New Fresh Roast 8 PLUS - Page 3

The Pol · 08-07-2009, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Hotspur

The roaster, or the grinder?

Roaster, DEAD... grinder is fine.

**Saccharomyces** · 08-07-2009, 03:26 PM

Is it under warranty?

I was contemplating buying a roaster this week, I'm tired of running out of coffee because it takes me an hour to roast a week's worth by hand. I'll probably go for the drum roaster.

MMW · 08-07-2009, 03:47 PM

That sucks. Dead roaster = poor coffee. You kind of get spoiled on the good stuff.

Maybe it's time to get all DIY and go with one of the BBQ drums, bread machine type deals, or stir crazy/toaster ovens

I'd go nuts roasting 3 oz at a time: I typically roast 3 9 oz (by weight) batches in my Hottop every week for drip and another 9 or so for espresso

The Pol · 08-07-2009, 04:30 PM

I am the only coffee drinker here, and I am only home a few days a week, so I roast about once a week. It is under warranty, but thus far they want me to pay to ship the piece of crap, so if that is how they want to roll, I wont roast anymore. They can eat this thing, I mean I used it 25 times, give me a break.

I am not about to spend 300-500 bucks on a new roaster, and wont waste my time on another one of these. So, I think my roasting days are over.

ytsejam · 08-07-2009, 08:49 PM

Don't give up! Get a popcorn popper.

I feel for ya, I broke my french press last week and have been sleepy ever since.

The Pol · 08-07-2009, 09:29 PM

Well you see it is the principle of it all. If it is under warranty, then you ship the thing back and forth, not me. It is an $80 roaster and I am going to eat $15-$20 to ship it to get it fixed? Cmon man.

I dont know if I will end up roasting anymore... it is tedious and a higher capacity roaster will cost too much. I also do not want to DIY it.. just because that is more tedious. Dunno where my coffee roasting will go from here, just pissed at this POS that I bought from Sweet Marias.

msabin · 08-08-2009, 06:03 AM

I've been using my roaster (same model) for 2+ years, every week and a half or so.
No problems, I'd pay the postage if that's what it took to get it working again.

The Pol · 08-08-2009, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by msabin

I've been using my roaster (same model) for 2+ years, every week and a half or so.
No problems, I'd pay the postage if that's what it took to get it working again.

Thier POS, thier money. I am not down with the whole wealth redistribution thing. Honestly I have so many hobbies in the mix right now, any more expense on this one just seems silly, especially under warranty.

flyangler18 · 08-08-2009, 02:59 PM

Dog Bowl/Heat Gun FTW.

Chances are, you've already got the stuff on hand.

The Pol · 08-08-2009, 03:02 PM

I like the coffee, I do, but I have not had to spend ANY money on my hobbies in months. Now I have this big ol nest egg of hobby money saved, and I dont want to tap it for silly things like shipping this broken roaster.