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Bunn G1! Top notch grinder for drip, built to last for restaurants, and you can find used ones cheap if you look around.What may any of the recommendations be for a grinder that is consistent and built for quantity? I have an encore that I use for daily drip, vacuum, or pour overs. I have the sette for grinding my espresso. It is a major pita when I need to grind 1+ pounds at a single time using the encore. Plus, I don't think ole girl will sustain taking a beating like that for long...haven't had successful hits when doing searches for large capacity, industrial, or commercial grinders....other than the mainstay typical user models.
Funny, I came back to say that we've pulled blueberry out of the Banko, too.Man wish I could! I got those speakers I was talking about. Each one is a 12 inch woofer and a mid and tweet. Im happier than a pig in mud! They weigh 120 lbs each or something. So that and the surprise disney trip coming up, I am going to roast what I got. But its nice coffee. A couple pounds left of the guat geisha, some more banko and a little hanabongi.
It happened. My wife pulled blueberry out of the banko! Extraction. My wife made a ridiculously strong pot and sure enough that subtle fruit flavor formed blueberry voltron. Man blueberry scone. I saw a video where joe marraco confirmed my suspicion that lighter denser coffee extracts less than dark porous roasts. I have seen at 7 eleven among other places a small amount of porous dark roasts making big pots of coffee. With a light roast wouldnt be good. So yeah, a strong roast revealed some blueberry character.
(another reply to the same post)What may any of the recommendations be for a grinder that is consistent and built for quantity? I have an encore that I use for daily drip, vacuum, or pour overs. I have the sette for grinding my espresso. It is a major pita when I need to grind 1+ pounds at a single time using the encore. Plus, I don't think ole girl will sustain taking a beating like that for long...haven't had successful hits when doing searches for large capacity, industrial, or commercial grinders....other than the mainstay typical user models.
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I'm sure you've seen the bunn grinders at grocery stores and restaurants. The surprise is that they're great grinders despite the fact that they are widely used for bad coffee. You can often find them for <$200 used because of their popularity, probably <$100 if you're patient or lucky. Do a google search for "bunnzilla" and you'll find lots of information, including burr replacement options, which include ditting and redspeed. They are rather large grinders though, not something most people would have in a kitchen.
Haven't been lucky I guess. Either that or my search skills suck!!! Lowest I have found is for $250...and it is for local pick up only....in Michigan! Still looking....they definitely look like they'll do the job, and yeah!!! most people don't have them....weighing in at close to 50 pounds and standing almost 2 feet tall they are not for the space conscience oriented!!!
...like this:They come and they go, like everything else. I wouldn't say your search skills suck, but I would say that a killer deal could come up tomorrow, or maybe next year. Never know, sometimes there are 4 or 5 available at once and now, just one.
...like this:
https://indianapolis.craigslist.org/app/d/greenwood-bunn-commercial-coffee-grinder/6995272706.html[/QUOTE
Cash only isn't the problem, but picking them up at the church there in Indiana might be! LoL!! and NO...there isn't a problem because they are at a church!!! I have been in many and haven't burst into flames.....yet!!!
Man, feel like I really missed out on the mystery bean thread. So much fun reading the guesses and hearing about your roasts. Interestingly htb and someone else described what they tasted and it was ethiopian to a t, but then you guessed Kenyan. Man its alot easier playing arm chair quarterback. It is like watching a game of chess, I seem to have bettet insight than sitting in the hot seat. I have yet to have any kenyans that were likr Ethiopians, which one is, aa or ab. I feel like its good ab that i havent had, and have drank mostly aa or maybe I have that backwards
Super impressed with the tasting notes by pretty much all. I could spot the ethiopians a mile away with your notes (since that is pretty much all i drink, i am very familiar). While the others were harder to guess, still damn good notes, wow.
I’ll be sure to tag you on the next one and we would love for you and others to join. At this point I think I may wait until after the holidays unless there’s a demand to do one sooner. [emoji6]
Anyone interested in splitting some of this Honey Processed Ethiopian? No berries mentioned, just a real comfort food sounding type coffee.
CJ1317 - Ethiopia Hafursa Waro “Tej” Process Crown Jewel
Notes:
- 9 minute roast time yielded flavors of "cooked peach, cantaloupe & honey nut Cheerios". Good for espresso.
- High Density. Mostly small screen size of 15/16 with less than avg moisture.
- $137.50/22lbs = $6.25/lb. $7.55 Priority Mail shipping for a total of $38.80 for 5lbs on your doorstep.
(1) 5lb bags to share with the gang 2lb kicker if someone wants a small bag. PM me w/shipping addy to get dialed in
- @Inkleg got you!
2 5lb bags left if anyone wants one:
Had a heck of a time getting Artisan reading my temp probes this weekend. Thank goodness I have a friend who is an expert on all things Artisan. Had to reinstall Phidgets(22) drivers, upgrade to Artisan 2.0 from 1.5 and finally, re-authorize Phidgets to send data. Yikes...
So all that considered Im pretty happy with the first roast of the Tej processed Crown Jewel. Get a LOT of 1C activity and seemed to keep everything else between the lines. Id like to decrease the crash @ 1C a little but im not sure how to go about that and keep development time net temp gain under a minute.
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Coincidentally, I had trouble with my ET probe the last few roasts. Swapped it out before roasting some of that Crown Jewel Guat (thanks, @Ruint) just now.2 5lb bags left if anyone wants one:
Had a heck of a time getting Artisan reading my temp probes this weekend. Thank goodness I have a friend who is an expert on all things Artisan. Had to reinstall Phidgets(22) drivers, upgrade to Artisan 2.0 from 1.5 and finally, re-authorize Phidgets to send data. Yikes...
So all that considered Im pretty happy with the first roast of the Tej processed Crown Jewel. Get a LOT of 1C activity and seemed to keep everything else between the lines. Id like to decrease the crash @ 1C a little but im not sure how to go about that and keep development time net temp gain under a minute.
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Coincidentally, I had trouble with my ET probe the last few roasts. Swapped it out before roasting some of that Crown Jewel Guat (thanks, @Ruint) just now.
Didn't know that there was an artisan 2.0, going to have to check that out.
These two roasts basically lay it out there:What was the problem you experienced?
Yeah, i was definitely scratching my head at first. The other times that i've had issues with probes, they read temps that were obviously VERY far off (like -1 or 650) in artisan. Starting off accurate, but then the ET staying lower than BT was really just weird. I'm glad that there's a dial thermometer right by that probe that confirmed the correct temps.Thats puzzling to say the least. Sounds like a continuity issue maybe? The last probe issue I had was due to cement failure so the probe was pulling out of the sheath. Since it wasn't at the tip, temps were sliding off & it really threw me for a loop.
When your's fails it appears to snap to 160* and just hold?
Nice looking curves though! How's the coffee tasting lately - any break throughs with the roasting technique now that you've had for a while?
I cupped the Hafursa Crown Jewel this morning on 24hrs rest. Id say the notes are pretty spot on for this coffee. Looking forward to seeing how it tastes in a week.
Similar, but not the same burrset. The kr805/Tanzania has 80mm burs that are held in place with magnets, so there are no screws in the grind path (pic below). This is apparantly very similar to the burrset in the Lynn Weber EG-1 v2, and from what I read, SSP will sell me a set of burrs for it if i want to go that route. Not sure how obvious it is from the pic, but it and the mazzers all need some TLC. Mazzers didn't have hoppers, and the hopper on the ditting is in rough shape.Dude - that Tanz is a hell of a score and one of the very best pour over grinders money can buy. Ive got a Ditting KR804 which I assume has a very similar 80mm burr set. The grind quality is unparalleled. I've benched it against my Kafetek Monolith Flat & despite it's blinding grind speed its performs beautifully.
Not sure what you're using now now but I'm 99% sure it will be a huge upgrade.
So, I put it all back together, ran some grindz thru it, and flushed with some "less than" coffee!View attachment 651510
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