CoffeeDetective SOL COM NUVENS REOLUCIONARIASS Dear Coffee, I Love You Gourmet Coffee Zone CoffeeCrew How've You Bean? I’ve been drinking coffee for a good portion of my life. I’ve worked as a barista for years and now manage the coffee shop at Piccino in the Dogpatch, but in recent months my interests have moved from making coffee to knowing how to roast it. I want to know how to turn grassy green coffee beans into well-roasted ones to grind into drip and espresso. But I’ll never be able to afford or have space for the giant German roasters that big guns like Four Barrel and Sightglass use. I want something small, cheap and operational out of my kitchen. Hell, I want to be a home roaster. Before I can even think about roasting my own beans, I need a tutorial from home roasting professionals. When I arrive at their Inner Richmond house for a night of coffee roasting, I can’t find any evidence that coffee roasting happens here. James and Ariana banter about ideal batch size and the proper heat curve for the size of bean we’re working with; both are particular to the roaster and the type of bean used.
Coffee Cup News : Coffee Reviews, Forum, Blog, Shows, News & How To A Coffee Adventure Chocolate Alchemy FRSHGRND – Coffee Reviews, Travel, Photography | Cafe Reviews & Coffee News for Thirsty Nomads Exploring the Huky 500 Coffee Roaster, Part I - Home-Barista.com Forward to Part 2 of review Forward to Part 3 of review Exploring the Huky 500 Part 1: IntroductionA few months ago, I purchased a Huky 500 stovetop manual coffee roaster (with the solid drum conversion) and would like to share my experiences with the roaster on this forum. The Hukly 500 consists of primarily four components: the drum roaster itself (which includes a geared down DC motor to rotate the drum), an exhaust pipe, a bean funnel, and then finally an external 6-inch metal-blade rotary fan with the bean tray resting on top. The motor, also fixed speed, is externalized in a separate housing, which is attached to the roaster by 3 posts. About the ManufacturerThe Huky 500 is an ostensibly "hand-made", made by Kuanho Li, a machinist/fabricator located in Taiwan, who is not operating under a company name (no web site either). 1. But there were other requirements I was striving for beyond the M3: 1. What put my on the sidelines for the M3, primarily, is its maximum effective batch size.