Little Fluid Bed Roaster 2, March 8, 2018
YouTube version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDzR6C7zoV0Artisan Roast software by Marko Luther.
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Sliders and offsets in Artisan
Michael Herbert is working on a beautiful online manual for Artisan users, entitled Artisan Getting Started Guide - Coffee Roasting -- a web page with the link to a PDF of the manual.He emailed me...
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LONDINIUM R How to swap the steam arm to the left, 12 March 2018 onwards
The version of LONDINIUM-R shipping today has an ambidextrous boiler, which means that while the steam is normally on the right side and hot water on the left, one can swap the parts bolted onto the...
View ArticleLondinium-R and Siri (Homepod)
Using voice commands to switch the LONDINIUM-R espresso machine ON and OFF using Siri / Homepod / Elgato EVE. Works in the home as well as remotely.
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Sergey's Fluid Bed Roaster
Sergey from Russia wrote us and shared pictures of the little fluid bed roaster that he built himself."Roasted in manual mode. The temperature is adjustable on the Leister. Blower by thyristor. For...
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A grinder dialogue
Matin wrote me and asked:I recently stumbled upon a video of your Compak grinder paired with the small dosing funnel. I was wondering if you can share your single-dosing experience with your grinder?...
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Roasting Nicaragua yellow honey Finca Cerra de Jesus microlot La Arabia
Shot from Batch #5, 18g in, 30g out in 21 seconds, LONDINIUM R With a friend, I managed to procure 7 kg's of Nicaragua yellow honey Finca Cerra de Jesus microlot La Arabia for a little over € 90 (from...
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Glass LONDINIUM Compak hoppers
Hand blown glass by Torr Toys. They fit the Compak E5, E6, E8 and E10 grinders. A very limited number will soon be available at the LONDINIUM website:...
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Baked Not Baked, All Wrong and Well Done -- Roast Advice
On the public Coffee Roaster Forum of Facebook, Cliff Lawson courageously posted a roast profile of coffee that tastes great, asking for any input about his approach of the roast.This set off an...
View ArticleMypressi Twist redux
Four years ago I gave away the little Mypressi Twist that I had, but now I bought one second hand just to experience how that worked. Could be a good one to have at hand on vacation.
View ArticleAlex Campbell's homebuilt fluid bed roaster
"This is an overview with demonstration of my homebuilt coffee roaster. It is a custom build based on a "Bake-a-Round" pyrex tube. Power is from a 3400w plastic welding element and the blower is a 1hp...
View ArticleViliam's TC4 and ZCD boards in action
Also see http://www.byleew.nl/coffee/tc4-board-by-viliam/Quoting Jan van der Weel from the above blog link:A few months ago we wanted to order some extra TC4 boards for our roaster. This board is an...
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IMS Natonech basket
IMS has a new type filter basket and it looks great. I'll use it for a while to see if I notice a difference in the cup. In my experience the quality of the beans is most important, then the grinder...
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Gesha from White Label
Thanks! https://www.facebook.com/whitelabelcoffeeroasters/ gave me this Gesha when Eva Bifet Tomas was over there for a barista training. Shared it with Bob Geffen who has all the filter equipment this...
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Bolivia post-roasted
Last month I Received a kg of Bolivian beans roasted by Foundry roasters in Sheffield. It was a very light roast from possibly a daringly fermented natural. As an espresso it was a hard one to brew...
View ArticleThom Huppertz: The Science of Milk Foam
I frequently search for this 2014 video if I chat with a fellow coffee enthusiast about frothing milk for coffee so now that I found it again, I include it here for easier reference:
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In a happy place
I have not posted here recently and that's partly because all is going so well and stable. There has been hardly any reason to tweak or experiment much at all.Improvement has been searched for though,...
View ArticleTije's Shower Screen Flipper
Youtube version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEQI_9lLmYM
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Michael Wong's BT probe upgrade
Michael Wong's machine is featured here:http://kostverlorenvaart.blogspot.com/2017/06/michal-wongs-fz94-and-avirnaki.htmlMichael met the Coffee-Tech team and discussed the issue he had of the BT probe...
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