Santiago Washed
Guatemala Coban Washed
Guatemala Fancy Agua Tibia Estate Washed
Guatemala Fancy Huehuetenango Washed
Guatemala Finca El Retiro Washed
Guatemala Finca Joya Grande Washed
Guatemala Huehuetenango Finca Victoria Champila Washed
Guatemala Huehuetenango Finca Victoria Champila (Maragogype) Washed
Honduras San Jose Washed
Indonesia Kintamani Honey Honey
Indonesia Robusta Fine Natural
Indonesia Toraja Kalosi Washed Washed
Kenya AA Top Washed
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Nicaragua Pacamara - La Bendición Washed
Puerto Rico 360 Reserva Washed
Santo Domingo Barahona Washed
Uganda Arabica Bukonzo Cooperative (Fairtrade & Organic) Washed
Uganda washed Robusta Washed


CONDITIONS:
- 3Kg minimum (can get a deeper discount if 20Kg or more)
- need at least 2 pax (including myself) to make it worth it
- If you are in the Klang Valley area, I don't mind dropping it off. Outside Klang Valley, have to cater for delivery (either courier or you arrange for a pickup)


PM me for details.

Good timing.

Count me in!

Will PM you later once I am back home later tonight.

they do a few batches of cheap beans to understand the roaster and also to
get rid of the residual mineral oil on the steel plates by replacing with coffee
oil. this process is most critical especially for carbon steel drum.

cool...
pm you already.

Very nice list there bro!
If only it's Penang haha then I can help you guys hit the 20kg quota

i saw this on mudah! https://www.mudah.my/Roaster+Coffee+Machine-32619777.htm

Any one using and get good results? wondering how is its performance?

P/S: not affiliated with seller

delayed is very much better than a wrong item delivered to you or lost.

I previously was surveying this roaster as well .

From what I can see, it is just a rotisserie oven with the grid drums installed inside it.

Agreed. But for Taobao, I am not too worried since they have a good refund policy.
Anyway, later will see how.

i cannot brain the hassle when a wrong item is delivered; can claim refund ka?