Recent content by TrickyDick

Heaven Hill White Label. It’s not Irish but check it out

Can someone explain to me please. Ceramic vs Steel burrs on coffee grinder. I have the Baratza Vario. The hopper wears out and will loosen during grinding after several years. The first time they sent me a free replacement. The second time I had to purchase. I bought a replacement and a...

Local coffee shop guy gets fantastic coffees roasted less then 7 days for sale. Is so awesome. I only work at that particular office maybe 1-2 per week though.

I setup my roaster on a wire cart I bought on amazon. Did my own power cable for the 240v with junction box on the cart and a long cable in case I ever move can do in garage or laundry room or something. Currently my cart is in my "basement"/storage room. I had a e-brewery there but I haven't...

BTW, Been getting flip and crash curves, with ROR declining and then as approached 1C flips upwards and then crashes. Sometimes the flip is more of a volcanic eruption than than a flip... Wondering if my US 240V setup behaves much differently than the 120V in trying to follow others...

Somewhere I have a sample bag of Hawaiian Koka Maui? I forget exactly, but its supposed to be great. I never attempted to roast because the beans are smaller than unpopped popcorn kernels, Maybe around the size of a lentil or a little bigger. Smaller than those next to the dime. @pshankstar...

Finally roasted my coffee. I also did my mylar bagging with oxygen absorbing packet in #1lb packs of my latest beans: about 19 pounds worth, the oldest was like a YEAR old and I had only roasted one pound form the 5 pound bag! Hopefully I will be more consistent in my roasting habits the rest...

Other advice on learning the bullet: Change one thing at a time. Until you feel you got a handle on things, stick with same charge weight/mass on every roast (if possible). Then begin fiddling with the variables, like preheat temp, preheat time, and other variables. I HAVE noticed that if I...

Nice DIY "bean chute" It throws them everywhere. I made one with sheet metal. It should come with one.

If you have muted 1C this is what I learned. When I began roasting I had been led to believe green beans don’t go bad, but living in FL need to keep them at comfortable room temp and humidity. I had amassed such a huge supply and then I learned they do indeed get stale and difficult to detect...

I’ve been enjoying all the great third wave coffee from that local shop so much that I haven’t roasted in months!! The bullet takes getting used to. The 1C sounds are muted compared to my first roaster ( hot top). I dislike their proprietary roast software and inventory and even their social...

Chaff filter on the bullet cleans up beautifully if you get an ultrasonic cleaner with plain water and a splash of simple green it comes out looking new - keep meaning to post a pic of this. I have a Hornady cleaner (I am a reloader too) and it'll fit that model.

I love it he lighter roasts especially the Ethiopian dry process stuff with the fruit flavors and bit of acidity. Occasionally mix it up with darker American beans with chocolate flavors. A local guy had some monsooned dark roast that he gave me to try and was so smooth compared to other dark...

Tell me about your roaster there. Electric I assume? Max capacity? Cost? How do you control the roast or is it automatic? Are there settings you can adjust? TD